Argentina recognizes that criminal activity has risen over the years and hopes to decrease crime rate with useful strategies that would combat any future high rises in crime rates. There have been many studies on why crime rate has been a problem in Argentina. One study found that inequality affected crime in Argentina directly. At the highest points in inequality‚ the crime rate increased dramatically. In 1985‚ inequality (GINI coefficient) was at its lowest – 0.414 – and crime was down by 64‚000
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In 1998‚ Argentina entered what turned out to be a four-year depression‚ during which its economy shrank 28 percent. Argentina’s experience has been cited as an example of the failure of free markets and fixed exchange rates. Contrarily‚ Argentina’s economic woes have been attributed to bad economic policies which converted a typical recession into a full depression. Three big tax increases in 2000-2001 discouraged growth‚ and interfering with the monetary system in mid 2001 created fear of currency
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Financial globalization and financial stress in Latin America: the case of Argentina‚ Brazil and Mexico Gilles Dufrénot1‚ Davide Furceri2 and Aleksandra Zdzienicka 3 Very preliminary Draft DO NOT QUOTE WITHOUT PERMISION Abstract This paper studies the relationship between financial globalization and financial stress in three Latin American countries (LAC)‚ namely Argentina‚ Brazil and Mexico. We use a synthetic index of financial stress recently proposed by the IMF and estimate a new
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A. HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN ARGENTINA International Management April 20‚ 2006 B. Summary The main goal for the project "How to do business in Argentina" was to show how a Multinational Company must approach different aspects like government‚ laws‚ society‚ culture and infrastructure when facing the challenge of doing business in other countries. First‚ we will do a short review of some important background aspects such as its geography‚ its localization and main geographical characteristics
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Josh Gilman-Chun 4/7/16 Period: 6 Argentina vs. Mexico Argentina is a vast country located in the southern part of South America. The eighth largest country in the world‚ it is the second largest country in South America after Brazil‚ and it’s about one-third the size of the United States. Argentina is bordered by the Andes Mountains and Chile to the west. Mexico on the other hand is a land of extremes‚ with high mountains and deep canyons in the center of the country‚ sweeping
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beautiful countries. Argentina and Germany are two such countries. Although they are quite far from each other‚ both still have a lot in common. This article will demonstrate some of the similarities and differences of these two countries. Firstly‚ both of these countries are passionate about soccer. To start with‚ both countries have produced some very famous players. To illustrate‚ Ozil is a famous German who plays for Real Madrid‚ and Messi is a famous player from Argentina. He plays for Barcelona
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Analysis of Argentina Balance of Payments The economic situation of Argentina was interesting between 1998 and 2007. However‚ it can be assumed that the worst year of the Argentinean economy was 2002. Before 1998‚ some factors such as a huge debt reaching 55% of the GDP‚ a currency pegged to the US $‚ the “Tequila” crisis in 1995‚ the devaluation of Mexican and Brazilian currencies‚ were responsible of the crisis Firstly we compared trade and GDP‚ to obtain the trade openness ratio. It increased
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Management Case Analysis: Argentina Suites What are some of the major problems facing Argentina Suites? Argentina Suites faced many problems from the beginning idea to convert a 75‚000-square foot building into a hotel. The owner‚ Abraham Sinclair decided to enter the hotel business with no market research‚ no hospitality experience‚ and rough financial projections. The decision to enter a market without knowing what ones getting into‚ led to major problems facing Argentina Suites. Some major problems
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America as a whole has displayed different economic trends shared by several countries. One of the most recent of these trends is neoliberalism‚ which can be defined as renewed ideas of free market and reduced state intervention in the economy. Argentina was one of the countries that adopted policies reflecting neoliberal ideals‚ starting in the late 1970s. Neoliberalism in general cannot be characterized as effective or harmful‚ since it relies on several individual factors. However‚ negative
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Peronism was an Argentine political movement which was conceived by the former President of Argentina- Juan Domingo Peron and his wife Eva Peron. The pillars of the Peronist movement were social justice‚ economic independence and political sovereignty. Peron’s model of the mixed economy plus the central role of the worker unions was similar to that of the Scandinavian welfare state. (1) In a speech that Peron made in the Congress in 1948‚ he stated that Peronism was humanism in action. He called
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