GDP while Thailand and Lao PDR increased receipts to over 7%. Since 2000‚ Cambodia has surpassed all other ASEAN countries and generated almost 15% of its GDP from tourism in 2006. Indonesia is the only member of G-20 major economies and considered as the largest economy in the region.[31] Indonesia’s estimated gross domestic product (nominal) for 2008 was US$511.7 billion with estimated nominal per capita GDP was US$2‚246‚ and per capita GDP PPP was US$3‚979 (international dollars). Stock markets
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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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TERM PAPER IN MICROECONOMICS BY: MA. DAYANARA P. MANAIG TO: PROFESSOR JOYCE COLCOL Economy of the Philippines The Philippines is a developing country in South-East Asia. In 2004‚ it was ranked as the 24th largest economy by the World Bank according to purchasing power parity. The Philippines is one of the newly industrializing countries in the world. Important sectors of the Philippine economy include agriculture and industry‚ particularly food processing‚ textiles and garments‚ and electronics
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An open economy is the opposite of a managed economy. It is one that is characteristically market-oriented‚ with free market policies rather than government-imposed price controls. In an open economy industries tend to be privately owned rather than owned by the government. In the area of international trade an open economy is one whose policies promote free trade over protectionism. On the other hand‚ a managed or closed economy is characterized by protective tariffs‚ state-run or nationalized
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A "Mixed" Economy A "mixed" economy is a mix between socialism and capitalism. It is a hodgepodge of freedoms and regulations‚ constantly changing because of the lack of principles involved. A mixed-economy is a sign of intellectual chaos. It is the attempt to gain the advantages of freedom without government having to give up its power. Communism | A satellite photo of the Korean peninsula at night. Can you tell which half is Communist and which half is Capitalist? | Communism is a form
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A market economy is known as a "free market economy". It is controlled by the law of supply and demand which in return will determine the price of services and goods. In a market economy the exchange of goods‚ services‚ and information take place in a freely according to the supplier and the buyer. Which means the entire market is merely driven by the sellers and the buyers with very few government regulations. The positive on this type of economy is sellers can sell according to the demand
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Post-war Afghan Economy How National is the National Development Framework By SIBA SANKAR MOHANTY Afghanistan occupies a central significance in South Asia owing to its geo-strategic location and natural resources-but is considered as one among the poorest countries in the world. Being a small‚ land locked and poor country with around 85 percent of its population depending on agriculture‚ and its socio-economic structure being influenced in every respect by external forces for more than twenty
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A recap of how previous Philippine republics and administrations handled the country’s economy since the Spanish era‚ including their management of the economy. In the days wherein the Philippines was under the Spanish Republic the country was at a good spot in Asia. Manila and Cebu were the only European cities; we were one of the best countries in Asia when it comes to trading domestically and internationally. Before‚ we were always trading with mexico sharing our culture to them and them sharing
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Slavery and the Economy Over the course of history‚ historians have viewed slavery as an immoral and unjustifiable institution. At the beginning of the antebellum period‚ around 700‚000 slaves were unjustly imported and sold into slavery. New land discovered in America was seen as profitless and pointless without an inexpensive source of labor. By the end of this historical time period‚ that number increased to over 4‚000‚000 slaves brought into the United States. The institution of slavery helped
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BRICS Economy: H&M Expanding to another country is a risk per se‚ so the company known as one of the largest retail clothing companies of Sweden‚ needs to make a clever decision basing themselves on what they have already seen of these groups of countries. BRICS announced two years ago according to the New York Times that they would establish a system that would allow them to bypass the dollar and other global currencies when trading among themselves. If H&M expands to the BRICS economies it will
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