Analysis of Post War Unemployment: Country Comparison

04 Oct 2017

8 (3,148 )

Unemployment With the end of the World War II, unemployment was one of the greatest difficulties the Japanese economy faced. There were 13.1 million jobless people (Nakamura 1995). It was expected at the time that a dramatic jump in the number of unemployed would be unavoidable. However, large scale unemployment never actually occurred. Many people returned to their former jobs, particularly in agriculture, but again government ...

Click here to read more arrow

Export Potential of Halal Food Industries

04 Oct 2017

12 (4,605 )

3.1 Total Exports and Share of Halal Food As per authentic statistics of Economic-Survey of Pakistan 2013-14, total exports of the country during July 2013-Apr 2014 were USD 20.997 billion[1] whereas total imports were USD 37.105 billion[2]. There is no separate data available on Halal food exported during last few years. However, as per SBP report, food group exports of last two years are tabulated below: Table-B: ...

Click here to read more arrow

Reasons for the Imposition of an Embargo

04 Oct 2017

7 (2,740 )

1. Demonstration of Resolve: Many powerful countries impose embargoes to re-assert their positions as leaders of the world economy generally or sometimes in a specific field. Their position as the leading exporters/traders/importers of a particular commodity gives them the bargaining power to affect the target country’s imports/balance of trade/exports by publicly forming coercion with other powerful nations to impose a complete ban on its products (as ...

Click here to read more arrow

Effects of Financialization

04 Oct 2017

4 (1,559 )

Krippner (2005) defines financialization as “a pattern of accumulation in which profits come primarily through financial channels rather than through trade and commodity production.” Financilazation gives power to control other country. In late 1970s financialization begun in US with deregulated financial sector and liberalization. Financialization leads to shift in direct ownership of enterprise to financial securities. It is one of the best ways for capitalist to ...

Click here to read more arrow

Uganda and Australia Economic Comparison

04 Oct 2017

6 (2,383 )

Miranda Cogdell Audra Harris   INTRODUCTION This essay will reflect a comparison between the poor nation of Uganda and the wealthy nation of Australia. Differences between a poor nation and wealthy one both depend on on the same factors which include: Infrastructure, exports, imports, education, GDP, population, and etc. These factors is what basically makes or breaks a country. Aspects like nutrition and health ...

Click here to read more arrow

Conducting Business in the UAE

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,615 )

Introduction The economy of UAE is one of the growing economy in the world. Today the GDP growth rate of UAE is 4.4%. AND according to expert the UAE is toady one of the suitable place for foreign as well as local people to start a business. The proposal is for the report that will in detail discuss the why UAE is suitable for conducting business. ...

Click here to read more arrow

Effect of Public Place for Urban Poor’s Benefit in Kind

04 Oct 2017

10 (3,942 )

Introduction The development of cities was marked by the amount of people living in them. The demand of descent infrastructure services was fulfilled with the construction of infrastructure that fulfills the needs of low, middle and upper class people in the society. Nevertheless, the phenomenon that happened in Indonesia cities is with the construction of large scale infrastructures, there are more poor people living ...

Click here to read more arrow

Adaptive Market Hypothesis and Behavioural Finance

04 Oct 2017

6 (2,191 )

An Essay on the Relationship between Andrew Lo’s Adaptive Market Hypothesis and Behavioural Finance 1.0 Introduction When in 1936, Keynes compared financial markets to a beauty contest where competitors had to guess who the most popular choice would be, he did not imagined that economists would become fascinated with the contest for explaining the efficiency or inefficiency of that market. Indeed, the global financial crisis of 2008 ...

Click here to read more arrow

Mean WTP of Smallholder Farmers

04 Oct 2017

4 (1,284 )

The use of irrigation water for smallholder farmers where the challenges of climate variability and climate change has an adverse effect are many: it helps to realize the household food and domestic demand, reducing poverty and improving the employment opportunities. Understanding the importance of irrigation farming in the area, the government of Ethiopia has developed the Koga irrigation project for contributing the sustainable livelihood of the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Efficiency and Economies of Scale

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,919 )

Cost efficiency Introduction Banking sectors around the world have established in very different ways.[1] However, regardless of the diversity of backgrounds the structure of the modern banking sectors is somehow similar among major countries.[2] Naturally there only a few of large banks and a large number of medium and small financial institutions.[3] The large banks tend to dominate the market in investment and services provided compared ...

Click here to read more arrow

Value Added of Economy Sectors and Environmental Performance

04 Oct 2017

9 (3,336 )

Value added of economy sectors and Environmental Performance Index (EPI): Evidence from developing countries Dr. Masood khodapanah Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Economics –Ahvaz Shahid Chamran University-Faculty of Economics and social science, Iran Salah ebrahimi PHD Student of economic. Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz -Faculty of Economics and social science, Iran Abstract In the present study we have separately investigated and compared the impact of the value ...

Click here to read more arrow

Mining Industry of India: An Analysis

04 Oct 2017

7 (2,614 )

Abstract This paper discusses mining industry as an informal sector of the Indian economy. Mining industry has great importance in any economy like Indian economy. We venture to understand, analyze and interpret the trends and significance of the mining industry in Indian economy. Mining has positive effects on the Indian economy in terms of government revenue, tax, employment generation, exports and net foreign exchange. In addition, ...

