choices of women by giving information of content and focus of government policies. Today gender sensitive budgetary allocation might only constitute 5% of the total budget‚ yet the stand as a significant attempt at addressing gender inequality. However‚ gender budgeting exercise needs to be on guard against certain challenges facing it. Firstly‚ International Financial Institutions that stipulated to initiate economic reform policies in India like IMF‚ WTO can offset gender budget benefits. Lowering of
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the NP Policy on Plagiarism (effective May 2005) at http://www.np.edu.sg/antiplagiarism. Theme: Government Policies of Singapore Singapore’s economic policies have been greatly responsible for the nation’s rapid economic progress. However Singapore is currently facing some fresh challenges. To address some economic and social issues‚ there are four policy areas which the government is constantly reviewing and implementing. Topic 1: Policies to manage inflation Topic 2: Policies to increase
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business cycle. It also identifies leading and lagging variables and shows that the economic fluctuations in Poland differ to some extent from those in other emerging and mature economies‚ with Polish growth notably more volatile and government expenditure highly erratic. The available data on GDP growth suggest that the Polish economy is approaching the peak of the second business cycle since the start of economic transformation from a centrally planned to a market economy. The current upswing
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Is there a better way out of the European debt crisis than austerity? Given the extent and severity of the economic problems facing many countries today‚ austerity may be the only viable solution to today’s economic problems‚ despite its flaws. The undisputed optimal method for a debtor country is in fact to relieve its debt is to grow economically‚ so that tax revenue becomes sufficient to pay debt off. This option is unusable however when a country must borrow more money to merely service
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Bill Clinton’s Economic Policy One of President Bill Clinton’s biggest accomplishments during his presidential term is his policy to stimulate the American economy. In 1993‚ Clinton and his vice president Gore released the economic strategy for their term. Most believed it wouldn’t do much to spur our economy but in 1997 positive outcomes began to surface as the national deficit began to shrink. (Schaller‚ Anderson‚ and Schulzinger 514) Clinton faced a high unemployment rate‚ record deficits‚ and
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economic job market often dictates that it is up to the President to find solutions. Thus‚ the President’s role as a policy maker is of upmost importance. Furthermore‚ foreign policy matters such as ISIS and Islamic terrorism has now made it imperative for the president to implement & introduce policies that deal with these issues. According to Edwards and Wayne (Pg. 474)‚ the president is considered better at dealing with foreign policy for a few reasons. First‚ presidents
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that Wolsey’s domestic policies were disappointing?’ (40 marks) It is clear that there are many aspects of Wolsey’s Domestic Policies that can be demanded and perceived as a disappointment just as it is suggested in Source T which states that Wolsey was an arrogant and hostile man who was disliked by all‚ regardless of class. However when focusing on legal and financial reforms it is clear that they were Wolsey’s best attempts in bettering England’s Domestic policies‚ and if we were to take
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How successful were the economic‚ social and political policies of the Tsar’s government from 1894-1914? In 1894‚ Nicholas II ascended to the throne following the death of his father‚ Alexander III. Woefully unprepared for such a role‚ Nicholas II has been characterized as a naive and incompetent leader. At a time of enormous social and political change in Russia‚ Nicholas held fast to the outdated‚ autocratic policies and opposed reform of any kind. His inept handling of the military matters and
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During 1980 and 90s‚ the major ideology and economic policy shifted from Conservatism to Centrism. Reagan’s government believed that “government is the problem‚ not solution”. Thus‚ they implement the “supply-side” program which reduced welfares and government interference in business‚ and lowered tax rate on wealthy. President Clinton merged free market policy and appropriate government intervention by raised tax rate on rich people and reformed welfare (ex: children health care) and eligibility
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City University of Hong Kong Department of Economics and Finance Semester B 2013–2014 EF2401 Economics II Instructor: Dr. KUNIEDA‚ Takuma Office: P7318‚ Academic Building‚ Level 7‚ Lift 6 Phone: 3442-7960 Email: tkunieda@cityu.edu.hk Office Hours: To be announced 1 Objectives and Outcomes 1.1 Objectives The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles of macroeconomics. Students will learn to apply macroeconomic analysis to the business world and other
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