The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South Asian nations‚ founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic‚ technological‚ social‚ and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ the Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2005. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries‚ twice annually. It
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The Roaring Tigers and the Asian Miracle Until a few years ago one could not open the pages of a public affairs magazine without running into a commentary claiming for example that ¡®Asian countries have developed a new and superior form of capitalism that is beating the pants off Western‚ free market economies¡¯ (Altfest‚ 1998). Between 1965 and 1990 the economy of East Asia grew faster than all other regions of the world‚ roughly three times as fast as other developing regions and twenty-five
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To: Brita Cloghesy-Devereux From: Ben - 300215504‚ Harper Date: March 12‚ 2018 Re: Assignment 4 – Understanding Segmentation 1. Original name from PRIMZ5: Asian Avenues – Rename: Asian on the rise 2. Segment Background - Asian Avenues: consisting of Chinese and South Asian immigrant families‚ the segment focuses on urban lifestyle and outdoor activities such as sport events and exhibitions. Their social value emphasizes multiculturalism due to diverse demographic. Most of the families have moderate
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24 November 2015 The Spreading of Asian Carp The Asian carp is an invasive species that is vastly multiplying across lakes and rivers in the United States. Asian carp are a type of large fish from Southeast Asia. These carp are more traditionally known as Black carp‚ Silver carp‚ and Bighead carp. Asian carp were originally brought into the United States to be put into aquaculture ponds to filter and clean the water. After a flood in Arkansas‚ the Asian carp escaped from the aquaculture ponds
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the influence of corporations in our society‚ is extremely difficult. Even if it is unintentional‚ a documentary will be dominated with a particular view. This can be explored through the documentary "The Corporation" by Mark Achbar‚ Jennifer Abbot & Joel Bakan. Through the use of certain techniques of selection of detail‚ film language and verbal language the creators present corporations as being a destructive institution with no emotion and no morals. The technique selection of detail plays an important
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emphasis on education for many different reasons; they want a better life for their children‚ they want them to be high achievers‚ they feel they have something to prove. Many years ago Asians were thought of as less then Westerners‚ and Asians had to prove that they were just as good as westerners‚ In ‘Growing Up Asian in Australia’ written by Alice Pung‚ Paul Nguyen said “We aimed high because we had no choice.” (pg. 291). Paul makes it sound like that if he did have a choice he wouldn’t put such an
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soldiers‚ who or why didn’t matter at that time‚ it was their life or the shoot. Their country forsook the soldiers. Their countries had sentenced them to near certain death in Vietnam in a hopeless situation. Their country left them to die there. The American people hated the soldiers‚ they spat on them. To them‚ their home countries had betrayed them. In this case‚ all that seemed to be left was God. "And it was dark‚ so dark at night" This has two meanings: the literal and metaphorical. In the literal
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TARJANI VAKIL DIPANKAR BASU MAHENDRA SHAH DEEPAK SATWALEKAR R.A. SHAH DR. S. SIVARAM S. RAMADORAI CHAIRMAN’S LETTER Dear Shareholders‚ It is my privilege to communicate with you at the end of another successful year for Asian Paints. The financial year 2010-11 was one in which both the world as well as the Indian economy showed resilience. While the global economy
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1160 October 29‚ 2014 Asian Collectivism Obstructs Capitalism Principle in Economy Capitalism is popular in North America‚ Europe and most of the developed countries‚ capitalization seems unstoppable and was carried across the world by broader processes of globalization such as imperialism and‚ by the end of the nineteenth century‚ became the dominant global economic system‚ in turn intensifying processes of economic and other globalization1. Interestingly‚ from the various Asian Study courses‚ demonstrated
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Nowadays‚ emerging markets are becoming more and more attractive for multinational companies. Particularly the Asian market‚ headed by China‚ represents an enormous potential. Asians consumers are motivated by a complex range of cultural factors and are becoming more interested in pursuing brands to experience their reputation‚ to stand out from the crowd or to create new trends of a modern high-class lifestyle in purchasing items of established‚ mostly western brands. Especially the uprising group
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