THE THESIS Using cross-country data‚ I examine how foreign aid affects economic growth in developing countries over the period from 1975 to 2000. I find evidence that foreign aid significantly and negatively correlates with growth in developing countries. However‚ foreign aid to inland countries as well as to South Asian countries during the period of 1992-2000 is found to have a positive impact on growth. In addition‚ a strong divergence trend is found among countries in the data set. The results
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Trade Discussion Saudi Arabia is considered to be UAE’s most important neighbor. It is the largest neighbor in terms of economy‚ geographical size and population. KSA’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2007 was $ 376 billion while UAE’s GDP was $193 billion [1]. Both UAE and KSA are oil-producing countries‚ which implies that the exports and imports commodities are not crude oil. However‚ UAE imports refined petrochemicals and plastics‚ which are considered to be the downstream product of crude
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Indoor Plumbing and Public Sanitation in Developing Countries The porcelain throne‚ the pot‚ the pooper‚ the potty‚ the latrine‚ the toilet. That is something we don’t give much thought to‚ unless something is wrong with it. What about the shower or the sink? How often to do you go to your sink to get a glass of water and wonder “Am I drinking someone’s poo? Will it be clean today or will I get sick?” I know for myself‚ I rarely give this any thought at all and I can honestly say that I have never
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discrimination‚ or sex discrimination‚ is characterized by the unequal treatment of a person based solely on that person’s gender3. Looking at the marginalized groups‚ it’s worthy to note that if women suffer from discrimination and their needs and problems go unnoticed‚ the situation is even worse for girls. Yet‚ as a specific population group‚ girls are
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ESSAY: Analysis on Benefits on Developing Countries from Globalization Economically Module Code: Class: Tutor Name: Student ID Number: Date of Submission: Introduction Globalization is defined as the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide developed by variances of crossborder transactions in goods and services and by the higher mobility of production such as a more rapid and widespread international diffusion of technology
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Journal of Education for International Development 4:2 December 2009 The Role of ICT in Enhancing Education in Developing Countries: Findings from an Evaluation of The Intel Teach Essentials Course in India‚ Turkey‚ and Chile Daniel Light Education Development Center This paper presents findings from case studies of the introduction of the Intel® Teach Essentials Course—a professional development program focused on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into project-based
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various contagious diseases. We cannot reject information that the world is divided into MDCs (more developed countries)‚ NICs (newly industrialized countries) and LDCs (less developed countries). In this piece of work I am going to find solutions to improve people’s lives in the two latter ones. Nowadays high proportions of people live in cities in LDCs and NICs. Less fortunate countries are constantly undergoing a period of urban growth and urbanization similar to that in Europe during
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Macroeconomics and the Caribbean Business Environment Can small developing countries survive in a globalized environment? Can Small Developing Countries survive in a Globalized Environment? ABSTRACT This paper examined the arguments for globalization with respect to the survival of small island developing states primarily in the Caribbean region. Arguments for globalization focused on the development of new markets‚ free trade agreements‚ income generation and the building of human capacity
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Host countries (developed and developing) will benefit from globalised infrastructure through the proper integration of their three levels of markets - financial markets‚ markets in goods and services and labour markets (Buckley & Ghauri‚ 2004). The authors went ahead to say that financial markets have achieved a high degree of integration globally‚ while same cannot be said of labour markets and there are notable resistance by national governments on the effort to achieve it (Buckley et al.‚ 2001
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What are the problems in the process of developing logistics in China? The economy development in China has experienced a rough way since national founding. It was not until 1978 that Chinese people began to see a hopeful start in Chinese economy. Chinese government implemented reform and open‚ which makes GDP a great leap. With the rapid growth of GDP rate‚ more and more people showered in the sweet breeze of reform and open. Many new industries “immigrate” into China‚ and these new companies
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