equality‚ the Sri Lankan flag was developed through colours and symbols to represent each race and religion ensuring that the nation remains a place of peace and harmony. Its current main goals are the development of the nation’s infrastructure‚ economy and lifestyle of the people. Country- Sri Lanka | | Population- 21‚386‚870 * 10‚551‚931 (Male) * 10‚834‚939 (Female) | This graph indicates the population growth of Sri Lanka until 2008 | Capital * Commercial= Colombo * Actual=Sri
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this and act moral it leads to financial crisis Toussant L’Ouverture Led a massive slave revolt in Haiti (end of 1700s) Announced on January 1‚ 1804 that Haiti would be a true democracy (including a constitution‚ president‚ cabinet‚ etc) This caused other countries to stop trade with Haiti‚ and the beginning of their massive debt. Charles the 10th Lead American navy in brigade to surround Haiti‚ lasting 25 years. 1/3rd of the Haitians starved to death as a result of the brigade Chose to
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Revolution The Haitian Revolution‚ 1792-1803‚ was the first and only successful slave uprising. Before the revolution‚ Saint Domingue was a French colony. Saint Domingue was a leading producer of crops such as sugar and coffee‚ which fueled France’s economy. Enslaved Africans labored under harsh conditions. The slaves were owned by a class in society‚ known as planters‚ who supported slavery and were considered citizens of France. 1Another class was the free people of color‚ who were Blacks in agreement
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in a capitalist economy? A capitalist economy has no central planning authority to decide as to what‚ how and for whom to produce and in the absence of any central authority; it looks like a miracle as to how such an economy functions. There can be confusion and chaos in the country when the producers choose to produce cloth and workers choose to work for the furniture industry‚ while the consumers are in need of cars. In order to solve the central problems‚ such an economy uses the impersonal
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long way from there. About two-fifths of the economy is now connected with the global economy through exports‚ imports‚ factor and commodity markets; the degree of openness of the economy currently stands at 40%. Bangladesh can now rightfully claim that she has graduated from a predominantly aid receiving nation to a trading nation. The export-oriented RMG sector has made crucial contribution to this abovementioned transformation of the Bangladesh economy. The role of our RMG entrepreneurs ‚domestic
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What economic factors appear to have contributed the most recent (2008/09) recession in the UK economy? In 2008-2009 there had been a decline in the UK economy GDP for 6 consecutive quarters due to many economic factors. An overall summary of the factors to have caused the recession are: the decrease in production and construction output & weaker service industries distribution. The first the factor contributing to the recession was the subprime credit crunch crisis. ‘The credit crunch refers
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How persuasive is dependency analysis in explaining the constraints and opportunities faced by developing countries in the international political economy? In the late 1950s‚ dependency theory was proposed by Raul Prebisch‚ the director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (Cardoso & Faletto‚ 1979). Dependency theory mainly focuses on the interaction between the developing and developed countries and was considered as a big challenge to the free market economic policies
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applied in the Middle Ages. The premarket society was very antiquated; the economy stemmed from traditional values and methods‚ such as farming‚ slavery and the idea that "wealth tended to follow power" (21). You were born into a certain niche and life and your only job was the fulfill it; basically if you were born into the royal family you had money‚ you were set for life and if not‚ you basically had no shot. The market economy was very different from this in the sense that it encouraged a man to go
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Relieving Chile and Haiti Many earthquakes strike different countries and very often‚ and they face efforts to rebuild the nation. Some countries do it better than others and some are more effective. But‚ this does not only apply to earthquakes but also to other natural disasters such as floods and droughts. In such situations‚ humanitarian and development aid rush in from different corners of the world and from the countries government. The aid that is received goes into the relief efforts of the
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Memory. New York: Vintage Books‚ 1998. 2nd Vintage Contemporaries Edition. 236 pp. Introduction To The Author Edwidge Danticat was born on January 19‚ 1969 in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti. At the age of two her father immigrated to the United States and two years later her mother followed leaving Danticat and her brother in Haiti to be raised by an aunt and uncle. When she was twelve she and her brother moved to Brooklyn‚ New York to live with their parents‚ much like her protagonist Sophie in the book
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