Click here to read more arrow

Economic Variables of the UK Financial Crisis

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,772 )

The UK Economy: Macroeconomics Since the financial crisis in 2008, the global economic dynamics have attracted more attention from the public. The public have gradually realised that the varied kinds of economic indicators are relevant to people’s daily life through the crisis. This essay will evaluate three basic economic variables in the United Kingdom during the last decade, including unemployment, private and public debt as well ...

Click here to read more arrow

Influence of Mercantilism on International Trade Theories

04 Oct 2017

9 (3,350 )

QUESTION 1: Introduction: A. Explain how the role of Mercantilism practice between 1500 to the late 1700’s century has influence the International Trade Theories in the 19-21 Century. The Mercantilism is understood as a set of practices, adopted by the absolutist state in modern times, in order to obtain and preserve wealth. The mercantilist doctrine is still noticeable in the modern economy. The main rules ...

Click here to read more arrow

Prospects for Growth in Singapore

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,916 )

Introduction The banking and finance services have boosted the Singapore’s economic growth in these 30 years. Singapore also becomes the prosperous financial center in Asia Pacific region. There are over 700 financial institution operate in Singapore. Banking services are all about business activities of accepting and ensuring the currency belong to other people and entities. When people want to earn a profit, they can lend out ...

Click here to read more arrow

China's Labour Challenges

04 Oct 2017

4 (1,220 )

Divyanshu Chadha Introduction China is home to the largest labor force of 269 million workers is running short of labor. This economic development has occurred due to the hard labor conditions and increase in wages in the Chinese manufacture sector. The main reasons affecting the decrease in labor are: -Shift by migrant worker and declining young work force due the government policies in China. Shift back ...

Click here to read more arrow

Minimum wage in New Zealand

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,876 )

Employee Relations Introduction On 24th February, 2014 Labour Minister of New Zealand -Simon Bridges declared the fully extended least wage is to increase to NZ$ 14.25 per hour (nzherald.co.nz, 2014). The earlier grown-up’s minimum wage rate was set at NZ$ 13.75 per hour. The “living wage campaign” has announced the consequences of its learning w.r.t the income and wages. It states that a family desires to ...

Click here to read more arrow

New Economic Policy of Malaysia

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,868 )

This is summary of a journal from GSTF International Journal on Media & Communications by Khairiah Salwa Mokhtar and its group for the topic of the new economic policy in Malaysia. This journal is written to observe the Malaysia economic policy efficiency and its advantage and drawback of its implementation. It was based from two perspectives that are economic and political effect. All information was collected ...

Click here to read more arrow

Common Agricultural Policy 2003 Impacts

04 Oct 2017

5 (1,714 )

Vaishak Jayakrishnan  INTRODUCTION The reforms proposed during 2003 were in continuation with those discussed in the MacSharry reforms and subsequently in the big ‘AGENDA’ in 2000. The reason for naming this the phase 3 of CAP is that this policy moved into its third stage (level) of development towards reaching the ultimate goal of becoming a ‘COMPLETE’ world model for the years to come. We all ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis of Financial Performance

03 Oct 2017

8 (3,000 )

Name: Anjeli d/o Panjalingam   Questions Scenario: You have just been appointed for the job of finance executive of a company that is involved in the hypermarket industry, Tisku. Using the Tisku’s financial income and balance sheet provided here, you are required to analyze the financial performance and financial position using ration analysis. Based on the information given in the income statement and balance ...

Click here to read more arrow

Relationship Between Security and Economy

03 Oct 2017

7 (2,714 )

Professor Bishwambher Pyakuryal Context Some say, the link between economics and security is normally assumed, not analyzed. As unequal distribution of income, power, and resources has led to political and economic instability, efforts have been made to encourage economists to explore economic aspects of security. However, the problem one faces in security and economy is the fact that most of the crime and security-related studies ...

Click here to read more arrow

Effects of Division of Labour, Demands for Economic Security

03 Oct 2017

4 (1,465 )

  QUESTION 1: The two types of demands for economic security are limited and absolute security. The limited type of security can be achieved for all. On the other hand, absolute security is not achievable in a free society. Hayek (2007) says that absolute security is not up for offer except under some circumstances. One of these is the case of judges. They are given total ...

Click here to read more arrow

Economic Value of Sustainable Development

03 Oct 2017

8 (3,130 )

Introduction The generation living presently should leave the enhancement of air, water and soil resources as normal, as pure and not polluted as they found it to be for the future generations. Its quiet impossible to achieve such intergenerational equity given global environmental problems that emanate through human activities. Therefore following the Brundtland (1987) view, Sustainable Development implies meeting developmental needs of present human beings without ...

Click here to read more arrow

Information Sources in Undergraduate Student Choice Decision

03 Oct 2017

5 (1,752 )

Forsyth and Furlong (2003) found information was critical to the choice decision, but emphasized that the complex body of information can also deter young people from applying to university. This implies that the quality of the information provided for the students are critical in affecting their undergraduate students’ choice. Meanwhile, the provision of quality information also helps to reduce non-completion by ensuring a better connect between ...

