Fighting Corruption Corruption is a significant threat to global growth and financial stability. Corruption destroys public trust‚ undermines the rule of law‚ skews competition‚ impedes cross-border investment and trade‚ and distorts resource allocation. As a group of the world’s largest economies‚ the G20 is continuing to fight corruption and alleviate its negative impact on economic activity. There are practical steps that all G20 members can take to reduce the costs of corruption for growth
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Commonwealth had its own constitution‚ which remained effective until 1973‚ and was self-governing although foreign policy and military affairs would be under the responsibility of the United States‚ and certain legislation required the approval of the American President. It featured a very strong President‚ a single National Assembly‚ and a Supreme Court‚ all composed entirely
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BATTLE OF CALABRIA (BATTLE OF PUNTA STILO) - 1940 INTRODUCTION 1. In the history‚ the Struggle for the Middle Sea describes the naval war fought in the Mediterranean and Red Sea with five great navies that participated: a. Great Britain’s Royal Navy. b. Italy’s Regia Marina. c. France’s Marine Nationale. d. United States Navy. e. German Kriegsmarine. 2. It examines the national essential that made the Mediterranean such a vital theater for each of these powers and
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polite‚ and that he displayed deep concentration‚ even in the midst of a battle. In October 1863‚ Grant took command at Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. The following month‚ from November 22 to November 25‚ Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of Lookout Mountain and
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taking of hundreds of thousands of lives. The war between the Union and Confederacy had been in a sort of deadlock where each side could claim victories as easy as defeats. By this time the south had the upper hand "militarily wise‚" just coming off a magnificent tactical victory at Chancellorsville in May. General Lee headed the Confederacy’s‚ Army of Northern Virginia‚ General Meade headed the Union’s Army of the Potomac. Both sides saw the need to win that one‚ crucial victory to turn the tide completely
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Beginning in 1955‚ during the tension-filled era of the Cold War‚ the Vietnam War sparked American interest due to the underlying conflict of communism and democracy clashing against one another. During this time‚ America’s interests were not only divided between Russian and Chinese forces of communism during this time‚ but South Vietnam was peaking curiosity as they were attempting to take over their nearby democratic brother‚ North Vietnam. For many years‚ the French had ruled over the two areas
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Battle of Iwo Jima World War II was an inevitable war brought on by the unprovoked attack from Germany on Poland and anger fueled over World War I. Of all the battles in World War II‚ only one has not been justified. The battle of Iwo Jima‚ a Japanese island‚ occurred because of a rivalry between the Navy and the Army over who could get there first; this led to one of the bloodiest battles in Naval history and the eventual US victory of World War II. Battle of Leyte was intended to be the last
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Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union To what extent did Lincoln’s economic‚ military‚ and political policies from 1861 to 1865 contribute to the preservation of the Union? Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. As a president of the United States‚ Lincoln’s goal was to keep the Union together. The problem of slavery and the secession by the South are mainly the two issues that lead to the dissolve of the Union‚ in which Lincoln put all his efforts to deal with during his presidency
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Evolution of Colonial Unity Thesis: Between 1754-1776‚ the colonies gradually became more unified due to the changes in British policy. 1. 1754: a. Not very unified b. Albany Plan of Union i. Benjamin Franklin ii. Plan provided for an intercolonial government and a system of collecting taxes for the colonies’ defense. iii. Franklin’s efforts failed to gain the approval of a single colonial legislature. iv. Plan was rejected because the colonists did not want to relinquish control of their
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Fighting poverty (Published in FOCUS‚ newsletter of the Financial Exctuives Institute of the Philippines‚ July 17‚ 2013) The presentation of De La Salle University Chairman Francis G. Estrada during the 6th general membership meeting of FINEX was truly glaring – that the percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past eight years. A report of the Asian Development Bank causes of the high incidence of poverty in the country that includes low
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