that comes into mind is perhaps football‚ coffee or dancing. You might not think of it as one of the world’s fastest growing economies; one of the BRIC nations‚ [Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China] recognised by Goldman Sachs in 2003‚ as one of four countries with the potential to become some of the world’s largest economies by 20501. As of 2009‚ Brazil is the 8th largest economy by nominal GDP‚ and in terms of Power Purchasing Parity‚ or PPP.2 Economic growth in Brazil has been significant over the past
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wars. After World War I and II‚ under strong political leadership and allied aid‚ the German state was able to rebuild itself and become one of the leading economies in the world. The German government played an important role in the rejuvenation of the economy so the German state and the economic system are closely intertwined. The relationship between state and market in Germany is known as the social market economy. Germany’s social market economy defied expectations and by the 1960s it was the
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Diabetes and Urban Sprawl Analysis In the video series Designing Healthy Communities‚ Richard Jackson‚ MD‚ MPH examines the connection between Type II Diabetes and urban sprawl. Analyzing the information in the video will provide a critique of the message delivered‚ in addition to determining its value towards improving public health. This will be done by summarizing the video‚ relating the information presented in the video to other resources‚ critiquing the presentation and value of the information
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It is a terrible yet bittersweet coincidence that I am writing a response to Timothy Morton’s “Queer Ecology” as my friends and family in the Philippines are being besieged by yet another tropical cyclone. Terrible because I feel guilty sitting cozily in front of my screen while halfway around the world hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who live in areas at risk of flash floods‚ landslides and storm surges are struggling to be evacuated as Ruby (the misleadingly sweet name the cyclone has been baptized
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Introduction to India & Indian Economy: India is the seventh largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with a population of over 1‚241‚491‚960 people. India is surrounded by three-water bodies namely Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India shares its border with 7 countries namely Pakistan‚ China‚ Nepal‚ Bhutan Afghanistan‚ Burma and Bangladesh. India is a democratic country and is governed under a parliamentary system consisting
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Number 1. January 2008. Rapid Urban Growth and Poverty in Dhaka City Shahadat Hossain• Abstract The paper aims to explore the nature of urban growth and poverty in Dhaka City‚ Bangladesh. It has highlighted the city of Dhaka as the urbanisation of the whole country is interlinked with the intense development of the city. The paper is based on data collected through surveys of population censuses and relevant studies. It reveals that the historical process of urban development of Dhaka City presents
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The Canadian economy is one that is mostly dominated by the service industry. This industry employs approximately one-third of the work force. Its primary sector is the logging and petroleum manufacturing industries. During the past 100 years‚ the growth of the manufacturing‚ mining‚ and service sectors has transformed the nation into a more industrial and urban economy‚ when it used to be more rural. Alberta‚ Canada has large oil and gas resources‚ giving it the world’s second-largest oil reserves
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Free market economy stimulates greater economy growth‚ whereas state-directed or command economy stifles growth. Discuss. An economy can be defined as the production of the nation in a period and consumption of goods and services. The two main systems of economy are free market economies and command economy. There are lots of arguments about which is better for the growth of nation’s economy. This essay is about both the two economic systems and how they impact the growth of economies‚ it will be
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Crime in Urban America has been around for many years‚ it is atrocious and there are many reasons why people commit these crimes. Crime is a big issue all around the world and while there is more production of drugs and loss of jobs‚ the crime rate will continue to increase day by day. While there are many motives that contribute to crime the most obvious causes would be poverty which causes the poor to adapt into a violent and aggressive behavior to which later becomes ingrained into them. The environment
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almost six years‚ the world economy has entered a period of uncertainty due to a financial turmoil triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States of America (USA). During 2002 to 2007‚ the world economic growth averaged 4.5 percent per annum compared to 3 percent in the 1990s. The sudden gloom in world economic prospects has come as a surprise in view of the persistent economic growth and stability. The crisis initially affected advanced economies and then its contagion spread
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