DIVISION OF COMMERCE ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN ARTS DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL STUDIES SEMESTER ONE: AUG – DEC 2012 Question: ‘When examining Guyana‚ Cuba and Venezuela what are the features that make the mixture of the Presidential and Prime Ministerial system so attractive to so many democracies?’ “A prime ministerial government system is a system in which executive power is concentrated in the prime minister’s hands through the suppression of collective cabinet government”
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The determinants of non-performing loans: an econometric case study of Guyana[1] Tarron Khemraj Assistant Professor of Economics New College of Florida Sukrishnalall Pasha Lecturer University of Guyana ABSTRACT The study attempts to ascertain the determinants of non-performing loans in the Guyanese banking sector using a panel dataset and a fixed effect model similar to Jimenez and Saurina (2005). Consistent with international evidence we find that the real effective exchange
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Trade Union In Guyana Group Members Sunil Goriah ………………12/0935/2499 Sachin Ramsuran………... 12/0935/2357 Selwin Collier………………13/0935/2342 Presentation Outline Early attempts to form Trade Union How Trade Union was born in Guyana Effect of Trade Union on Workers The Enmore Strike What is Trade Unionism? Early Attempts to form Trade Unions There was basically four (4)early attempts of forming Trade Unions. These are: River captains Laborers and Tradesmen in
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indentured workers brought Hinduism and Islam and the Africans brought voodoo and other spiritual practices. Christianity is the most dominant of all religions in the Caribbean covering over 80% of every countries’ population with the exception of Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. These exceptions are multi-religious nations‚ with over a 20% population of Hindus and Muslims. All societies have developed values and norms which are generated from religious beliefs. Marriage‚ family‚ education‚ government
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“The Masque of the Red Death.” Glencoe Literature The Reader’s Choice-Course 5. Ed. Jeffery D. Wilhelm. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2009. 84- 89. Print. Judge‚ John. "The Black Hole of Guyana--The Untold Story of the Jonestown Massacre‚ by John Judge‚ 1985." The Black Hole of Guyana--The Untold Story of the Jonestown Massacre‚ by John Judge‚ 1985. 1985. Mon. 12 Oct. 2015. "FBI Audiotape Project." Alternative Considerations of Jonestown Peoples Temple. Ed. Rikke Wettendorff. Web
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Essay Question Number 4; The Electoral systems in the Caribbean needs to be changed. How real is this view? An election as a political process serves as the single most important mechanism for citizens to participate in the selection of a government. When conducted to international standards‚ elections tend to confer legitimacy on a government. In the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ the electoral experience varies and tends to reflect not only the socio-political culture of the member state but also
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Describe the major migrations into the Caribbean that greatly impacted society and culture. Migration is the movement of people from one place to another‚ but in this case‚ it is the movement of a group of people from another country coming into the Caribbean for better opportunities mainly‚ because of slavery. The major migrations into the Caribbean were mainly slavery‚ indentureship‚ encomienda and the plantation system. All these were the impacts of the historical processes. Influences of the
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Dyeing Poison Frog The Dendrobates tinctorius‚ also known as the dyeing poison frog was first discovered in 1797 by G. Cuvier. The Scientific classification of this amphibian is: Kingdom-Animalia‚ Phylum- Chordata‚ Class- Amphibia‚ Order-Anura‚ Family- Dendrobatidae‚ Genus- Dendrobates‚ Species- D. tinctorius. These are large poison frogs ranging from 40 to 50 mm and some females can reach to 60 mm. The dyeing poison frog is a bright blue frog with two broad yellow stripes on the back. The
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Yasmin Arianna John GLDP 525X-Globalization‚ Peace and Conflict Dr. R.Riggs Research Paper Cultural Globalization: An Adversary or Advocate for Women’s Rights in Developing Countries Introduction Globalization has created a huge impact on the lives of women in developing nations whether it was negative or positive. The word Globalization is defined as “ a complex economic‚ political‚ cultural‚ and geographic process in which mobility of capital‚ organization‚ ideas‚ discourse and peoples
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government. Jonestown Massacre happened on November 18th in 1978. More than 900 people who were members of his cult known as the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide/murder under their leader. This happened at a settlement in South American nation of Guyana known as Jonestown. On the same say before the mass murder Leo Ryan a United States representative had gone to Jonestown to check out a few causes of reported abuse but was murdered. Many concerned families came along side him to see what was happening
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