located within a country” (Case‚ Fair & Oster‚ 2008‚ p.105.). Essentially‚ GDP is a measure of production of an economy; that is‚ it measures its economic performance. Despite this‚ economists often use GDP statistics as an indication of social welfare. According to Case‚ Fair and Oster (2008) however‚ this may cause serious problems to arise. These problems are put forwards in the following limitations. Firstly‚ GDP tends to misrepresent or exaggerate social welfare in periods of natural disasters
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Malaysia Economic Growth At independence from the UK in 1957‚ Malaysia had a population of just 7.4 million. Its population has since grown swiftly. 2005 the country had around 26.8 million people and the current estimation is that it will rise by 2010 to around 29 million. Before Independence‚ Malaysia was a low‐income economy. Business enterprises were small scale‚ largely localized‚ and primarily family‐based. Over time‚ the economy has diversified beyond agriculture and primary commodities
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influencing economic growth through a number of channels. The contribution that monetary policy makes to sustainable growth is the maintenance of price stability. Since sustained increase in price levels is adjudged substantially to be a monetary phenomenon‚ monetary policy uses its tools to effectively check money supply with a view to maintaining price stability in the medium to long term. Theory and empirical evidence in the literature suggest that sustainable long term growth is associated
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Economic Growth and Air Pollution: Three Empirical Essays Based on Nonparametric Methods Thèse présentée à la Faculté des sciences économiques Université de Neuchâtel Pour l’obtention du grade de docteur ès science économiques Par Carlos Ordás Criado Acceptée sur proposition du jury de thèse: Prof. Jean-Marie Grether‚ Université de Neuchâtel‚ directeur de thèse. Prof. Jaime de Melo‚ Université de Genève‚ co-directeur de thèse Prof. Thanasis Stengos‚ University of Guelph Prof. Philippe
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”Public investment is essential to achieving Guatemala’s development goals‚ yet it remains constrained by a lack of resources. Boosting growth will have to depend upon continued reforms to mobilize increased private investment and revenue to fund important pro-growth investments in infrastructure and human capital.” Although‚ Guatemala has been one of the strongest economic performers in Latin America in recent years. In 2015‚ Guatemala exported $11.8billion and imported $17.8 billion‚ this result in a
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Economic growth Economic growth has two meanings: 1. Firstly‚ and most commonly‚ growth is defined as an increase in the output that an economy produces over a period of time‚ the minimum being two consecutive quarters. 2. The second meaning of economic growth is an increase in what an economy can produce if it is using all its scarce resources. An increase in an economy’s productive potential can be shown by an outward shift in the economy’s production possibility frontier (PPF). The simplest
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China’s Successful Economic Growth China may share some economic growth patterns with Japan‚ Korea‚ and Taiwan due to cultural similarities‚ geographic location‚ similar economic development strategies‚ or‚ in the case of Japan‚ relatively large size of the domestic economy. China’s economic growth is expanding at a great pace‚ while other countries may be at a standstill. China has been the world ’s fastest-growing economy. One of the main stimuli twelve years ago was the release of Hong Kong
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Corruption and Economic Growth This brief overview analyzes corruption and its relationship to economic growth. The brief continues to consider the idea of economist Amartya Sen that development means more than economic growth. Additionally‚ provided‚ a quick risk analysis of two countries where corruption is common everyday practice. Corruption and Economic Growth Relationship What is the relationship between corruption in a country and economic growth? Answer this question. Research indicates
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%-6% growth seen next year Private sector takes over as growth driver THE Malaysian economy is projected to grow by between 5% and 6% in 2011‚ spurred by domestic demand as the private sector takes over as the driver of growth. Private investment activity‚ which turned positive in 2010‚ is envisaged to contribute significantly to economic growth. The idea of the private sector leading growth stems from the start of 52 private finance initiatives (PFI) over the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) period
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Does immigration interrupts economic growth in the United States? Recently‚ the number of immigrant workers in the United States has significantly increased. The impact of the immigration has been a controversial issue. Majority of the population believe that the large number of immigrants negatively affects the U.S-born workers by lowering wages and increase competition in the nation’s labor market. On the other hand‚ some believe that immigrants increase GDP‚ create more jobs‚ stimulate investment
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