Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa The Experience of Zambia Dr. Francis Chigunta Overview • After stagnating for much of its post‐colonial history‚ economic performance in Africa has improved remarkably in recent times • Average of 5.6 per cent a year • Africa was one of the fastest growing regions in the World from 2001 to 2008 • Despite the global economic crisis Africa’s ‘robust’ growth has since resumed. • 4.8 %on average in 2011 (World Bank)‚ with the • 5.2% (International Monetary Fund)
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Robust agricultural growth is key to India ’s economic growth prospects Ajay Modi Business Today‚ September 17‚ 2013 | UPDATED 08:55 IST A farmer works in a wheat field against the backdrop of residential apartments undergoing construction in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi January 1‚ 2012. (Reuters Last week‚ the prime minister ’s Economic Advisory Council projected 4.8 per cent growth for agriculture in 2013/14. In comparison‚ agricultural growth last year was 1.9 per cent. If the projection
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INDIAN RETAIL INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION The India Retail Industry is the largest among all the industries‚ accounting for over 10 per cent of the country’s GDP and around 8 per cent of the employment. The Retail Industry in India has come forth as one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries with several players entering the market. Shopping in India have witnessed a revolution with the change in the consumer buying behavior and the whole format of shopping also altering. Industry of
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1018-5895/10 www.palgrave-journals.com/gpp/ Insurance Development and Economic Growth* Liyan Hana‚ Donghui Lib‚ Fariborz Moshirianb and Yanhui Tiana a School of Economics & Management‚ Beihang University‚ Beijing‚ China. School of Banking and Finance‚ The University of New South Wales‚ Sydney‚ Australia. E-mail: donghui@unsw.edu.au b This paper investigates the relationship between insurance development and economic growth by employing GMM models on a dynamic panel data set of 77 economies for
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Finance and Economics King’s Class 2 2013.04.21 The Index Page2:……………………………………………………………………………………Index Page3:………………………………………….…………………………………Introduction Page4:…………………………………………………………………..E-sport(Description) Page5:…………………………………..………The growth of E-sport(Cause and Effect) Page6:…………………………….…E-sport and Online games(Compare and Contrast) Page7:…………………………………………….…Put E-sport into Olympics(Argument) Page8:……………………………………………………………………………..Conclusion Page9:…………………………………………………………………………
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Accelerating growth in Gujarat A discussion note KPMG IN INDIA Content Foreward Gujarat : A holistic growth story Growth accelerators Building a success story The way forward 1 2 5 7 22 1 Foreward The success story of Gujarat stands out amongst the Indian states as one of the most dynamic growth stories. This was evident during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit‚ where the State attracted nearly USD 100 billion investments in January 2007 This figure is more than what China attracts as
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Economic growth is considered as one of the most essential parts of the economics‚ and it is defined an increase of goods and services of a country within certain period (Acemoglu‚ 2012). Modis (2013) claimed that‚ this economic growth conception particularly relates to the growth of potential output and production which is measured by gross domestic product per capita (GDP). Economic growth ideology has a long history‚ though it has been existed since the mid-18th‚ economic growth has dominated
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Economic Growth‚ Economic Freedom and Morality Mikita Katliarou LCC International University Economic Growth‚ Economic Freedom and Morality In our fast-developing world where people are overwhelmed with all the insane progress we never stopped for moment to think rationally “whether it is good thing that we developed for the last decade more than for the last ten centuries?” But for now let’s put up this question for later. “The pursuit of high economic growth is considered desirable as it generates
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2012. The effects of this population increase are evident in the increasing poverty‚ unemployment‚ air and water pollution‚ shortage of food‚ health resources and educational resources. With India as an example we will discuss Malthus‚ the population growth theory and see if Malthus theory was maybe mistaken in the past but has some valid aspects today. Thomas Malthus was an English priest and economist who lived during the late 18th Century. He is famous for his theories about population and its increase
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Economic Growth Economic growth is defined as a long-term expansion of the productive potential of the economy. Sustained economic growth should lead higher real living standards and rising employment. Short term growth is measured by the annual % change in real GDP. Economic growth is an increase in real national output or an expansion of the economy’s long-run productive potential. It is measured by the percentage change in real GDP or GNP. Inevitably there are fluctuations in the rate of growth
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