countries‚ which have a low economic growth. With help from high economic growth countries such as MEDC ’s (More economically developed countries) the USA‚ UK‚ Australia‚ Canada etc. countries receive * Giving the poor jobs * Making organizations e.g. fair-trade * Giving children an education * Provide starting amount of money to help start the growth of the economy With this MEDCs are providing the countries with foreign aid but by contrast‚ other people find foreign aid has
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shoes are manufactured in many countries around the world. Like many TNCs‚ Nike subcontracts or uses independently owned factories in different countries to produce its trainers. Often this takes place in less economically developed countries (LEDCs) where labour costs are low. Nike says they are in the business of "marketing" shoes‚ not making them. However‚ Nike dictates the terms to the contractor: the design‚ the materials‚ the price it will pay. Nike’s main activities are in South-East
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Religious Attitudes to matters of death A) Explain the difference between active and passive euthanasia? Active euthanasia occurs when the medical professionals‚ or another person‚ deliberately do something that causes the patient to die. Passive euthanasia occurs when the patient dies because the medical professionals either don’t do something necessary to keep the patient alive‚ or when they stop doing something that is keeping the patient alive e.g switch off life-support machines or don’t
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Higher Level Case Study Booklet 2013 How to do well in Unit 1 and Unit 2 Section A Revise your booklets Learn your case studies by: highlighting the key facts converting them into simple drawings or mind maps Highlight the key words and commands on the question paper Study maps‚ and diagrams thoroughly before looking at the question. Look at the title and the key. Make sure you understand fully what the examiner is showing you‚ THEN look at the question. Describe
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were very little steel reinforcement present and nothing robust to support the majority concrete buildings. New techniques are being developed to make buildings “life-safe” e.g. floating foundations and extra reinforcement. Often too expensive for LEDCs who cannot afford it * Much of the city of Port-au-Prince is built on unstable sediment…this amplified the effect as the seismic waves passed quicker using less energy through the sediment (as compared to hard rock) * The plates move approximately
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Fact file on a Natural Hazard. Natural Hazard:MEDC / LEDC | Earthquake‚ Haiti | Location (include a map) | Haiti | When did it happen? | The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday‚ 12 January 2010. | Why? – which plates wereInvolved? | On a global tectonic scale‚ movement of the Caribbean and the North American plates were responsible for the Haitian earthquake. However on a subregional tectonic scale‚ there is a smaller plate that separates the Caribbean and
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Serfdom needed to ended for Russia’s economy to grow‚ because it prevented the growth of Russian industry‚ obstructed the free flow of labour and it restricted enterprise. With Serfdom in Russia‚ the economy couldn’t develop‚ so it was stuck in a LEDCs economy‚ with agriculture being the main part of its economy. Alexander lll didn’t reverse this reform‚ because he also wanted Russia’s economy to grow like his predecessor Alexander ll. A reform Alexander lll did reverse‚ was the freedom of speech
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“National boundaries have far less meaning now than they did in the past.” How far do you agree/disagree? A dividing line. This is the most fundamental definition of a boundary‚ but while we often take it to be a physical line in between two areas‚ a boundary is so much more than that. Boundaries can be anything from regional‚ to ethnic‚ to religious‚ to lingual. National boundaries have defined people since the first civilizations thousands of years ago. From the Roman Empire in the BC
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the white man gathered and exploited what was there‚ they left‚ leaving the locals with no preparation for their future‚ with no sense of a government‚ no sense of and economy‚ nothing. Such is a reason why even today‚ a lot of African countries are LEDCS. This even lead to the African People protecting themselves by condemning colonialism and imperialism based on the premises that “…fundamental human rights‚ freedom of speech‚ freedom of association‚ freedom of movement‚ freedom of worship‚ freedom
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The UK bottled water market has been dominated by firms such as Nestlé and Danone for many years. Coca-Cola‚ the soft drinks producer‚ recently entered the bottled water market in a number of countries‚ including the UK‚ with brands such as Malvern and Glacéau. What do you think is the best strategy for existing businesses to adopt in response to the entry of a new large competitor? Justify your answer with reference to the UK bottled water market and/or other markets that you know. Nestlé and Danone
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