Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility? A recent article in the ILO’s International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors‚ both‚ extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of ’protected mobility’ on the labour market‚ together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both
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AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PAKISTAN When Pakistan was formed in 1947 most of the work had to be started from scratch. Most of the land was agricultural land and it had a very few industries. Most of the land was occupied by landlords. There were few semi-handcraft industries. While heavy industry was almost extinct. When sub-continent divided‚ the country industry and trade were largely under the influence of Hindus‚ who at the time of division migrated towards Indian territory
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What is the proper role of government in a market economy? All people around the world make a question: How much should the government influence the economy of a country? And there are many answers. Regulating the public goods in a manner where the negative externalities would be minimized‚ government’s role is to uphold freedom of the market with government providing safety and stability only for essentials. If there are too many regulations by the government‚ it will slow down and stop jobs
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opportunities in agricultural marketing Introduction: Although rising incomes are contributing to expanding and diversifying food demand‚ investment in Indian agriculture has remained low relative to other sectors and grown slowly since the early 1990s. Lagging private investment in agriculture and agribusiness has corresponded with poor infrastructure and weak institutional support for agricultural markets. Even though India has one of the world’s largest agricultural economies‚ Indian agribusiness
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farming venture‚ Jokat Farms‚ was incorporated and gained limited liability status only a year ago. The first two Directors of the company are my husband and I; and we aim at nurturing the company to becoming a major player in the agricultural sector of the Ghanaian economy. In view of the saying noted above‚ this project work offers me an opportunity to develop a comprehensive business plan as a means of charting the way forward for the company. Business Plan: A Means for Charting the Way Forward
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current global order‚ where the world has become a big village‚ consumers take a global look at the products and services in terms of price‚ quality‚ delivery and after-sale services. This trend has sown the seeds of competition in every sector of economy and banking sector is no exception to this event. Banking‚ the world over‚ has been changing at a spectacular pace. This change is due to multifarious factors like the need to be efficient in functions‚ thirst for becoming finance superpowers than
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AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES & PROGRAMMES Bhutan was traditionally self-sufficient in food production. Most of Bhutan ’s citizens and a significant amount of its GDP were devoted to the agricultural sector in the late1980s. Bhutan is a small landlocked eastern Himalayan country which is bordered by India in the east‚ west and south and china in the north. Its geographical land area is 38‚394km which is almost entirely mountainous. According to the Population and Housing Census‚ 2005; the Bhutanese
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NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY The National Economic and Development Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Kabuhayan at Pagpapaunlad)‚ abbreviated asNEDA‚ is an independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning. It is headed by the President of the Philippines as chairman of the NEDA board‚ with the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning‚ concurrently NEDA Director-General‚ as vice-chairman. A number of Cabinet members
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Productivity Of The Nigerian Tax System: 1970–1990 Ademola Ariyo No RP_067‚ Research Papers from African Economic Research Consortium Abstract: Given the negative impact of persistent unsustainable fiscal deficits on the Nigerianeconomy‚ there is now a consensus among interested parties on the need to address the problem effectively. The literature suggests theree approaches for this purpose: increasein revenue‚ reduction in expenditure‚ or a continuation of both. An appraisal of the budgetary
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CONFIDENTIAL BM/JUN 2012/ECO415 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION COURSE COURSE CODE EXAMINATION TIME ECONOMICS EC0415 JUNE 2012 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts PART A (2 Questions) PART B (4 Questions) Answer ALL questions from PART A and three (3) questions from PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator
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