Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa The Experience of Zambia Dr. Francis Chigunta Overview • After stagnating for much of its post‐colonial history‚ economic performance in Africa has improved remarkably in recent times • Average of 5.6 per cent a year • Africa was one of the fastest growing regions in the World from 2001 to 2008 • Despite the global economic crisis Africa’s ‘robust’ growth has since resumed. • 4.8 %on average in 2011 (World Bank)‚ with the • 5.2% (International Monetary Fund)
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http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/?C=M;O=D for debate videos- TOPIC: The state of education depicts the growth of nations development. (for the motion of topic) INTRODUCTION In the modern times education is most effective tool of empowerment. You empower a man with this magical wand and he will create his own world of idea and imagination .It is this tool which has changed the topography of world from scrambled mass of continents to a global village. Great men like Abraham Lincoln used this weapon
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first proponent of the economic value of education. He emphasized on how education helps to increase the productivity of the labour force in various ways‚ including both general education and technical training. He was the one who introduced for the first time the concept of human capital. Later other well known economists (Malthus‚ 1798; Mill‚ 1848; Marx‚ 1878; Marshall‚ 1890; Schumpeter‚ 1934; Harrod‚ 1939 & Domar 1946; et al) placed special attention to the economic growth process. During the second
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Economy of Vietnam By Adam McCarty Introduction Vietnam has been a country ruled by colonists‚ divided or at war for most of the twentieth century. Unification of the country in 1976 was followed by invasion of Cambodia in 1978‚ and a subsequent brief but violent war with China. This troubled history had profound consequences for economic development in general‚ and attempts to impose central planning in particular. Central planning was imposed upon Northern Vietnam in the 1950s‚ and upon
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CHINA AN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW The rapid rise of China as a major economic power within a time span of about three decades is often described by analysts as one of the greatest economic success stories in modern times. From 1979 (when economic reforms began) to 2011‚ China’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of nearly 10%. From 1980 to 2011‚ real GDP grew 19-fold in real terms‚ real per capita GDP increased 14-fold‚ and an estimated 500 million people were raised
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INDIA AND THE UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY. 5‚l Introduction Banks constitute an important segment in financial arena of all countries whether developed or developing or underdeveloped. Economic development of every country depends upon financial sector particularly commercial banks. In fact economic development and financial infrastructure go hand in hand. From time immemorial‚ the conventional banker‚ an indispensable pillar of Indian society‚ giving and taking of credit in one form or another
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Public Disclosure Authorized 65980 V I E T N A M D E V E L O P M E N T R E P O RT 2 0 1 2 MARKET ECONOMY FOR A MIDDLE-INCOME VIETNAM Joint Donor Report to the Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting December 06‚ 2011 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Consultation Draft Vietnam Development Report 2012 MARKET ECONOMY FOR A MIDDLE-INCOME VIETNAM Joint Donor Report to the Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting December 06‚ 2011
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KEY GROWTH SECTORS OF THE KENYAS ECONOMY Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economy over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product i.e. real GDP. In Kenya the key main sectors to achieve economic growth are agriculture which is the mainstay economic growth drivers‚ energy sector‚ manufacturing and industry‚ service sector which is mainly tourism‚ financial services and banking and also the
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often considered a period of economic affluence. Discuss economic growth and prosperity in the United States during this decade and the changes that resulted from that prosperity. Include in your discussion the era’s population‚ growth‚ wealth‚ suburban living and consumerism. Also include a discussion of those who did not share the prosperity in the 1950s. The 1950s was a time of great economic prosperity for the United States. The U.S experienced a boom in economic trade due to wartime programs
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Business Environment Assignment#2 The UK Economy Done by: Saira The economy of the United Kingdom is the world’s sixth-largest national economy measured by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP). The UK has the third-largest national economy in Europe measured by nominal GDP (after Germany and France) and the second-largest measured by PPP (after Germany). Its GDP per capita is ranked the 20th highest in the world in nominal
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