Click here to read more arrow

Small Business Tax Cut in Australia

03 Oct 2017

6 (2,151 )

Introduction A number of interesting developments has been introduced by 2015-2016 Federal Budgets to the tax landscape of Australia. Number of incentives including two significant tax cuts has been introduced by the Australian government to allow small business to improve their cash flows, encourage competition and growth, and allow for hiring of additional employees. The first is Abbott Government hands 1.5% tax cut to the companies ...

Click here to read more arrow

Effect of Domestic Revenue Gap on Budget Deficit and Debt

03 Oct 2017

4 (1,431 )

EFFECT OF DOMESTIC REVENUE GAP ON BUDGET DEFICIT AND DEBT BURDEN: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA Background of the study Introduction Tax is a core apparatus in the hands of the government to fulfil expenditures and it helps in attaining sustained growth objectives. Tax can be defined as the charge levied by the government of a country upon its habitants for its provision or for the purpose of ...

Click here to read more arrow

Company Analysis Results Chapter Example

03 Oct 2017

6 (2,168 )

What will encourage a higher degree of division of labour? firms wishing for a greater level of self-sufficiency firms wishing to increase their flexibility in production firms wishing to raise their level of productivity firms wishing to reduce their level of risk The diagram shows a country’s production possibility curve. What could allow the economy to move from M ...

Click here to read more arrow

Advantages of Skilled Worker Migration

03 Oct 2017

4 (1,324 )

Wayne Hurst   Doctors Without Borders “Doctors Without Borders”, written by Charles Kenny, discusses the advantages of allowing skilled workers to migrate from a “poor” state into a “rich” state and vice versa. Kenny also states that when medical doctors are allowed to migrate and work in other states it can cause all of the states involved to benifit. His main point in this article is ...

Click here to read more arrow

Arsenic in Drinking Water: Economic Case Study

03 Oct 2017

5 (1,672 )

ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER: CASE STUDY 5 1. How should an arsenic standard for drinking water be set from an economics perspective? Be specific and analytically rigorous. Ideally, the arsenic standard for drinking water should be compliant with the maximum level of contamination goal of 0 ppb, however this is only a reflection of the environmentalist’s standpoint. From an economics point of view, the arsenic standard ...

Click here to read more arrow

Socio-economic Development Proposal for South Africa

03 Oct 2017

6 (2,313 )

ACTION: Increase the benefit to the country of our mineral resources by; Giving clear certainty over property rights (the right to mine) Any kind of discussion on mining, or any mining related beneficiation including that of the manufacturing of jewelry in south Africa brings irrefutably to the open the legacy of the dispossession of land. gems are discovered by people and they then extract them from ...

Click here to read more arrow

India’s Look East Policy Analysis

03 Oct 2017

4 (1,358 )

India’s look east policy is the pivot of India’s effort towards globalisation and a corollary of our economic reform agenda launched in 1991. In the past trade with the monsoon winds was a part of our connection with Asia and the Spice Route was a part of the value-chain that we are trying to revive today. India’s effort to strengthen its connection with Asia like the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Defence Forces Program Analysis

03 Oct 2017

5 (1,940 )

The Defence Forces Context Introduction The Defence Forces is a Tri-Force made up of the Naval Service, Air Corps and Army encompassing 9500 all ranks. The organisation is a self-supporting environment involving internal administration, logistic, security, accommodation, transportation; recreation and catering which all contribute to the overall high inventory of the Defence Forces. This research aims to provide a positive contribution towards the Defence Forces and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Telecommunication Industry Economics Analysis

03 Oct 2017

8 (3,170 )

INTRODUCTION Many firms seek to get a maximum profit in the marketplace but how can they succeed their goal. Economics is the study to understand marketplaces and how people make their choices consumers (Begg and Ward, 2012).Economics is everywhere, affecting every business whether large or small. In order to make a profit, firms have to take a risk and make a decision under different situation. Understanding ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis of Chicken Meat Demand

03 Oct 2017

8 (2,975 )

1. Introduction The given data represents the chicken meat demand over the time period of several years from 1980 to 2014 in a certain company who is producing chicken meat to the market. In today’s competitive market chicken meat demand is depend on many external factors or determinants. Several determinants of them are Income of the consumers. Other substitutes in the market check as other ...

Click here to read more arrow

Internationalization of New Sales Subsidiary

03 Oct 2017

8 (2,913 )

    Executive Summary This report has done in order to propose the appropriate strategies for the implementation of the internationalization which is establishing a sales subsidiary of Nimali garment which is located in Si Lanka. The main purpose of this is to identify the ways of transferring the knowledge and technologies effectively and efficiently to the new sales subsidiary which will be located in ...

Click here to read more arrow

Alcohol Taxation Advantages and Disadvantages

03 Oct 2017

6 (2,111 )

Introduction Governments have utilized their political power to raise income all throughout the history to back the objectives of government which is to ensure individual freedoms and to advance the well-being of the society as a whole. This income is for the most part acquired through levy which move assets from private people and organizations to the government. These funds are utilized to complete the capacities ...

