UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL TRADE/2001/15 1 May 2001 ENGLISH AND FRENCH ONLY ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE COMMITTEE FOR TRADE‚ INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Fifth session‚ 13-15 June 2001 Item 4 of the provisional agenda The economic importance of insurance in Central and Eastern Europe and the impact of globalisation and e-business by Esther Baur‚ Ulrike Birkmaier‚ Marco Rüstmann Swiss Re‚ Economic Research & Consulting‚ Zurich1 1. Introduction 2 - 3
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Russia‚ officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic‚ comprising 83federal subjects. From northwest to southeast‚Russia sharesborders with Norway‚ Finland‚ Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania and Poland‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijan‚ Kazakhstan‚ China‚ Mongolia‚ and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk‚ and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17‚075‚400 square
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equal pay they deserve. They‚ in fact‚ earn 16.3% less than men in Europe. Do you not think this is wrong? We all deserve equality. This type of discrimination is not limited to Europe as this happens all over the world. Re-cently‚ a study showed Estonia has the highest percentage
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Atl Econ J (2014) 42:317–332 DOI 10.1007/s11293-014-9418-2 The Effect of the Global Financial Crisis on Transition Economies Anna Shostya Published online: 1 June 2014 # International Atlantic Economic Society 2014 Abstract This research offers new insights into the effect of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2009 on the countries that used to be part of the Soviet bloc by focusing on a cross-regional comparison. Twenty-eight countries are grouped according to different criteria and the corresponding
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Topic for individual tasks Part I. 1. Analysis of international trade (export‚ import‚ dynamics‚ etc.) 1997-2009 years – Great Britain‚ Hungary. 2. Analysis of international labor migration (emigration‚ etc.) 1997-2009 years - Italy‚ Ukraine. 3. Analysis of international tourism (by tourism) 1997-2009 years - France. 4. Analysis of international trade (export‚ import‚ dynamics‚ etc.) 1997-2009 years‚ Hungary‚ Portugal. 5. Analysis of international labor migration (emigration‚ etc.) 1997-2009
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Sunflower Company : Adapting to Changing Market Conditions Problem : Looking ahead‚ there are 4 challanges for Sunflower Company ; Splitting the company up and / or selling a part of the company Retaining people Applying Information Technology Managing counrty or regional economic factors Timeline 1992-1994 : Start of the firm Firm started with 3 employees; founder‚ accountant‚ sales agent. There was high demand and low competition.In early 1990s it was diffucult to gt a loan from a bank‚ by 1994
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‘Events in Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939 played a greater part in causing war in 1939 then did the Nazi soviet pact.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. Ultimately‚ the events in Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939 played a major role in contributing to the outbreak of world war 2 as it ended the appeasement policy and led to Britain’s realization that war was the only solution. However‚ the nazi soviet pact is also a factor as it gave germany the confidence to invade Poland‚ a move that guaranteed
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around Russia that used to be parts of a larger union called The Union of Soviet Socialists Republics‚ however‚ in 1991‚ the USSR broke apart into several other independent states. The new states that were formed are: Armenia‚ Azerbaijan‚ Belarus‚ Estonia‚ Georgia‚ Kazakhstan‚ Kyrgystan‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Moldova‚ Tajikistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Ukraine‚ and Uzbekistan. The realm that is Russia is further divided into eight regions including the Far East‚ Siberia‚ Northwest‚ Urals‚ Greater Volga‚
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Ski jumping as an Olympic sport deserves more recognition. Ski jumping was created and thought of in Norway‚ the first ski jumper being ole rye‚ a Norwegian army lieutenant. He decided to try something out‚ so he set up a jump with the assistance of his peers (who were also in the army) and his first jump was 9.5 meters‚ leading to the birth of the sport in 1809. Ski jumping first caught my eye while visiting my friend in Switzerland. He was quite an avid Ski jumper and even competed in several national
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"Causes and effects of World War II" In the Soviet Union‚ under the rule of Lenin‚ a dictatorship was set up that firmly controlled the country. Lenin died in 1924‚ and Joseph Stalin became the new Soviet dictator in 1929. In Germany‚ Adolf Hitler turned the country into a dictatorship. The Nazi party gained much strength due to the Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to surrender territory and pay reparations. Hitler vowed to ignore the treaty and repair Germany’s name in society. Hitler
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