reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans. With these policies he hoped to make Russia a more competitive with the rest of Europe. His plans for Russia’s economic development‚ which‚ though ambitious and in some ways successful‚ created new ones‚ which
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Modernisation and Transformation of Hong Kong 1 To what extent did the characteristics of British colonial rule in Hong Kong during the first half of the 20th century last until the end of the 20th century? 15 marks Difficulty : Marking criteria Criteria Max. Grade to be awarded Marks • Coherent presentation with reasonable analysis of the characteristics of British colonial rule in Hong Kong during the first half of the 20th century; able to compare the characteristics
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The Ganga Project Introduction “Throwing her head in a swirl of ice spray‚ in pride and defiance creeping round lovingly some favoured rock to rush down joyously over the boulders hurling herself with a mighty shout over some great precipice…smiling and dancing in the morning sunlight and dark and gloomy and full of mysteries in the evening shadow‚ a narrow‚ slow and graceful stream in the winter‚ vast and roaring during the monsoon.”- Jawaharlal Nehru. The Ganga is the most sacred river
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1 ONCOLOGY INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 1.1 Key trends and characteristics of Cytostatic industry • high growth rate – higher propotion of the global pharma market in the years to come • one of the fastest growing and most profitable therapeutic areas of the next few decades • shift from accute cancer treatment to chronic disease management and prevention • more and more biotech companies enter the market – connections with pharma to help through the maze of regulatory processes and clinical development
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was most likely brought upon by the aftermath and the horrors the world experienced of WWI. The massive loss of life was mostly brought upon by the advancement of technology; these new inventions were synonymous to the advancements made in the industrialisation‚ which enabled the mass production of weaponry. Such progress resulted in the new inventions of deadly weaponry‚ which subjected those affected to a slow and painful death. This created the view that the previous Renaissance and Enlightenment
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money market on the Nigerian economic development; it has been prepared as a contribution to the quest for promotion of entrepreneurship as an engine growth. To access the multidimensional role and medium scale enterprises in bringing out rapid industrialisation. The study examine the contribution of money market to the growth of small and medium scale enterprises during the period of 1987-2007 with special emphasis on the performance appraisal of the stock market. The result from the empirical analysis
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families allowed many young women and men to avoid various family conflicts that used to cause a huge number of suicides (The Economist‚ 2014). The decrease of suicides‚ due to the urban development‚ may go against the Émile Durkheim’s idea of urbanisation‚ modernisation‚ and social independence increasing suicide rates (1897). The changes of this decade improved lives of the urban inhabitants and individuals‚ who were able to migrate to the
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individual profits from the pursuit of economic interests‚ society suffers due to the negative externalities imposed to the economy. An example that comes to mind would be climate change due to the indiscriminate burning of fossil fuels and industrialisation. For instance‚ in China‚ which had seen an exponential increase in Gross Domestic Product over the past 50 years ‚ there had been huge impacts on the environment. Many cities are seeing pollutions level well above the acceptable levels and half
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Forms of government and state rule are usually put into one of two categories. These categories are Democratic governments‚ seen in established democracies such as the UK‚ or New Democracies‚ which are usually countries that have just experienced the fall of an authoritarian regime. Democracy is considered by many to be the best form of government‚ as it is seen that the people are supposedly free from the ’ties and binds’ of authoritarian control. Whether this is true or not I am going to examine
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high growth rates than rich countries as they are growing from comparitevely low levels of income. Growth also needs to take into account changes in population Changes associated with economic growth Primary -> Secondaryy -> Tertiary Urbanisation Growth of GDP per capita Increases in productivity Increased international
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