Click here to read more arrow

Political Risks and Market Entry Modes

03 Oct 2017

6 (2,239 )

Question 1. Venturing into international markets can be a potentially powerful tool to improve the performance of a company’s investment portfolio. However,going into international markets is not that easy as it may seem on the first sight,for these operations involve high risks that can occasionally become even much higher, or at least more complex, than the risks companies usually face when doing business at home.Political riskis ...

Click here to read more arrow

Welfare Implications of E-Tolling

03 Oct 2017

4 (1,326 )

Discuss the possible welfare implications of e-tolling in Gauteng with respect to the administrative and monitoring costs of the system: Standish (2010) says that one of the key constraints to economic growth of a country is their inadequate transport network. As per the European Commission (2014) is good quality infrastructure “a key ingredient for sustainable development”. A country’s economic growth is associated with the conditions of ...

Click here to read more arrow

Economic Analysis of Shanghai Port

03 Oct 2017

7 (2,800 )

GROUP MEMBERS: Li Zhou (043-867-118) Botao Lin (053-077-129) Mingwei Tang (038-307-138) Yihong Wu (014-113-138)   Introduction and Background: Introduction: Shanghai port is one of the most famous ports in the world; it is also the world's busiest trading port. Shanghai port's foreign trade accounted for the major coastal port throughput of about 20% in China, government use Shanghai port ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis of Consumer Preferences

03 Oct 2017

4 (1,308 )

1.0 Introduction of Question 1 Nowdays, there are many types of notebook in the market. Consumer can choose them by their preference and demand of notebook. An increase in demand for notebooks decline the quantity of demanded, but quantity supply constant. Everyone also have their desire to buy the more better notebook that have new function. If everyone income increase, the purchasing power, price and demand ...

Click here to read more arrow

Game Theory: Summary and Analysis

03 Oct 2017

5 (1,700 )

Game theory began as a small branch in the financial industry with a great book written by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern “Game Theory and Economic Behavior” on zero-sum games. The main focus is the analysis of decisions in strategic situations (games) and interactions in which the loss of one player will be equal to the win of player two. In addition, game theory is ...

Click here to read more arrow

Banks: TBTF Concept

03 Oct 2017

8 (3,029 )

Literature Review The failure of a single financial institution has the potential to spark catastrophic losses in local, regional and global financial systems. The global financial crisis of 2008 has proved this. Financial institutions considered “too big to fail” (TBTF) have always been of concern to policy makers. However, this was highlighted especially during the global financial crisis, with the collapse of several large financial institutions. ...

Click here to read more arrow

Benefits of International Trade to China

03 Oct 2017

7 (2,744 )

The purpose of this essay is to take a more in-depth look at International Trade and its relation to China. More specifically, this paper will respectively look at three theories of International Trade, respectively Comparative Advantage; Factor Endowment and Autarky to demonstrate the benefits, the blockage standing in the way of a propelling China. In the next section, the discussion will point to the political debate ...

Click here to read more arrow

What is Time Banking?

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

7 (2,656 )

What is Time Banking? Time Banking is a way to give and receive support to build strong communities and networks to the public. One last time helps earns about one hour for the Bank (also called time credits, the balance of the benefit, or $ time). Time banking is based on the magic of “Pay It Forward," in return, is a good idea leading to another ...

Click here to read more arrow

What Is A Mixed Economy?

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,430 )

The most current economies offer a blend of two or more budgetary frameworks. People in general part works nearby the private segment, however may seek the same constrained assets. Blended budgetary frameworks don't hinder the private part from benefit looking for, yet do screen benefit levels and may nationalize organizations that are regarded to go against general society great. Blended monetary frameworks are not free enterprise frameworks: ...

Click here to read more arrow

Government Strategies for Market Failure

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,377 )

WHAT IS MEANT BY MARKET FAILURE AND HOW CAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT? INTRODUCTION Amid the history governments have had different effects over the economy. For instance rulers had boundless force upon the economy amid the medieval times, however on the eighteenth century a popular Scotsman A. Smith issued his book. An Investigation into the Nature and Reasons for the Abundance of Countries, where he ...

Click here to read more arrow

PESTLE Analysis of UAE

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (3,105 )

UAE and Its Economy The UAE's rich history is established in exchange and attached to Islam, which went to the locale in AD 630. It has an open economy with a high for every capita salary and a considerable yearly exchange excess. There are numerous effective endeavors made for financial expansion that have diminished the segment of GDP in light of oil and gas yield to ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Rice Subsidy Programme in Malaysia

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,502 )

Rice is an important security crop which acts as a staple food in Malaysia. During the last 30 years, rice cultivation in Malaysia was converted from a subsistence farming crop, to a commercial crop which is highly controlled and subsidized by the Malaysian government. As rice is a major staple food in the country, a large range of protective policies has been introduced by the government ...

Click here to read more arrow

Improving Job Quality in the UK Labour Market

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

7 (2,613 )

The prospects for improving job quality at the lower end of the labour market in the UK - pay Introduction Frederick Engels once wrote that labour is the prime basic condition for all human existence, and this to such an extent that, in a sense, we have to say that labour created man himself (1934). A person’s job helps define who they are. The level of ...

