Read the following 2 articles for incoming tutorial.. As Poverty Shrinks‚ Should We Worry About Inequality? – Kenneth Rapoza Forbes Magazine Thanks to global capitalism‚ there are much less poor people running around the world today than there was a decade ago. But there are also more rich people. Way more. And in rich countries‚ there are less middle class. So even as poverty is shrinking‚ inequality is rising among income levels as the new global plutocracy takes shape. Today‚ 43% live on less
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history of Sri Lanka this section will demonstrate the linkages present in a number of government issues that have hindered the development of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain in 1947. From 1948 to 1977 Sri Lanka was a socialist country. Industries were nationalized and a welfare state was established. This improved living conditions but produced slow economic growth‚ economic inefficiency‚ and a lack of foreign investment . Since 1971‚ the constitution of Sri Lanka has established
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As opposed to a 10-place jump in the previous year‚ Sri Lanka has suffered a 16-place relegation in the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings list released by the influential World Economic Forum (WEF) yesterday. Sri Lanka’s rank of 68th place out of 144 countries surveyed from 52nd place in the previous year was despite the overall score changing marginally to 4.2 points from 4.3. WEF assess a country’s competitiveness using 12 broad pillars – institutions‚ infrastructure‚ macro-economic environment
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- Post war Sri Lanka - Emerging tourism industry Meso Theme - Forecasting Change Situation Analysis Sri Lanka was seen as a low budget tourist attraction. Industry colapsed mainly due to the war conditions through out last 3 decades. Tourists started pouring in to the country after the end of civil war. Major infrastruture development projects are undergoing in the country Government has identified tourism as a main source of foreign income and supporting the industry in a major scale
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Silent Salesman: Vending Machine Technology adaptation in Sri Lanka 1. Introduction A Vending Machine is a coin or note operated machine selling products ranging from fast moving consumer goods up to selected electronic items. Vending machine has been considered as the best automated retail solution that with one swipe‚ eliminating the wonder through retail shops and super markets‚ thus ensures the round the clock convenience and exclusivity and impulse purchases for all customers. At present
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. Strategy Concept Models and Issues- EON U.K – Porter’s Five Forces Michael Porter created an industry analysis model to allow managers to assess the nature of their businesses in an industrial context‚ creating a competitive advantage over rival firms. He divided this concept into five separate entities known as ’the five forces ’ which can be applied to the energy giant E-on. E-on U.K is Britain ’s second largest multifaceted energy producer‚ distributor and retailer providing energy to
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Suppliers Ultimately in this case the suppliers to Hallam have had a major impact on the business and had a deciding role in their failure. The lack of confidence that Hallam’s suppliers had in their ability to repay the money they were owed meant that the business was forced into a position where they could not afford to pay back what was demanded on them. In this instance we can see that the bargaining power of the suppliers to extend and demand payment of credit was too great that it lead to
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SURVEYOR AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS‚ B. WRITE THE HISTORY OF QUANTITY SURVEYING IN ANY COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE. SUBMITTED ON 20TH OF AUGUST‚ 2014 To Miss Ajobiewe D.T Question A 1. A quantity surveyor is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts-www.wikipedia.com 2. A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the amounts of materials needed for building work and how much they cost-www.oxforddictionaries.com 3. A quantity surveyor is a
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Rolls Royce on the 5 (+1) forces of Porter matrice: For this case I will use the company Rolls Royce. Not the one which build cars but the historic one which create motors for aviation‚ marine or energetic solution. First let’s have a presentation of this company: Rolls Royce was founded by two men in 1906 in England‚ Henry Royce and Charles Rolls. They were producing motors for planes. The important thing we have to know is their motors were used a lot during the two World War. For example
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The Open University of Sri Lanka BA Degree in Social Sciences – Level iv (2007) Tutor Marked Assignment ii Applied Sociology – SSU 2207 Registration No: 60531951 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Date of Submission 30th April 2007 01. Do you think that political violence in Sri Lanka is a result of the power struggle? Discuss with example. The recorded history of the world clearly points out the major political
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