Overview of OPEC Is a permanent‚ intergovernmental Organization‚ created at the Baghdad Conference on September‚ 1960. Founder Members: Later joined Members •Iran •Iraq •Kuwait •Saudi Arabia •Venezuela •Qatar (1961) •Indonesia (1962) – suspended membership 01/2009 •Libya (1962) •United Arab Emirates (1967) •Algeria (1969) •Nigeria (1971) •Ecuador (1973) – suspended membership 1992-2007 •Angola (2007) •Gabon (1975–1994) Objectives of Opec • OPEC’s objective is to co-ordinate and unify petroleum
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References: Hamilton‚ J.D‚ 1983‚”Oil and the Macro economy since World War II”‚ Journal of Political Economy‚ Vol. 91‚ pp 228-248 Abken‚ P.A‚ 1980‚ “The Economics of Gold Price Movements”‚ Wall Street Journal‚ Vol Jones‚ C.M and Kaul‚ G‚ 1996‚ “Oil and Stock Markets”‚ The Journal of Finance‚ Vol. 2‚ pp 463-491 Faff‚ R.W‚ and Brailsford‚ J
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Book Report: Racial Formation in the United States (1960-1980) Michael Omi and Howard Winant’s book‚ Racial Formation in the United States‚ identifies race and its importance to "America". Saying‚ it "will always be at the center of the American experience" (Pg.6). Challenging both mainstream (ethnicity-oriented) and radical (class-oriented) analyses‚ Omi and Winant argue that race has been "systematically overlooked" (Pg. 138) as an important factor in understanding American politics and society
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Contemporary Art Essay Code: 81.232 Word count: 1‚836 Topic: 4 Painting was proclaimed dead in the 1980s. Discuss referencing Greenberg‚ the Conceptual Art movement and the revival of painting in the 1980s. I have written this work myself and have made every attempt to acknowledge the ideas of others. Painting has been declared dead numerous times since the 1960s but it refuses to die‚ even though the relevance and legitimacy of the medium is repeatedly questioned. Because
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fluctuations; Macroeconomic performance‚ Malaysia‚ UK 1 1. General Overview The 1974-75 US and global recession was triggered by a tripling of the price of oil following the Yom Kippur war‚ and by the oil embargo that followed (refer to Figure 1). The 1980-81 recessions in the US and the rest of the world was also triggered by a spike in the price of oil following the Iranian revolution in 1979. Similarly‚ the 1990-91 recessions in the US was partly caused by the spike in the price of oil after the Iraqi
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A REVIEW OF PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY 1980-2004 SUCCESSESS AND FAILURES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Formulation of foreign policy of a country is a complicated process. It implies consideration of long term and short term interests of a state. Policy at the same time is required to be dynamic‚ as it has to be modified or changed with the changing global scenario. Foreign policy of any country is based on numerous determinants that can be divided into variable and invariable factors. The invariable
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Key Dates Context - Iraq • • • • • • 13 Millions inhabitants • Saddam Hussein is still contested in his own parti by Al Bakr supporters and with Islamic revolution in Iran‚ Shiis start a revolt in 1979. • 1st military power in the region. Arabs = 75%‚ Kurds = 17%‚ Persian 2%. ⅔ Sunni‚ ⅓ Shii and 3% of minority (christians‚ jews‚...) Economic dependency on oil. Others sectors were developping. Baasist regim since 1968 and the second “coup d’état” (1st in 1963). July
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Between 1980 into the mid 1980s… the genocide of the Maya occurred within the city of modern Guatemala (p.355). It was during this time that the Mayan society were forced to leave their home in the altiplano (the highlands—due to an earthquake) and had to begin to assimilate with the rest of the Guatemala population. During this time‚ the Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (FAR) ladino organization extended their communist influence to those Mayas assosciated with the highlands. Therefore because of their
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The Study Films on Chinese Ethnic Minority in 1980’s Abstract: Before the founding of New China on October 26‚ 1948‚ the Propaganda Department of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee announced that “ class society in film promotion‚ is a tool of class struggle‚ and not something else”. Film as a state ideology‚ education‚ and guide people to the spiritual life of the tool position‚ has been expressly established. (Li Daoxin) New China’s film as a new revolutionary ideology cultural products
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