Click here to read more arrow

Labor Market in Gulf Countries

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,763 )

India Steps Up Pressure for Minimum Wage for Its Workers in the Gulf The Labor Market in Gulf Countries This section of the report is about the labor market in the Gulf countries and how it is affected with changes in the labor policies by the governments of GCC countries. The GCC consists of six Arab countries including all Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Importance Of Agricultural Sector In Economics

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,656 )

THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION Agriculture is an important sector to the country’s economic development. It was one of the highlighted issues during Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s as Malaysia’s Prime Minister. Abdullah strongly believed that this industry can generate wealth and reduce poverty particularly among those from rural areas. One of the major thrusts of the Malaysian economic development since ...

Click here to read more arrow

Theodore Levitt's Theory of Globalization

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (3,054 )

To most of us, globalization—as a political, economic, social, and technological force—appears all but unstoppable. The ever-faster flow of information across the globe has made people aware of the tastes, preferences, and lifestyles of citizens in other countries. Through this information flow, we are all becoming—at varying speeds and at least in economic terms—global citizens. This convergence is controversial, even offensive, to some who consider globalization ...

Click here to read more arrow

The Effects Of Tax Avoidance

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,199 )

Summary Tax avoidance has been a major menace in many governments worldwide. Therefore, this article will focus on tax avoidance by multinationals and the tax loopholes that motivate this unfair practice among nations. Companies such as Starbucks, HSBC, Google, Barclays bank and Amazon have been accused on more than one occasion of corporate tax avoidance. How do they go about this and get away with it? ...

Click here to read more arrow

Introduction To Supply And Demand In Economics

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

11 (4,337 )

Introduction to Demand & Supply According to one of the microeconomic textbook from Oxford demand & supply is the basis of economic of pricing that the prices are determined using the demand and supply concept. In other words, the demand and supply system is to show the dependence of demand and supply on price. Demand This session is the description of what is demand in economics. Joseph ...

Click here to read more arrow

Supply Chain: French Wine From France To China

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,118 )

Report on French wine from France to China France shared about one third of the import wine market in China. And China is now the fifth biggest export destination for French wine. In Figure 1, we briefly describe the main process of French wine from France to China. Figure 1. Main Process of French Wine Supply chain The supplier in the supply chain ...

Click here to read more arrow

Social Security in France

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (3,031 )

Social security system was founded in 1910 in France. The general scheme is presented in 1945. It was firstly intended to cover the whole population. Social Security consists of a set of institutions that serve to protect individuals from the consequences of various events or situations, usually referred to as social risks. There are four branches in the social security system in France. These are illness, ...

Click here to read more arrow

Social Inequality And Insecurity In Canada

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,631 )

ASSIGNMENT-2 Social inequality illustrates a scenario in a society where there is disparity that has limiting effect on a group’s social status and class. Inequality, in this reference, refers to the differences in status, experience, and outcomes among various groups of individuals in the society. The social inequality covers aspects like right to vote for every adult individual, right to speech, right to access property and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Role Of A Smooth Economy

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,328 )

In an economy, in order for a country to have balance it must have stability and growth to become successful and function properly. The economy is very important, as it is as defined as the wealth and resources of a country or region. A strong economy brings wealth and stability to consumers, borrowers, purchasers, savers, and lenders. We also need a balanced financial system that runs ...

Click here to read more arrow

Impacts On The Retail Fuel Price In Malaysia

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

9 (3,359 )

Background description of retail fuel price in Malaysia According to the local news on 7 March 2013, the retail price of RON 97 will be RM2.90 per litre when it was previously RM2.70. Meanwhile, the retail price of RON95 remains unchanged as it is subsidized by the government. In May, a 20 sen drop incurred for RON 97 per litre. There was no change in price ...

Click here to read more arrow

Ready-Made Garments (RMG) Sector Of Bangladesh

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,438 )

Introduction: Entirely export oriented Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh has experienced a noteworthy enhancement since its commencement in last half of 1970s. Strangely enough, though this major industry is now totally based on private entrepreneurial efforts, its inauguration was rooted into an export consignment of Shirt which was done by Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the state operated trading agency, in mid ‘70s. The export ...

Click here to read more arrow

Public Expenditure On Education In India

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,936 )

Abstract- Prioritizing amongst the competing ends for the government treasury is a big challenge for a developing country like India. Poverty eradication, health and other crucial social needs compete with education and create fiscal pressures. But an investment in education is considered inevitable. This research paper compares public expenditure on education in India in 2005-06 and 2010-11. As observed, government spent more on revenue account than ...

Click here to read more arrow

Price Discrimination Concept and Types

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,599 )

“Please explain in details the concept of “price discrimination”, what are the different types of price discrimination. Explain with the use of examples.”    According to Phlips (1983, p.5) “the more one thinks about price discrimination, the harder it is to define.” Phlips (1983, p.6) suggests that price discrimination should be defined as” implying that two varieties of commodity are sold (by the same seller) to ...

Click here to read more arrow

Trends and Causes of Poverty in Sudan

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (2,887 )

To measure the trends of poverty in a systematic way one needs a continuous flow of household-level data pertaining to income and expenditure. The first household budget survey carried out in Sudan was in 1968 followed by the second one on 1978. In 1992 the ILO funded the migration and labor force survey. Also, in 1992 the Social Solidarity fund funded the poverty line survey. In ...

