form of foreign direct investment (FDI). The share of net FDI in world GDP has grown five-fold through the eighties and the nineties‚ making the causes and consequences of FDI and economic growth a subject of ever-growing interest. This report attempts to make a contribution in this context‚ by analyzing the existence and nature of causalities‚ if any‚ between FDI and economic growth. It uses as its focal point India‚ where growth of economic activities and FDI has been one of the most pronounced
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proposition that there is endogeniety i.e.‚ bi-directional relationship between FDI and economic growth in Nigeria. Single and simultaneous equation systems are employed to examine if there is any sort of feed-back relationship between FDI and economic growth in Nigeria. The results obtained show that FDI and economic growth are jointly determined in Nigeria and there is positive feedback from FDI to growth and from growth to FDI. The overall policy implication of the result is that policies that attract
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continue to use it today; however‚ the numbers of countries that still use the death penalty are very few. Most places have since abolished capital punishment. For example‚ South Africa removed the death penalty in 1995. Racial segregation is one of the main reasons that capital punishment had occurred for so long in South Africa. When Arthur Chaskalson had been appointed President‚ the capital punishment sentence had been altered. North Korea‚ however‚ still continues to use the death penalty as a
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Policy Brief: HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Adolescents in South Africa Heterosexual intercourse among adolescents is the primary method of HIV transmission in South Africa‚ with the majority of new infections occurring in the 21 25 year age group. An HIV-prevention campaign promoting abstinence among young people would seem to be an effective barrier to further infections. However‚ a policy promoting abstinence approaches the problem only superficially‚ and would not take into account all of
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Topic Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION TO FDI 1 2. HISTORICAL TRENDS IN FDI IN INDIA 2 3. PRESENT SHAPE OF FDI 2 4. THE ORGANIZATION OF INDIA’S RETAIL INDUSTRY 3 5. EFFECT OF FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS: 4 6. THE CASE OF WALMART 10 7. COMPETITION RELATED ISSUES 11 8. CASES 13 9. CONCLUSION 15 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 iv Introduction to FDI Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) broadly encompasses any long-term investments
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Africa Bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east‚ Atlantic to the west and Mediterranean to the north; lies the continent as we know called Africa. The longest river‚ which runs about 4‚160 miles‚ is the Nile River and is the survival source for the African people. It provides mode of transportation‚ food and fertile land. Providing a route between the coast and the Sahara Desert‚ the slopes contain cedar‚ pine‚ cork and oak trees. The Sahara Desert separates northern Africa from the rest of
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IS NUCLEAR ENERGY A SOLUTION TO THE ENERGY CRISIS? Contents * Abstract * Introduction * Report * Conclusion * Bibliography * Appendix Abstract Nuclear energy could be the future of energy and potentially solve the energy crisis problem. Nuclear energy is a sustainable energy source and it can provide millions of times the amount of energy output from a fixed mass of fuel than any other energy source‚ such as fossil fuel‚ for the same mass of fuel.
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The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market: Evidence from South Africa. BY OMAZULU SIBA DA A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce in Economics. DEPARTME T OF ECO OMICS FACULTY OF MA AGEME T A D COMMERCE U IVERSITY OF FORT HARE SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR M CUBE OVEMBER 2008 ii DECLARATIO & COPYRIGHT I‚ the undersigned Nomazulu Sibanda‚ hereby declare that this dissertation is my own original work and that it has not been presented
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Case Study # 1: South Delaware Coors‚ Inc. Analysis Summary Main Problems Two issues are present in the case. The first is a decision on what research should be conducted by Manson and Associates to allow Larry Brownlow to estimate the feasibility of a Coors beer distributorship for a two-county area in Delaware. This issue is evident‚ even stressed‚ throughout the case. The second issue is a decision on whether or not the distributorship is feasible or‚ in other words‚ a go/no-go decision
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The Influence of Cultural Characteristics on Anxiety and WTC in the L2 Classroom A case study of a South Korean and a Saudi Arabian Learner Abstract The present case study was designed to compare the language anxiety and willingness to communicate of one Korean and one Saudi adult English Language Learner. The literature suggests that cultural characteristics and perspectives about language learning contribute to the extent of anxiety
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