Introduction: What Is Democracy? 1 Characteristics of Democracy 3 Rights and Responsibilities 7 Democratic Elections 12 Rule of Law 16 Constitutionalism 19 Three Pillars of Government 22 Free and Independent Media 27 Political Parties‚ Interest Groups‚ NGOs 29 Civil-Military Relations 32 The Culture of Democracy 34 Democracy may be a word familiar to most‚ but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused at a time when dictators‚ single-party regimes‚ and military coup leaders
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------------------------------------------------- List of banks in the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks‚ from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks. As at 31 March 2011‚ there are 19 universal banks‚ 19 commercial banks‚ 73 thrift banks‚ 595 rural banks‚ 40 credit unions and 15 non-banks with quasi-banking functions‚ all licensed with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas(Central Bank of the Philippines) under Republic
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State Bank of India is the largest state-owned banking and financial services company in India. The Bank provides banking services to the customer. In addition to the banking services‚ the Bank through their subsidiaries‚ provides a range of financial services‚ which include life insurance‚ merchant banking‚ mutual funds‚ credit card‚ factoring‚ security trading‚ pension fund management and primary dealership in the money market. The Bank operates in four business segments‚ namely Treasury‚ Corporate/
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Democracy as a Universal Value Amartya Sen Copyright © 1999 National Endowment for Democracy and the Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. Journal of Democracy 10.3 (1999) 3-17 In the summer of 1997‚ I was asked by a leading Japanese newspaper what I thought was the most important thing that had happened in the twentieth century. I found this to be an unusually thought-provoking question‚ since so many things of gravity have happened over the last hundred years. The European empires
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originated in the last decades of the 18th century. The first banks were Bank of Hindustan (1770-1829) and The General Bank of India‚ established 1786 and since defunct. The largest bank‚ and the oldest still in existence‚ is the State Bank of India‚ which originated in the Bank of Calcutta in June 1806‚ which almost immediately became the Bank of Bengal. This was one of the three presidency banks‚ the other two being the Bank of Bombayand the Bank of Madras‚ all three of which were established under charters
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Bank fraud is a crime that has been around as long as banks themselves. Anytime there is a large amount of money floating around‚ there are going to be people trying to figure out ways to get to it. In the United States‚ and most other developed countries‚ bank fraud is a serious problem that causes billions of dollars in damages every year‚ and is considered a federal offense. In China bank fraud is even punishable by death. Bank fraud is defined as attempting to wrongfully take money or property
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Democracy: The Path to Smiles? Something that is usually not given much thought on a daily basis for citizens of developed countries is the quality of life and the amount of freedoms that they possess. It is not of concern to those who live in countries with high levels of individual freedoms and political rights why or how these qualities exist. Though to other individuals who live in poor conditions with little freedoms‚ this can be a question that is asked often. We usually point to the
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SUMMIT BANK LIMITED MULTAN ROAD BRANCH [pic] An Internship report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment For The Degree of Masters of Science In Accounting & Finance AMNA HAMID Session (2008-2010) Department Of Accounting & FinanceKinnaird College for Women‚ Lahore [pic] Executive summary “The purpose of study was to know about SUMMIT BANK LIMITED and to analyze the financial statement. “ In this report the Summit Bank’s history‚ mission‚ vision and services as well as management is
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In a democracy‚ people choose their leaders by voting‚ and everyone is treated equally. Democracy revolves around rule by the majority. In my opinion‚ colonial America was on its way to democracy‚ but far from being a true democratic society. Only a small portion of the people were able to make the decisions‚ so government did not revolve around the majority. By the 1720s in most colonies‚ eligible voters were defined as white Christian males who owned land and were over the age of 21. In
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Banking: F209 A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities‚ either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank links together customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their importance in the financial system and influence on national economies‚ banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking‚
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