Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2 December 1975) I. Is Laos a unitary system country or federal system country? The Lao People’s Democratic Republic‚ which is situated in Southeast Asia‚ shares borders with five countries; China to the north‚ Vietnam to the east‚ Cambodia to the south‚ and Thailand and the Union of Myanmar to the west. It has a total area of 236‚800 square kilometres‚ with a population of 6.492.400 million . 66.8 per cent of Lao population believe in Buddhism because 33.2 percent
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FLOOD A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry.[1] The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water.[2] In the sense of "flowing water"‚ the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies‚ such as a river or lake‚ in which the water overtops or breaks levees‚ resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries‚[3] or it may
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TITLE : Flash Flood In Compostela Valley Statement of the Problem : Causes of Flash Flood. Intro : | Flash floods are floods that happen very suddenly and with little warning. They are very dangerous What is flash flood? A sudden local flood‚ typically due to heavy rain. | . A very heavy rain or an accident like a dam break can cause one.Sometimes the ground is too hard or too wet to soak up water. The only place the rain can go is downstream. Usually rainfall of more than one inch in
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Which pressure groups are the most powerful? Some pressure groups are clearly more powerful than others. Some succeed while others fail. But what does ‘success’ mean? How can we weigh up pressure-group power or influence? These are difficult questions because ‘success’ may be measured in different ways. Success may mean: * Affecting government policy – policy-making power. * Pushing an issue up the political agenda – agenda-setting power. * Changing people’s values‚ perceptions and
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University of Waterloo Department of Economics Econ 383: Economic Development for Fragile Countries Fall 2012 All information related to the Final Exam is provided in this file. Time & Date: Friday‚ December 14 from 12.30 pm to 3.00 pm Allocated Rooms for the Exam: PAC 9 & 10 Office Hours for the Final Exam Period: Monday and Wednesday from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm Friday from 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm Syllabus: The Final exam for this course is comprehensive. The exam will include
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Keynesian Economics and the Mortgage Crisis The recent mortgage crisis in the US was unprecedented. It led to a massive clampdown of financial institutions‚ occasioning one of the worst financial melt-downs the US has ever faced (Jaffe‚ 2008). Quite naturally‚ it would be necessary to examine the cause of the crisis in order to draft prophylactic measures that would prevent the same financial disaster in the future. This paper will discuss the events that led to the mortgage crisis. The housing
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1. Which of the following would most likely cause equilibrium quantity and price of x to rise? (a) a fall in income when the income elasticity of demand for x is positive Wrong. This will cause a drop in demand and thus a fall in quantity. (b) a fall in the price of complementary product y Correct. A fall in a complementary product will cause a rise in demand for that product “y” and thus a rise in demand of product “x” (see graph). (c) a fall in the price of substitute product Z Wrong
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nasty-smelling organic chemicals such as xylene. Nowadays‚ the solvent of choice is an alcohol (ethanol or isopropanol)‚ which is more environmentally friendly and better smelling‚ while still evaporating quickly to prevent messy smearing‚ etc. Finally‚ there is a resin or polymer that is added as a "binder" that promotes adhesion. A permanent resin is not permanent unless it sticks like glue to most of the surfaces it is written on. The resin forms a film (once the alcohol evaporates) that allows the ink to
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Operation Flood was a rural development programme started by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. One of the largest of its kind‚ the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid. It resulted in making India the largest producer of milk and milk products‚ and hence is also called the White Revolution of India. It also helped reduce malpractices by milk traders and merchants. This revolution followed the Indian Green Revolution and helped in alleviating poverty and
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------------------------------------------------- 1991 India economic crisis By 1967‚ India had started having balance of payments problems. By the end of 1990‚ it was in a serious economic crisis. The government was close to default‚ its central bank had refused new credit and foreign exchange reserves had reduced to such a point that India could barely finance three weeks’ worth of imports. India had to airlift its gold reserves to pledge it with International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan.[1]
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