“SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF A CLEAN AND GREEN COUNTRY” Keeping our country clean and green! In the course of time‚ technology has brought about numerous changes in people’s lifestyles. We have all become reliant on gadgets for our lives to operate ordinarily. But have we ever thought concerning the repercussions of such needs on our environment and our country as a whole? No! Sanguinely‚ the government of Mauritius has eventually become resolute to execute certain schemes in a way that the
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Effects of Individual and Product-specific Variables on Utilising Country of Origin as a Product Quality Cue by Effects of Individual and Product-specific Variables 27 Received November 1987 Revised March 1988 Sevgin A. Eroglu Georgia State University‚ and Karen A. Machleit University of Cincinnati To date‚ considerable research effort has been made to determine whether country of origin affects consumers ’ product evaluations. Previous studies in industrial (for example White‚ 1977;
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T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T Export competitiveness and development in LDCs policies‚ issues and priorities for least developed countries for action during and beyond UNCTAD XII UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Export competitiveness and development in LDCs: policies‚ issues and priorities for least developed countries for action during and beyond UNCTAD XII UNITED NATIONS New York and Geneva‚ 2008 Note • • Symbols of United Nations documents are
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Why are Some Countries Richer than Others? Poverty is still the biggest problem the world faces from day to day. Every country suffers from it to some degree‚ however certain places are greater effected than others. This is because the level of economic growth differs from country to country. The greater amount of growth the less room there is for poverty. This is simple reason why some countries are richer than others. If countries fail to move forward than it can present many problems. Mainly
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China is a developed country‚ with a rising GDP and poverty levels decreasing‚ it looks like China could finally be developed. On the other hand‚ the poor in China are extremely low with people living in rural areas have to live of 30 cents a day. So with this large gap between the rich and the poor is it really a developed country? Economically it would look like China was a developed. Since the global finance crisis it has looked very strong compared to other countries. Last year it had an economic
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Eduard Romanenko‚ Li Guoxu‚ Denion Galimuna Country Profile: Singapore With the population of only 5.18 million people and the total area of 710 sq km (189th among other countries)‚ as of 2010 according to the World Bank database‚ Singapore is the 14th largest exporter and the 15th largest importer in the world. The total trade volume of the country in 2010 comprised USD 662‚ 658 bln contributing to trade to GDP ratio of 317.42%‚ the highest in the world. As Figure 1 demonstrates‚ since 1981 the
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a negative meaning in medieval French‚ where the word bribe meant “a piece of bread” that once used to describe the act of stealing something from others (Quinion‚ 1997). According to Annan‚ the former Secretary General of United State ‚ the act of bribery is the undermines democracy and the imperative of laws‚ that often direct to violations of humans privileges and rights‚ affect the economy as well as inducing the crime‚ terrorisms‚ and threatened the humans security to thrive. The corruption
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Doing Business in Qatar Country Analysis of Qatar Brief Introduction of Qatar: Qatar‚ also known as the State of Qatar‚ is an Arab country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; on the other hand‚ the Persian Gulf surrounds the state. A strait of the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island nation of Bahrain. Qatar is a nation of abundant oil and gas. It has the third largest gas reserves and the second highest GDP per capita in the world. An absolute monarchy
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direct actions of humans. The very high rate and level of development experienced by most rich countries of the world is another factor which perpetuates many challenges faced by people in developing countries. Historical factors that hinder development Studying the past gives humans an enormous insight into the present. Using historical analysis in development geography helps to explain why many countries face development challenges‚ because a country’s history is a huge contributing factor to
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10-place jump in the previous year‚ Sri Lanka has suffered a 16-place relegation in the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings list released by the influential World Economic Forum (WEF) yesterday. Sri Lanka’s rank of 68th place out of 144 countries surveyed from 52nd place in the previous year was despite the overall score changing marginally to 4.2 points from 4.3. WEF assess a country’s competitiveness using 12 broad pillars – institutions‚ infrastructure‚ macro-economic environment‚ health
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