Why is Unemployment high in the Philippines? As a result of the global economic crisis‚ which drastically cut our exports and slowed down our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) remittances‚ Philippine economic growth in GDP (gross domestic product) terms which was registered at 7.1 percent in 2007 was brought lower to 3.8 percent last year and to just about 1 percent in the first half of the year. Despite the slowing down of the domestic economy‚ however‚ Philippine unemployment rate remained at almost
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10-3-24 pm10:28 To what extent has globalisation influenced one or more aspects of the culture in your country? Illustrate your answer with examples Due to the development of globalisation‚ “a global culture was seen as being formed through the economic and political domination of the United States which thrust its hegemonic culture into all parts of the world” (Featherstone‚ 1995‚ p87). As well as economic change‚ culture change is heavily influenced by globalisation. Culture can be generally defined
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In the adaptation “You Can Grow Your Brain” from Health and Science‚ the author emphasizes that many people think of the brain as a mystery. According to “You Can Grow Your brain”‚ we don’t often think about what intelligence is or how it works. In the outer layer of the brain which is called the cortex‚ are billions of very small nerve cells that are called neurons. A quote in this article stood out to me that says “The more you challenge your mind to learn‚ the more your brain cells grow.” In the
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the market needs and demands. Change is difficult for organizations that do not have innovative programs or think innovation to be an important advantage and ingredient for growth and profitability. Innovation is necessary to make the transitions and modifications to the business strategy which result in competitive advantage‚ meeting and exceeding the expectations of the customers and ultimately existence. This paper will examine the impact of innovation on Apple‚ Microsoft‚ Nike Inc. and describe
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will be more into school and their school work. I think laptops would be a good idea because behavior issues will go down‚ students will concentrate more‚ and students will be more organized. They could be a good tool and they could really make an effect on the school day. If we got laptops‚ behavior issues would go down. Behavior Issues would go down because students would look forward to class more often. However‚ having laptops would be a privilege. If you misbehaved you would not be
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their native language. But today in society many are shocked to find out that their ancestor history or past isn’t true at all because of DNA genealogy. If you thought that your ancestors we’re Puerto Rican and they actually turned out to be Mexican. Would you freak out? Would you have to change your ways? Would you change your traditions? A genealogical DNA test examines the nucleotides in specific locations on a person ’s DNA to find out where a person’s ancestor comes from. The test results are
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Race and Your Community Ethics 125 Ms. Carol Agurs April 22‚ 2012 Abstract There are many issues that come from prejudice and discrimination in society. From stereotyping in the media‚ institutional discrimination‚ and policy reform when it comes to immigration. All of which have a negative impact on society and how we function as a whole. What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate
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Introduction In the recent economic downturn‚ many companies collapsed‚ resulting in many jobless workers. Corporations‚ in order to survive the downturn reduced their head counts by retrenching. The unemployed couldn’t find jobs as companies are not hiring due to the pessimism of the economy. This hence attributes to the unemployment rate which has reached the highest in n the United States since 1983. Unemployment rate has always been one of the key economic indicator that investors and traders
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Chapter 1 Exercises Answers 1) What are the key roles of a financial centre and to what extent is London a different Financial centre than New York? The key roles of a financial centre are to: 1) recycle funds from surplus agents to deficit agents 2) provide a range of financial services and securities to satisfy the needs of both deficit and surplus agents‚ households‚ companies and governments 3) ensure that funds flows from surplus to deficit countries The key difference between London and New
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The financial crises which occurred in 2008 led to a recession and the growth rates fell tremendously. This had major effects not only in America but also in other countries‚ which resulted in a fall in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and increased unemployment rates that had never been reached before in certain countries. The more economic developed countries (MEDC’s) such as America had greater effects compared to the less economic developed countries (LEDC’s). The European crises which started
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