"Education is the best economic policy there is". (Tony Blair) Economic policy is defined as “a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues". (The free dictionary) Economic policy is the actions taken by the government in the economic field. They make decisions on the tax rate‚ how much to spend‚ how much to import and export. Supply-side economics thinks that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce goods and services as well
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Economic Growth and environmental problems The industrial revolution‚ which began around 1750‚ ushered human beings into a new era of modern civilization. While the remarkable progress in science and technology has improved people’s lives greatly‚ our earth is changing and the environment around us is becoming worse and worse. According to Booth (1991‚ p.552)‚ the" long-run economic growth relies on the creation of new industries and new forms of economic activity‚ these new forms of economic activity
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politically instable state. Political stability is important for keeping the society integrated‚ maintaining legitimacy‚ economic development and supremacy of law in a state. In political stable condition people have power they use their powers for the development of nation‚ and in politically instable condition people feel powerless‚ lose their trust on government and they prefer their own interest in front of state and then the society leads to split. Political stability is very important for nation-building
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West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s highest
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FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA) Written By: ABORISADE OLUWASOGO OLANREWAJU SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING BANKING AND FINANCE OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY OSOGBO‚ OKUKU SUPERVISED BY: MR OLANREWAJU FATOKI ABSTRACT Climate change adaptation is increasingly becoming an area of growing interest and involvement for many developing countries that unfortunately bear the brunt of an overheating planet caused by developed or so called advanced
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Does Economic Development always lead to Improvements in Livind Standards? Economic growth and economic development are often thought to be synonymous but although the two are closely linked‚ there are crucial differences in their meanings. Economic growth is defined as ’a rise in the total output (goods or services) produced by a country’. It is measured by the percent rate of increase in the gross domestic product (GDP). Economic development as defined by Todaro is "not purely an economic phenomenon
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China’s Economic Growth and Development China is presently the world’s largest economy in relation to its population of 1.3 billion. The country is currently a socialist economy ruled by a Communist Government‚ with significant structural changes impacting its economy as a result of the high rate of growth over the past decades. Its economy is in the transition phase‚ moving from being a centrally planned economy to a system based more on the market. A socialist or market economy can be defined
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http://www.researchindia.org/EffectsofGlobalizationonIndia.doc Kishore G. Kulkarni‚ Ph.D.‚ Professor of Economics‚ And Editor‚ Indian Journal of Economics and Business (visit: www.ijeb.com) Metropolitan State College of Denver‚ Campus Box 77. P. O. Box 173362‚ Denver‚ CO 80217-3362‚ USA. First draft of this paper was presented in the Oxford Roundtable Conference held in Oxford University‚ UK‚ in July 2005. Author thanks School of Business‚ MSCD for financial assistance‚ and Profs. John
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Question Number 1 1. Strategic Priority 1: Economic Growth and Job Creation. 2. Strategic Priority 2: Massive programme to build economic and social infrastructure. 3. Strategic Priority 3: Rural Development 4. Strategic Priority 4: Education 5. Strategic Priority 5: Health Question Number 2 * Priority 1- Factors beyond the control of policy-makers and stakeholders in South Africa have a big impact on the environment for growth and job creation‚ and it is difficult to measure achievements
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relative to the current market price. The effect on nominal interest rates of an increase in the rate of monetary growth that is least consistent with the other effects is the: (a) expected inflation [Fisher] effect. (b) nominal income effect. (c) liquidity [Keynes] effect. (d) price level effect. 1. The idea that growth of the money supply at a low fixed percentage rate annually is likely to yield greater macroeconomic stability than when monetary policy is at the discretion of government
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