DLSU Business & Economics Review 22.1 (2012)‚ pp. 119-128 An Economic Analysis of the Philippine Tourism Industry Krista Danielle Yu School of Economics‚ De La Salle University‚ Manila‚ Philippines krista.yu@dlsu.edu.ph The archipelagic nature of the Philippines‚ as well as its colonial heritage‚ offers a wealth of scenic views that invite both locals and foreigners to participate in tourism-related activities. According the Department of Tourism (2011)‚ the industry is one of the three
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‘You don’t live when you are unemployed—you exist’ (Jackson & Crooks 1993). Impact of unemployment and Cultural Norms on environment and development “Think Globally‚ Act Locally” 1. Introduction. The concept of “environment” has evolved since it started to become a global issue in the early 1970s. At first‚ it was a kind of global recognition that the Earth‟s ecosystems are in fact fragile‚ and that human beings have been contributing much to its de generation. When countries started to join efforts
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Assignments in Communicative English Class-IX (Term-I) Section A: Reading (Unseen Passages with MCQs) ASSIGNMENT A-1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : How does television affect our lives? It can be very helpful to people who carefully choose the shows that they watch. Television can increase our knowledge of the outside world; there are high quality programmes that help us understand many fields of study‚ science‚ medicine‚ the arts and so on. Moreover‚ television
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Economics Assessment – outcome 3 1. Market failure is ultimately defined by when a market is unable to allocate the resources it has effectively. The two main reasons that a market fails is down to productive inefficiency and allocative inefficiency. Productive inefficiency can be described as when companies are not making the most of the inputs they receive. The output that has been lost due to this could have been used more wisely to satisfy consumer wants and needs. Allocative inefficiency is
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JUSTICIABILITY OF ECONOMIC‚ SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Content I. Introduction II. Conceptual Barriers of Judicial Enforcement A. Nature of State Obligations B. Separation of Powers III. Practical Issues A. Complexity of Adjudication B. Institutional Competence C. Remedies and Implementation D. Resource Scarcity IV. Potentials for Justiciability A.
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2007 The Cultural Impact of Information Systems – Through the Eyes of Hofstede – A Critical Journey Michael Jones University of Wollongong‚ Wollongong‚ Australia mjones@uow.edu.au Irit Alony Central Queensland University‚ Rockhampton‚ Australia i.alony@cqu.edu.au Abstract With the increasing levels of multiculturalism in today’s business and the proliferation and essentiality of information systems‚ development and management of IS needs to be considered in light of the cultural factors
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Every child should achieve wealth and economic well-being. Means that children experiencing poverty should have same opportunities ad their peers. Clear link between poverty and employment. Children more likely to live in poverty if: • Children in care. • One or both parents unemployed • Parent is a teenage or lone parent. • Parents are disabled‚ have mental health or addiction problems. • Parents are from an ethnic or minority group. • They have a disability. Family income influences the type of
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development of society‚ rich or poor‚ can be judged by the quality of its population’s health‚ how fairly health is distributed across the social spectrum‚ and the degree of protection provided from disadvantage due to ill-health. Health equity is central to this premise. Strengthening health equity—globally and within countries—means going beyond contemporary concentration on the immediate causes of disease to the ‘causes of the causes’—the fundamental structures of social hierarchy and the socially determined
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The large scale impacts of Tourism include environmental‚ socio-cultural and economic impacts. Impacts can be positive‚ as well as negative‚ but should never be underestimated. The concept of sustainability is factored into these tourism impacts‚ when the size of the impacts become large enough to drastically alter economic‚ socio-cultural and environmental areas of a tourist destination. The importance of these impacts will be analysed and evaluated in this essay‚ keeping in mind that this will
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Management Economic Environment Module Leader: Dan O’Hare Essay By: Nichola D. Robinson (21042952) Deadline Date Tuesday 13th November 2012 A. Using economic concepts from the module; identify the key factors from the economic environment that affect an organisation of your choice. B. Evaluate the effect of these factors on the organisation. You should identify a range of relevant factors‚ and concisely ascertain the impact on your chosen
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