International Labour Office Policy Integration Department The Philippines in the global economic crisis: the social and local dimensions Lourdes Kathleen Santos[1] A Technical Note for the Policy Coherence Forum Overcoming the Jobs Crisis and Shaping an Inclusive Recovery: The Philippines in the aftermath of the global economic turmoil 11 – 12 March 2010 Philippines March 2010
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Problem Set # 3 Solutions Chapter 7 #2 a) The production function in the Solow growth model is Y = f(K‚L)‚ or expressed in terms of output per worker‚ y = f(k). If a war reduces the labor force through casualties‚ the L falls but Capital-labor ratio k = K/L rises. The production function tells us that total output falls because there are fewer workers. Output per worker increases‚ however‚ since each worker has more capital. b) The reduction in the labor force means that the capital stock
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Hurricane Katrina: The Justice System in Peril XXXXX Hurricane Katrina: The Justice System in Peril Introduction President George W. Bush described Hurricane Katrina as “One of the worst natural disasters in our nation’s history.” In 2005‚ Katrina rampaged over the Gulf coast and several states‚ but completely devastated Louisiana and the city of New Orleans in particular. It formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd and continued its historic devastation through August 30th
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| Background and Synopsis Dick Schulze and a business partner opened the first Sound of Music store in St. Paul‚ Minnesota. By 1969‚ Sound of Music had expanded into five more locations around Minneapolis and revenue had reached $ 1 million by 1970 and Schulze bought out his original business partner. By end of 1978‚ Sound of Music operated nine stores. Best Buy opened its first superstore in 1983 in Minnesota‚ signifying the commitment that Dick Schulze‚ the owner‚ had to
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Which Macro-Economic Objectives is the most important and why? (14) There are many different objectives within Macro-Economics however the most important are between Inflation‚ Unemployment‚ Balance of Payments and Economics Growth. Personally I believe inflation is the most important. So why do I believe Inflation is the most important. Well‚ firstly Low inflation is a main macro economics goal for western countries. This is because of the many factors of inflation. One for example is that a higher
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ideas‚ how would he likely respond to Augustine’s account? Who do you think provides the more compelling response? Augustine is a well-known philosopher who is known for describing what a “free will” is and that it is something that every single one of us has. A free will is the ability for all of us to make our own decisions. Augustine argues that when God created man‚ God wanted man to perform actions that were “truly authentic”. He could have made us perfect human beings who just do good actions
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Best-first search is a search algorithm which explores a graph by expanding the most promising node chosen according to a specified rule. Judea Pearl described best-first search as estimating the promise of node n by a "heuristic evaluation function f(n) which‚ in general‚ may depend on the description of n‚ the description of the goal‚ the information gathered by the search up to that point‚ and most important‚ on any extra knowledge about the problem domain."[1] [2] Some authors have used "best-first
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Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Noahs Flood The epic of Gilgamesh and “Noah and the Flood” both tell stories of a treacherous flood which wiped out all of mankind. These “The Great Hymn to the Aten” is the longest of several New Kingdom praise poems to the sun god Aten. This poem‚ composed as a hymn‚ or sacred song‚ was found on the wall of a tomb built for a royal scribe named Ay and his wife. It was intended to assure their safety in the afterlife. The Egyptians had worshiped the sun—along with a host
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Think not your country can give for you‚ hence think of what you can do toyour country‚ this is the famous quotation of John F. Kennedy which has something to do with the controversial R.H. Bill.Are we aware of this RH Bill that is about to become a law? What are its provisions that can help and harm us? Could this be the solution of economic problem in a family? There are many premonitions about RH Bill‚ one of these is the in human perspective of the church and also to some of the conservative
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as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. A natural disaster is any event of force of nature that is caused by environmental factors that has catastrophic consequences. Natural disasters include: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ floods‚ hurricanes‚ impact events‚ landslides‚ mudslides‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ tropical
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