Click here to read more arrow

Original Aims Of The European Community

23 Mar 2015 27 Sep 2017

9 (3,332 )

This paper considers the original aims of the European Economic Community on its formation under the Treaty of Rome 1957 as a background to the transformation of the EEC into the European Community. A discussion of the subsequent development of the EC thereafter forms the main body of this work and the staged development of the EC through subsequent amending treaties provides the focus of the analysis ...

Click here to read more arrow

New Zealand's Monetary and Fiscal policies

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

9 (3,384 )

(a) (i) Inflation Targeting An inflation targeting is a monetary approach used by government as a strategy to maintain the interest rate at a certain level. This normally involve up to two parties which are a government and a central bank that are responsible in keeping the price within a specific range. They would alter the interest rate in order to achieve favourable level ...

Click here to read more arrow

Literature Review: Economic Growth Determinants And Models

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (2,840 )

Introduction Economic growth is one of the most important fields in economics. Since sustained economic growth is the most important determinant of living standards, there is no more important issue challenging the research efforts of economists than to understand the causes of economic growth. Human capital has been identified as a key stimulus of economic growth. In fact, it can never be overemphasized that human capital is ...

Click here to read more arrow

Law of One Price and Purchasing Power Parity Analysis

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (3,003 )

Introduction The gradual emergence of globalisation in businesses has contributed towards a significant rise in international trade. Consequently, trading across countries has been prominent among businesses in order to seek higher growth opportunities available in the international markets (Michie, 2011). “Our willingness to pay a certain price for foreign money must ultimately and essentially be due to the fact that this money possesses a purchasing power ...

Click here to read more arrow

India's Economic Engagements with Sub-Saharan Africa

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

10 (3,973 )

INTRODUCTION Africa till recent past quite easily qualified for the unceremonious category of “hopeless continent” that largely failed to provide basic services to their people that have non-existent or fragile government and are subjected to regular outside interference. Decades of impoverishment, factional feuds, power struggles, natural calamities, harsh living conditions and exploitative attitude of global powers ravaged most of the countries of Africa pushing them to ...

Click here to read more arrow

Price Implications of Minimum Wage

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,532 )

Impact of implication of minimum wages: the perspective of construction industries. Based on a simple figure by Thomas Werner 2013, show the impact of implication of minimum wages. In the figure 1 where the details of the following is represent, the (perfectly competitive) labour market with the respective (perfectly competitive) goods market and a very fundamental production function in a scheme of three quadrants. In ...

Click here to read more arrow

Trinidad and Tobago: Policies on inflation

23 Mar 2015 27 Sep 2017

10 (3,828 )

On September 8th 2010, the Honorable Winston Dookeran, the Minister of Finance for Trinidad and Tobago presented the Budget Statement for 2010/2011 fiscal year. The budget gave a comprehensive summary of the financial plan of the government, giving details of its expected levels of revenues as well as expenditure for the 2010/2011 fiscal year. Of the many areas of concern raised in the Budget by the Minister ...

Click here to read more arrow

Impact of Human Capital on Economic Development

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

9 (3,225 )

How human capital contributes to economic development? Introduction The education of a country plays a fundamental role in the development and economic growth since its beginnings in the scientific and intellectual revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and then the age of enlightenment which corresponds to the eighteenth century where the idea of progress was transmitted, this philosophy comes from the last century. Human capital has ...

Click here to read more arrow

India's Economic, Social and Political Development

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,308 )

Discuss how India has changed economically socially and politically with respect to other parts of the world. India is a developing country located in Asia; it is the second most populated country in the world. India in the past decade has changed economically, socially and politically. India has become an increasingly important part of the global economic landscape over the past decade. Its economy has become more ...

Click here to read more arrow

How Economic Systems Allocate Resources Effectively

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

7 (2,528 )

Executive Summary Learning outcome two comprises of three questions. The first question speaks about economic systems; it will be explained in the research how these economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively. According to Samuelson (n.d.) these three economic systems are: Mixed economy, command and free market. ‘Mixed economies may have a distinct private sector, where resources are allocated primarily by market forces, such as the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Hong Kong's Economic and Sustainable Growth Policies

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,854 )

Chief Executive Office of the Chief Executive Tamar Hong Kong In my capacity as the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, I take pressure to write to you express my views on specific economic policies which are the essential features of Hong Kong’s economic development and the sustainable growth. From that perspective, the Hong Kong Government (HKSAR) should concern various factors within the region, in terms ...

Click here to read more arrow

History of Indian Energy Sector

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

9 (3,339 )

[1]The power sector in India has undergone significant progress after Independence. When India became independent in 1947, the country had a power generating capacity of 1,362 MW.Hydro power and coal based thermal power have been the main sources of generating electricity. Generation and distribution of electrical power was carried out primarily by private utility companies. Notable amongst them and still in existence is Calcutta Electric. Power ...

Click here to read more arrow

Greece's Policies to Improve the Employment Rates

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,629 )

Introduction In the attached article in the references, it is shown that Greece has succumbed to a low employment rate since the financial crisis that has affected them in 2007. It is reported that Greece has reached an all-time high unemployment rate of 28% in November 2013 and has not been improving as of late till the point in which the article was written ...

