...conservative commentator Philip Oppenheim...argued recently that in Britain‚ it’s supermarkets that profit most from fair trade sales. They charge a premium for fair trade bananas‚ for example‚ while a "minuscule sliver ends up with the people the movement is designed to help"... Here is more. In case you don’t know‚ fair trade sells a product at a premium price‚ under the promise that the workers are treated better and paid more. But will that improve living standards? Hmm...this sounds
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CONSUMER BENEFITS FROM E-COMMERCE This paper aims to discuss the positive impacts that E-commerce has on consumers and how it has made their lives easier. E-commerce is the process of buying and selling products and services using the Internet. The product or service is offered to the costumer in an online shop‚ sellers’ website. The process of purchasing things online is very easy‚ the consumers just have to select and order the products or services they want to buy‚ which are then paid by credit
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Why ASEAN is not successful as other integration Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Once hailed as perhaps the most successful example of regional organization in the developing world‚ ASEAN is now widely perceived to be in decline and ineffective. ASEAN‚ Association of Southeast Asian Nations‚ was founded in August 1967 to fight with an overwhelming threat of communism in Southeast Asia. The founding members were Thailand‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ Philippines‚ and Indonesia. Since the Vietnam
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| Q5. Is ASEAN relevant to the regional security of Southeast Asia? | 16 pages‚ including cover page3‚176 words (excluding footnotes‚ endnotes‚ bibliography) | Yes‚ ASEAN is still relevant to the regional security of Southeast Asia. I will attempt to justify my case by elaborating how the 3 key political accords and the ASEAN way has helped shared ASEAN to what it is today. I will also provide a brief summary of ASEAN’s achievements and challenges till date. Finally‚ I will highlight
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| MSME 2/BEE Cambodia | Capital development through Micro‚ Small‚ & Medium Enterprises | || March 7‚ 2013 | | Introduction The last thirty years of Cambodia’s bloody history have turned the country into one of the poorest nations in the world. French colonization in the 19th century had set Cambodia on a similar course of development like their neighboring country Thailand. All of that quickly changed with the rise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Four years of this brutal dictatorship
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ASEAN ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations was founded in 1967‚ currently consisting of Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Brunei‚ the Philippines‚ Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ Laos‚ Myanmar‚ and Thailand. Since its establishment‚ ASEAN countries have gradually and continually strengthened their economic integration‚ from the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement (PTA) in 1977 to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and now they further move to a deeper
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The History of Cambodia: Exacerbating Human Trafficking Introduction A tragic fact that plagues the world today is the practice of selling humans as chattel every day. Reduce‚ reuse‚ and recycle is not only just a motto for a greener environment‚ but also a concept that can be applied to selling human lives. The oppressors reduce the millions of victims that are enslaved into the human trafficking system to objects to sell. The victims are reused daily by their buyers and are recycled by society
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Treaty in1863 [Cambodia-France] Before 1863‚ Cambodia mainly served as a vassal territory for either the Thai or Vietnamese government. As stated earlier‚ King Norodom was seeking to end this cycle and gain power for Cambodia by signing a protection treaty with France. France viewed Cambodia as a buffer zone between southern Vietnam and British-aligned Siam. They hoped that by signing the treaty they would be protecting their own interests in southern Vietnam. In turn‚ Cambodia relied on French protection
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Free ASEAN 2015 2. PDRM Strategy - concentrate of drug suppliers instead of users 3. Decriminalisation of drugs - cure drug users instead of looking at them as criminals 4. Drug related crimes - important to settle drug problem to curb crimes involving drug abuse 5. Conclusion ANTI-DRUGS 3rd Draft 1. Introduction During the 20th ASEAN summit in May 2012‚ declaration on Drug Free ASEAN 2015
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and financial opportunities are sought. Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of significant players in the world’s economy for centuries. It has emerged strongly from the financial crisis offering the new opportunities for investors and businesspeople. The interest and attention of investment are moving to the ASEAN area more and more each year because of the available untapped market in the ASEAN and the potential of being the production base that eases and facilitates those new
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