E-commerce and Economic Development (A Study Sponsored by the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes) Mahesh C Purohit Vishnu Kanta Purohit Foundation for Public Economics and Policy Research 133‚ SFS‚ Ashok Vihar-IV New Delhi-110052 Phone: 27463008; 27427758 Fax: 27142802 e-mail: director@fpepr.org website : www.fpepr.org 1 E-commerce and Economic Development (A Study Sponsored by the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes) Mahesh C Purohit Vishnu Kanta
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Five of the ten medical innovations that the Cleveland Clinic—an academic medical research center and hospital in Ohio—predicts are slated to most dramatically improve health care in the coming year. The Clinic polled more than 100 top doctors‚ including several in each speciality‚ to name the top new innovations they expected to impact care in their field within the next year. As it does every year‚ a committee narrowed down about 70 suggestions to the top ten most powerful‚ and here are just five:
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Objectives of Economic Growth and Development Economic growth is defined by‚ among other things‚ material capital formation‚ human capital formation and the creation of innovation. Put another way‚ economic growth is determined by the amounts and types of capital and labor that are invested‚ and how they are utilized for production. The objective of economic growth through economic policy is not necessarily GDP or GNP maximization but maybe enhancing and improving quality of life or other values
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"Each year‚ one million American teenagers become pregnant. Seventy-eight percent of these pregnancies are unintended. Out of the teenagers who become pregnant thirty-five percent choose to have an abortion rather than bear the child" (Dudley 1). Teen pregnancies have been a growing epidemic in the United States. This problem has made our increasing abortion rate skyrocket to the millions. The decision of making abortion illegal is effecting everyone across the nation especially teenagers‚ women
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Economic and Political Systems of the Zulu Culture Zulu Economy: Rural Zulu raise cattle and farm corn and vegetables for subsistence purposes. The men and herd boys are primarily responsible for the cows‚ which are grazed in the open country‚ while the women do most‚ if not all‚ of the planting and harvesting. The women also are the owners of the family house and have considerable economic clout within the family. In the urban areas of South Africa‚ Zulu‚ and in fact all Africans‚ are limited
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Economic History 1866-1940 There was a variety of economic events and crisis’ in the history of the United States of America between 1866-1940. During this time‚ the Gilded Age was well known for the rise of employment and rapid development within the U.S. economy. However‚ this was overshadowed by the Great Depression‚ one of the lowest points economically in the country. Regardless of economic uncertainty‚ one man‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ amassed a great wealth to be unmatched in U.S. history‚ greatly
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Mass media in Nigeria Prior to the revolution of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)‚ the television‚ radio and print media had been the main source of mass communication. The development of mass media in Nigeria dates back to 1970 with the print media being the first having a coverage of about 45% with more penetration in the urban areas. The radio soon followed having a more widely reached audience though the availability of the radio at earlier stages was low and in 1990 then
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The last 25-30 years has seen major changes in the context of employee relations within UK organisations. The factors that have had the most significant influence on these changes are political‚ economic‚ social and technological of which I will be discussing to identify what particular influences these factors have had on employee relations over the last 25-30 years. To do this I first need to define the meaning of employee relations‚ which can be defined as according to Rose (2004):"the study of
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and Economic Development Swapnil S. Bagmar 06HS2004 Development Economics term paper (Spring 2007-08) International trade International trade is the exchange of goods and services across international boundaries or territories. In most countries‚ it represents a significant share of GDP. While international trade has been present throughout much of history‚ its economic‚ social
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and the 13th largest in the world by GDP as of 2007. To trace back the economic development of South Korea‚ the former president Park Chung-Hee played a pivotal role‚ and was credited for shifting its focus to export-oriented favoring a few large conglomerates. Unlike his predecessors‚ Park showed a strong commitment to economic development‚ believing good economic performance as a primary means for enhancing his political legitimacy. Under the President Park Chung-Hee’s era‚ the government played
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