2.0 BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW In my practice as a supervisor in the Kenya National Examination Council (2007) Secondary Examination briefing on conduct and ways of curbing exam cheating‚ I rose to ask the participants made of among others‚ quality Assurance and Standards officers‚ supervisors‚ invigilators‚ security officers and the District Education office personnel‚ whether other than the common use of the SMS to transmit messages as a source of cheating‚ how much do they know about blue
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HISTORY OF GATT & THE WTO SYSTEM A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GATT Beggar-thy-neighbour tariff policies of 1930s => WWII Bretton Woods Conference at the end of the WWII‚ finance ministers from the Allied nations gathered to discuss creation of a new monetary system that would support postwar reconstruction‚ economic stability‚ and peace. => IBRD & IMF => need for a third institution‚ ITO. 1940s: Representatives met to design a postwar trading system that would parallel the international
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Economies of scale The long run – increases in scale A firm’s efficiency is affected by its size. Large firms are often more efficient than small ones because they can gain from economies of scale‚ but firms can become too large and suffer from diseconomies of scale. As a firm expands its scale of operations‚ it is said to move into its long run. The benefits arising from expansion depend upon the effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average
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post-independence that were affected by single party politics‚ Kenya was not left out of the scene. The dominant parties rose due to the struggle of independence that was facing major countries. At the time most African states preferred having one united front to beat their colonial masters since ‘United we stand divided we fall’ was more of the mentality (Tordoff‚ 1997). From the beginning‚ Kenya was a single-party state as this was represented by the Kenya African Union that was formed in 1944. The purpose
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ECONOMY Since the end of World War II‚ the Philippine economy has been on an unfortunate trajectory‚ going from one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to one of the poorest. Growth immediately after the war was rapid‚ but slowed over time. Years of economic mismanagement and political volatility during the Marcos regime contributed to economic stagnation and resulted in macroeconomic instability. A severe recession from 1984 through 1985 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%‚ and
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Types of Economies What is an economy? An economy consists of the economic systems of a country or other area; the labor‚ capital‚ and land resources; and the manufacturing‚ production‚ trade‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services of that area. A market based economy may be described as a spatially limited social network where goods and services are freely produced and exchanged according to demand and supply between participants (economic agents) by barter or a medium of exchange
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Background Israel was under British mandate untill May 14‚ 1948 when it declared its independence. The Israeli economy is highly diversified open-economy that depends on imports of raw materials‚ crude oil‚ gains and military supplies. In spite of having very limited natural resources‚ Israel has a highly developed agriculture and industrial sector. The Israeli economy mostly relies on exports (45% of its GDP) and services such as high technology equipment‚ agricultural products (vegetables
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different answers: command economies directed by a centralized government‚ and market economies based on private enterprise. Today‚ in the last decade of the 20th century‚ it is clear that‚ for people throughout the world‚ the central‚ command economy model has failed to sustain economic growth‚ to achieve a measure of prosperity‚ or even to provide economic security for its citizens. Yet for many‚ the fundamental principles and mechanisms of the alternative‚ a market economy‚ remain unfamiliar or
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Rouen Business School---IFI 3 Bsc3 -----ZHANG Naixin 1. Why did you choose Asia for doing business with emerging economies? Generally speaking‚ as we know that Asia has become one of the regions whose economy is developing fastest in recent years. This new flow of powerful booming begins to attract lots of global attentions and to occupy more and more world economic market. This fact which cannot be ignored
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be the world’s largest economy by 2020. Discuss the possible implications of such a development for (a) the world trading system‚ (b) the world monetary system (c) the business strategy of today’s European and U.S. global corporations‚ and (d) global commodity prices. A) The implications of such a development for the world trading system is that China will basically will be the root of trading. From my perspective‚ China’s growth of economic will benefit overall economy of world. In the trading
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