| | Philippines - The Economy THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY EXPERIENCED considerable difficulty in the 1980s. Real gross national product (GNP) grew at an annual average of only 1.8 percent‚ less than the 2.5 percent rate of population increase. The US$668 GNP per capita income in 1990 was below the 1978 level‚ and approximately 50 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. The 1988 unemployment rate of 8.3 percent (12.3 percent in urban areas) peaked at 11.4 percent in early 1989‚ and the
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political economy‚ branch of social science that studies the relationships between individuals and society and between markets and the state‚ using a diverse set of tools and methods drawn largely from economics‚ political science‚ and sociology. The term political economy is derived from the Greek polis‚ meaning “city” or “state‚” and oikonomos‚ meaning “one who manages a household or estate.” Political economy thus can be understood as the study of how a country—the public’s household—is managed
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The country of Mexico is one of the most important emerging economies and is renewing its efforts to become a leader in the region it just became a member of the Pacific Alliance. The Mexican economy lately has put themselves on a plan to increase the production of work and money coming out of the country. The Mexican economy recovered from the severe blow generated by the 2008-2009 global financial crisis as the economy of Mexico experienced an average growth of 4.3 % between 2010 and 2012. The
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Economy of Switzerland Switzerland as the world knows it today is a country with strong and stable economy. With countries ups and downs‚ the noticeable economic revival begun in 2002‚ when political and economic actors have implemented a “game plan” which included certain measurements. With certain handling of situation in economy‚ Switzerland could feel a perceptible growth year after year. This essay discuses Switzerland’s achievements in development of country’s economy‚ as well as examines
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group activities within the country’s borders. These failures contributed to the country’s economic collapse. After Peru’s economy collapsed a member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Party (APRA) named Alan Garcia was elected president. Alan Garcia put reforms and an
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Economies of scale are the factors that lead to a reduction in average costs as a business increases in size. There are five economies of scale Purchasing Economies When businesses buy large numbers of components‚ for example materials or spare parts‚ they are able to gain discounts for buying in bulk. This reduces the unit cost of each item bought and gives the firm an advantage over smaller businesses which buy in small quantities. Marketing Economies
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The underground economy consists of concealed legal economic activities undertaken to evade taxes or illegal economic activities (i.e.‚ trafficking‚ drugs‚ and prostitution) with unreported barter and cash transactions that take place outside recorded market channels. These types of barter and cash transactions are hard for government authorities to trace and are the lifeblood of the underground economy. These underground activities are often very productive and are not included in the gross domestic
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Assignment #1 An analysis of Hungary ’s Economy Abstract I analyzed three parts of Hungary ’s economy from 1994 to 2009: real GDP growth‚ unemployment rate‚ and inflation rate. Unemployment and inflation share a similar time trend‚ compared to real GDP growth which is almost exactly opposite. This shows the relationship between all of the variables. As unemployment and inflation were going down from 1994 to around 2001‚ real GDP was increasing and remaining steady at a high plateau. As GDP fell in
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The absurdity of the methanol economy I had not actually heard of it‚ but a colleague mentioned it in the course of conversation: George Olah‚ the Hungarian-born U.S. chemist whose research is focused on hydrocarbons‚ strongly advocates the introduction of methanol as a chemical energy carrier. The basic idea is that‚ to be sure‚ we need to find a replacement for the short chain alkanes that constitute the major part of gasoline‚ aviation spirit‚ etc.‚ and which are used as the source of motive
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Soviet economy First‚ let’s see what conditions the Soviet economy had at its launch. It is known that Tsarist Russia was at one of the last places among the capitalist countries to produce industrial products per capita. In the middle of the 20th century‚ far ahead of Russia in terms of industrial production were the United States‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ and France. In tsarist Russia‚ cars‚ tractors‚ combines‚ powerful steam and gas turbines‚ diesel locomotives‚ electric locomotives‚ equipment for various
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