both the richest and poorest countries. The effects of such storms can be devastating to even the richest and most developed countries; however it is often the case that poorer countries are affected most adversely by tropical revolving storms in both humanitarian and economic terms. For example‚ whilst tropical storms in highly developed countries such as Hurricane Katrina is the USA caused substantial damage‚ the effect of Cyclone Nargis on the less economically developed Myanmar was arguably far greater
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view‚ seen from other countries‚ this may not come into account) -Ecological Sustainability Basing ourselves solely on this definition‚ we can already answer the question: no. Though‚ it is necessary to moderate what we have just said. These four categories are intertwined and can have effects on one another; so what is measured by economic indexes will also reflect the other concepts of the word development. I) MEDC More Economically Developed Countries These countries usually possess a high
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thereby raising quality of goods‚ services and the worlds living standard. Secondly‚ several companies from the more developed countries have already ventured to establish foreign operations or branches to take advantage of the low cost of labor in the poorer countries. This kind of business activity will provide more influx of cash or investment funds into the less developed countries. However‚ one cannot deny the negative effects which havederived from globalization. One crucial social aspect is
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Why people become vegetarians? According to the growing population on Earth‚ there are approximately 17 million vegetarians in the world. Vegetarians are people who have decided to say “NO” to products of an animal origin. Today vegetarianism also is considered a slimming diet. But in origin‚ about a thousand years ago‚ the idea of animal origin product refusal had more religious character. The first vegetarians were ancient religion and the philosophical representatives‚ which supported
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1. Discuss the importance of manufacturing industry in Malaysia. Manufacturing is the use of machines‚ tools and labor to produce goods for sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity from handicraft to high tech‚ but is most commonly applied to industrial production‚ in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such finished goods may be used for manufacturing other‚ more complex products‚ such as household appliances‚ automobiles or sold town whole sellers
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Economically‚ the UK had too many eggs in one basket--too much of their economy is based on complex financial services--read U.S. sub-prime mortgages... and they are taking a worse hit to their economy than most developed countries. The recession will bit deeper and last longer here than in most countries. Socially‚ this class-conscious society will carry on‚ with too big of an underclass being supported by too small of a middle class. One tends to think it will boil over at some point‚ but the stolidiy
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CRITICISMS OF PORTER’S DIAMOND I. INTRODUCTION The book‚ “The Competitive Advantage of Nations”‚ shows how Michael Porter studied ten developed countries and 100 industries in order to answer questions concerning the national competitive advantage which he found to be inadequately explained by the Heckscher-Ohlin theory and the theory of comparative advantage. (Hill‚ 2009‚ p. 189). These questions include: A. “Why are some nations more successful than others in international competition?”
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Taynara Dos Santos Ms. Rodrigues AP Language and Composition 15 March 2013 Superwomen History states that men were the founding fathers of our country- John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ and George Washington. What if history is holding back information when it was really women who found the country? Like they say‚” Behind every great man there’s a great woman”. Women are usually discredited when truth is‚ they are the main contribution to
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in the US and earlier in other countries. And there is no precedent for this. This has not happened before. For the last 200 years the population has been growing. So the strategy of all companies and institutions will have to be based‚ from now on‚ on the totally different assumption of a shrinking population. An aging population is nothing new. Life expectancies have increased and within the next twenty to thirty years the retirement age in all developed countries will have to move up to around
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Generally‚ the development of a country plays a large role on the severity of the inequalities Gender inequalities occur in countries of completely different development. The UK is one of the most developed regions in the world‚ and one would expect for gender inequality to be minimal. However‚ there are certain statistics that suggest otherwise. Only 23% of the seats in parliament are held by women. The government is a place of huge importance for the country which emphasizes how this figure
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