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(agricultural labour force) per unit of arable and permanent cropland. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT database. Data available online at: http://faostat.fao.org. Col. (12) GDP per capita (PPP): Per capita gross domestic product converted to current international dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP) rates. Purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factors take into account differences in the relative prices of goods and services and therefore provide a better

------------------------------------------------- 2. Money and exchange control See also: fixed exchange rate, dollarization, and money laundering Most tax havens have a double monetary control system which distinguish residents from non-resident as well as foreign currency from the domestic one. In general, residents are subject to monetary controls but not non-residents. A company, belonging to a non-resident, when trading overseas is seen as non-resident in terms of exchange control. It is possible for a foreigner to create a company

Swedish. At that time, Norwegians were very poor; the main resources were fish, agricultural goods and forestry. At the same time that the independence, new types of industries was developed in the country, as the deeper water fishing, the timber products and the hydroelectrical power. These gave a new breath and advantage to this state that suffered a lot from the long term of dependence from other countries1. Then the First World War started and Norway decided to stay neutral with regard to this

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Welsh, Tibetans and Kashmiris, Corsicans and Quebecois. Meanwhile, the Table 1 Indicators of globalization, 1980–98 Indicators A. Economic Inward foreign direct investment stock, % world GDP Developed countries, % GDP Developing countries, % GDP Gross value added of foreign affiliates, % world GDP Exports of foreign affiliates, % total world exports Exports 3 imports of goods, % world non-service GDP Developed countries, % non-service GDP Developing countries, % non-service GDP Exports 3 imports of

telecommunications hub in North America. Today, the city retains its status as a major hub, both for industry and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world. In 2008[update], the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. In modern times, the city has taken on an additional dimension as a center for business and finance and is listed as one of the world's top ten Global Financial Centers. Chicago is a stronghold of the Democratic Party and

The name of the model refers to Newton’s law of gravity which states that “the gravitational attraction between any two objects is proportional to the product of their masses and diminishes with distance.” (Krugman & Obstfeld, p. 13 2006) In the same matter trade between two economies is believed, ceteris paribus, to be proportional to the product of their GDP’s and diminishes with distance. (Krugman & Obstfeld, 2006) The following equation illustrates the Gravity Model of World Trade in its most

authorities and financial institutions The cooperation between the private sector and regulators must be improved in order to avoid a lack of comparability and consistency in the evaluation of more and more complex financial instruments and structured products. European Economic Recovery Plan Cohesion Policy in the Recovery Plan Since October 2008, the Commission has proposed a series of measures to speed up the implementation of European cohesion policy programmes for the 2007-2013 period

sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for these products, and, to a lesser extent, in climatic conditions. Despite government attempts to diversify the economy, it is still heavily dependent on agriculture and related activities, engaging roughly 68% of the population. Since 2006, oil and gas production have become more important engines of economic activity than cocoa. According to IMF statistics, earnings from oil and refined products were $1.3 billion in 2006, while cocoa-related revenues

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