Click here to read more arrow

Importance of Expenditure on Education for Economic Growth

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

8 (3,059 )

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE - THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVE 1.1 Introduction Education is recognized as a critical input for the holistic development of the economy. Further, the elementary education plays a very leading role in acquiring larger positive externalities to the society. The provision of elementary education is one of the central responsibilities of the government. Many economic theories also suggest substantial role for the ...

Click here to read more arrow

Free Trade Between Bhutan and India

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

7 (2,708 )

Question 1 Analyze the impact of free trade with India on Bhutan by describing free trades impact on agriculture. Outline introduction definition of free trade agriculture as a source of income benefits from free trade income generation from the agriculture products growth and development of the country employment opportunities increased in production high living standard negative impact of free trade increased countries dependency on other ...

Click here to read more arrow

Economic Rehabilitation and Modernisation in China

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,259 )

ECONOMIC REHABILITATION AND MODERNISATION PROGRAMME 1. Post Mao Interlude. (a) Fall of the Gang of Four, leadership under Deng Xiaoping restated the modernization program. (b) They also set new policies for accomplishing the Four Modernizations which was to turn the nation into a relatively advanced industrialized nation by the year 2000. The modernizations was to be in the field of industry, agriculture, science and technology, and national defence. ...

Click here to read more arrow

Economic analysis: Australia

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

9 (3,402 )

Australia has had a good track record of prudent fiscal policy, strong macroeconomic management and performance, and good financial regulation over the years but most importantly all through the global economic crisis. In fact compared to other OECD countries it’s weathered the current crisis extraordinarily well. In 2012 the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Australia accounted for 2.45% of the world economy at 1520.60 billion US dollars. ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis of Globalisation

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

4 (1,427 )

"Globalization”, a term developed for common usage in the 1980's to represent the progressing motion or movement between nations, intellect and wisdom, trades and money across the continent that has led to growth of interdependent behavior among themselves, economically, politically, socially and culturally. Though when mentioning the word “Globalization”, it is usually recognized as being driven by a combination of economic and technological factor. According to ...

Click here to read more arrow

Comparison of Perfect and Imperfect Competition

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

10 (3,882 )

INTRODUCTION The Father of Economics Adam Smith in his book “ The Theory of Moral Sentiments”, wrote about the main characteristics of human beings. According to him a human being is very selfish or possesses self-love as well as there exists an invisible hand. The concept of self- love in human being is one of the most important factor in “ the value theory” as well ...

Click here to read more arrow

A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,029 )

At an early age, authors Abhijit and Esther knew already that poverty existed. Through stories and observation, they were aware about the situation yet these did not satisfied them instead it motivated them to study, to enhance their knowledge and understand why poverty is such a problem that eliminating it is very difficult. The two authors have lots of question and because of that they made ...

Click here to read more arrow

BIMSTEC and BCIM Initiatives & their Importance for India

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

11 (4,139 )

Background The emergence of regional economic cooperation among neighbouring countries is becoming a dominant feature of world economy. It means that globalisation has been escorted by regionalisation within different geographic regions of the world. It encouraged different countries and regions of the world specifically the countries of South-East Asia and North-East Asia to create collaborative ties with India. It results the formation of some ...

Click here to read more arrow

Banking, Corporate Governance and the 2007 Financial Crisis

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,977 )

Throughout the world, by the end of 2008, many banks had seen most of their equity destroyed by the crisis that started in the US subprime sector in 2007. Yet, not all banks across the world performed equally poorly. In this paper, we investigate how banks that performed better during the crisis, measuring performance by stock returns, differed from other banks before the crisis. Academics, journalists, ...

Click here to read more arrow

SWOT Analysis of Venezuela

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

6 (2,120 )

(S)trengths: A natural endowment of the world’s most demanded resource, namely oil. Huge reserves of crude oil in the country. A boom in the oil price in the international market causes a flourishing of the Venezuelan economy; a rise in the employment rate and the GDP of the country. It also runs a current account surplus owing to the surplus revenues earned from oil. The non-oil ...

Click here to read more arrow

Instrument Rules vs Targeting Rules

27 Sep 2017

8 (3,074 )

Instrument rules vs targeting rules? Should Central Banks commit to a simple instrument rule such as the Taylor Rule? How well does such a rule explain Central Bank behaviour? Do targeting rules provide a more compelling alternative? The Taylor rule has had a wide-reaching effect on the literature surrounding monetary policy design. It is a simple instrument rule which aims to show how interest rates should ...

Click here to read more arrow

Empowerment of Rural Woman in Bangladesh through Agriculture

27 Sep 2017

7 (2,760 )

Introduction The gender issue in developing countries again highlighted at the World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 (Hicks 1997). Women’s work in the productive and social sectors is a key aspect of development. Everyone has a unique classification of empowerment based on his or her life experiences, behavior, and ambitions, person has the power to decide about their things, their life, and their actions ...

Click here to read more arrow

Banking and Finance Services Sector in Singapore

27 Sep 2017

6 (2,367 )

1 Content Page Introduction What is the banking and finance services sector? Definition of banking and finance gives information of definition of banking and definition of finance. Finance means circulation of capital such as money and currency, or procurement and management of the capital, in connections with financing activities. Finance and banking service is Services and products provided to consumers ...

