HATA 4 Essay October 2011 Architecture as a Means of Upliftment in South Africa‚ post-apartheid Introduction The end of Apartheid allowed for “new ways of describing public institutions” according to Jo Noero‚ in an interview for the Small Scale‚ Big Change exhibition. And as a result‚ architecture can be seen as a means of cultural upliftment in post-apartheid South Africa. So the question is‚ how does architecture affect social change and identity in this country? This a two-fold question
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FDI FDI in Retail –BOON OR BANE??? *MD13109* Abstract: India is the attractive and profit oriented market for the investment to developed countries. Despite its good surplus and evergreen sector‚ the Retail-business in India lacks in Capital Investment and lack of transparency. The retailers are just focusing on urban sector and are unable to penetrate in rural sector. FDI can be one solution that will lead to the expected development. If FDI is allowed in Retail-sector‚ it will help Retailers
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JOHANNESBURG — The South African government has rolled out a new single pill to treat HIV/AIDS this week‚ claiming it will be the cheapest such treatment in the world. The country has the world’s largest number of people living with the virus and it hopes this new pill will allow it to treat more patients. In this small ARV (antiretroviral multiple drug therapy) center in the north of Pretoria‚ South Africa‚ a woman looks up at a poster promoting a new treatment for HIV/AIDS. The poster reads
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Economic growth may additionally result from a wider range of intermediate goods in FDI-related production (Feenstra and Markusen‚ 1994). Caves (1996) observed that the rationale for increased efforts to attract more FDI stems from the belief that FDI has several positive effects. Among these are productivity gains‚ technology transfers‚ introduction of new processes‚ managerial skills
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Facts The case Democratic Alliance v President of South Africa deals with the extent of the constitutional constraints that exist in relation to the exercise of power by the president. s179 of The Constitution together with s10 of the National Prosecuting Authority Act stipulates that a National Director of Public Prosecutions‚ who is the director of public prosecutions is appointed by the president‚ as the head of the national executive. In Democratic Alliance v President the issue was whether
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models. However‚ retailing is one of the few sectors where foreign direct investment (FDI) is not allowed at present. FDI in retail industry FDI in retail industry means that foreign companies in certain categories can sell products through their own retail shop in the country. At present‚ foreign direct investment (FDI) in pure retailing is not permitted under Indian law. Government of India has allowed FDI in retail of specific brand of products. Following this‚ foreign companies in certain
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investment has increasingly been identified as a major growth-enhancing component in most developing countries. FDI promotes economic growth in the host country in a great number of ways. From a more compressed perspective‚ these effects of foreign investment could be direct through a certain investment source or indirect through certain spillover effects. In a more broad view however‚ FDI could be said to put pressure on the firms in their host countries to improve their competitiveness leading them
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Africa 10 A frica lies south of Europe and southwest of Asia. Geographically it is about three times the size of the United States‚ excluding Alaska and Hawaii. At its northeast corner is Egypt‚ which is connected to the Sinai Peninsula—and hence to the Asian continent by a very narrow strip of land. This is the only spot where Africa touches another continent; otherwise‚ it is surrounded by water. The Mediterranean Sea separates it from Europe in the north; the Red Sea and Gulf of
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| |III Foreign direct investment |8-12 | |3.1 Benefits of FDI |8-9 | |3.2 Major trends and flows of FDI in 2010 / 2011 |9-10 | |3.3 Explaining the trends and flows of 2010/2011 |11-12
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growing‚ expected to reach US$804.06 billion in 2015. As part of the economic liberalization process set in place by the Industrial Policy of 1991‚ the Indian government has opened the retail sector to FDI slowly through a series of steps: The Indian government removed the 51 percent cap on FDI into single-brand retail outlets in December 2011‚ and opened the market fully to foreign investors by permitting 100 percent foreign investment in this area. It has also made some‚ albeit limited
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