DASMARIñAS CITY SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE A. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The town of Dasmariñas started as a barrio of Imus‚ and in 1967 it was made as an independent municipality. The Spanish Government named the town Perez Dasmariñas in honor of the Spanish Governor General of the islands from 1590-1593. 250 Chinese oarsmen whom he had hired to work murdered him. His son‚ Don Luis Perez Dasmariñas‚ also lost his life in the hands of the Chinese in 1603. Perez Dasmariñas was formerly a “visita” of
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Question 1.1 “According to the definition of opportunity cost‚ the more alternatives that we have given up in undertaking an action‚ the higher the opportunity cost.” Please comment on this statement and explain your answers using examples. Ans Opportunity cost of an action refers to the value of the best alternative that must be given up in order to undertake that action. That is‚ the highest-valued option forgone. The statement in the question is uncertain and is determined by situation
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to the economic or political resources needed to secure a livelihood. * The strengths of the model are that it provides a broad view of vulnerability including root causes‚ it gives weight to natural hazards‚ and it provides a framework for looking at livelihoods and vulnerability. * The limitation of the model‚ is that it is a tool for explaining vulnerability‚ not for measuring it. The model cannot be applied operationally without a great deal of data collection and analysis. *
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Journal of Economic Literature 2009‚ 47:4‚ 1029–1075 http:www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jel.47.4.1029 Beyond GDP: The Quest for a Measure of Social Welfare Marc Fleurbaey* This paper critically examines the various approaches to the measurement of individual well-being and social welfare that have been considered for the construction of alternatives to GDP. Special attention is devoted to recent developments in the analysis of sustainability‚ in the study of happiness‚ in the theory
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The following section provides details regarding the economic environment present in the United Arab Emirates. The economic indicators listed below help us conclude what state the economy is in and whether or not a Harris expansion into the UAE is a good business decision. Overall‚ the UAE has an economy that is comparable to that of the United States. This is beneficial for Harris because there will be less risk moving into a sturdy economic environment. The UAE dirham is pegged to the currency
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The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12‚ 2010 significantly deepened existing challenges and created massive reconstruction needs for a country that was already the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. In spite of the enormity of the task‚ three years after the earthquake‚ much has been done by Haitians and the Haitian Government‚ in partnership with CSOs‚ the private sector‚ and the international community. Of the 1.5 million internally displaced people‚ nearly 1.2 million have
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Week One Article Analysis "School" Today the author analyzes the presence of asthma in school-aged children. Asthma is a chronic condition; the mortality rate is on the rise . The author’s daughter has chronic asthma; thus environmental factors advance her symptoms. However‚ when the air quality is cleaner‚ her daughter’s asthma symptoms go into remission. Many adults are unaware of the risks from the first and second-hand smoke. For example‚ in the author’s previous home‚ second-hand smoking triggered
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BreadTalk Group Ltd. 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background information on the industry The F&B industries play an important role in Singapore’s economy. Being a multinational country‚ the F&B industries have been influenced by culture from different nationalities and countries. Singapore has been ranked as one of the three major eating capitals in the Asia Pacific region and the other two countries are Hong Kong and Australia. Singaporeans’ extremely large appetite for eating out has rose the incredible
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incoming agencies)‚ TUI hotels and resorts and the cruise ship business comprises the three sectors of TUI. After the selling of Hapag Lloyd in March 2009‚ TUI has become a pure tourism oriented company. PESTEL analysis (Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environmental and Legal analysis) describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. PESTEL helps understand the key drivers of change and external influences on the organisation
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DISCOURSE AND GENRE: THE ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE AND PATTERN OF JOURNAL ARTICLE IN CONAPLIN 6 I. INTRODUCTION The demand for scholars to publish journal-article is increased due to the need to develop education quality in Indonesia. In the era knowledge and globalization‚ the ability to write scientifically becomes very important. Therefore‚ the fact that the number of research papers emanating from universities in Indonesia is just a seventh of the total published by neighbouring Malaysia has
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