Click here to read more arrow

Comparison of GDP and Inflation in Japan and Thailand

03 Oct 2016 27 Sep 2017

5 (1,648 )

Thailand    That have 2 main trends will be discuss. First one is the trend during years 1996 to 1999. From years 1996 to 1999, it was a period that Thailand created the Asian financial crisis and faced the recession from the crisis until the economy recovered. In 1996, Thailand was facing export stagnation because a decline of demand from First World countries, and also ...

Click here to read more arrow

APL Vietnam Resource Allocation and Economic Policy Effects

06 Sep 2017 26 Sep 2017

6 (2,039 )

Economic systems attempt to allocate APL Vietnam’s resources effectively When people begin to buy and sell their products, economy was born, however, come with that there are many problems happen, so it’s time to set up a system to solve these problems in the effective way. And there are three types system that can help to solve problems; they are free market economies, command economies and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis of Price Setting, Poverty and Obamacare

06 Sep 2017 26 Sep 2017

5 (1,769 )

Question : 1 Nike’s charge a price Considering the Nike’s charging a price of a Air Jordan Basketball Shoes, economically we shall have to discuss about the price determining factors that why and how the Nike’s and under what circumstances is defining the price. The followings are the factors which can influence the Nike’s price determination: Cost of Product: This means calculation of all costs ...

Click here to read more arrow

Development of Ireland's Economy, Retail and Housing Market

19 Sep 2017

6 (2,300 )

Introduction The post-war world has witnessed prodigious social and economic developments. As Parker (1989, p.237) has noted, ‘society has changed perhaps more rapidly in the last quarter century than at any other time in history.’ Inhabitants of the developed nations now enjoy a considerably greater amount of leisure time and disposable income than previous generations. Technological innovations such as the motor car and the aeroplane now ...

Click here to read more arrow

Issues of Mineral Based Economies: Nigeria and Botswana

19 Sep 2017

8 (3,156 )

Why do Mineral-Based Developing Economies Face Economic Problems? The Case Study of Nigeria and Botswana 1. Introduction. Mineral-based economies have been defined as “those developing countries which generate at least 8 percent of their GDP and 40 percent of their export earnings from the mineral sector”. (Auty, 1993: p. 3). Two main categories of mineral-based economies have been identified. These include hydrocarbon producers and hard mineral ...

Click here to read more arrow

Concepts of Cost Management in Business

19 Sep 2017

10 (3,901 )

In times of economic difficulty and greater financial pressures on organisations of all sizes, issues such as cost management, budget and the decisions they make in these areas become increasingly important. Regardless of the type of company, understanding the way in which cost concepts work and how they should be applied in the specific organisation is central to adding value to any business. Consideration will also ...

Click here to read more arrow

Reasons for Moving Manufacturing Process Location

19 Sep 2017

7 (2,438 )

Question: You are a consultant manufacturing economist: you will need to explain to a senior manager: Why it is worth moving the production of the company’s holographic televisions from the current location in Europe to new faculty in China. The management team will expect you analysis with reasons and recommendations to cover items such as cash flow, transport, setup, direct and indirect costs, political situation and ...

Click here to read more arrow

Analysis of CAPM and Three Factor Model

19 Sep 2017

18 (7,195 )

Introduction Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is the backbone of modern portfolio theory. According to CAPM, the expected return on stock is a function of its relationship with the market portfolio defined by its beta. However, Eugene Fama and Kenneth French (1992) brought together two more factors and found that stock return is based on a combination of not just market beta but also firm size ...

Click here to read more arrow

Problems in the US and Global Housing Market

18 Sep 2017

7 (2,415 )

Problems Encountered in the US and Global Housing Market The U.S. Housing market slump has a long and inter-related history. Policies, financial packages and expectations during a housing market bubble, peaking between 2002 and 2006, accumulated a backlog of market forces ready to burst. The crashing housing market is a knock on from this unsustainable boom period, which we need to take a closer look at ...

Click here to read more arrow

Creating Shareholder Value for Merger and Acquisitions

18 Sep 2017

5 (1,601 )

What factors determine whether mergers and acquisitions create value for shareholders in the banking industry? Introduction-Background There is a significant amount of debate around whether mergers and acquisitions do create value for bank shareholders, with Houston et al (2001, p. 1) arguing that “traditional studies fail to find conclusive evidence that bank mergers create value.” However, several other studies have revealed that bank mergers may create ...

Click here to read more arrow

State Owned Enterprises and Private Corporations

23 Mar 2015 29 Aug 2017

7 (2,573 )

2.1 Introduction This chapter includes the review of previous literatures that introduced general situations of the two kinds of companies: state-owned enterprises and private corporations, and put particular emphasis on two typical companies: BP and CNPC. These formal research achievements formed the theory foundation for this study and also offered plenty of great ideas and precise research directions. 2.2 State-Owned Enterprises State-owned enterprises is a tool which ...

Click here to read more arrow
ORDER TODAY!

Our experts are ready to assist you, call us to get a free quote or order now to get succeed in your academics writing.

Get a Free Quote Order Now