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for agriculture. The pace has recently quickened in South-East Asia, especially due to the development of oil palm plantations. As a result, oil palm is accused of threatening biodiversity in certain parts of the world. Yet more sustainable oil palm development models do exist that balance environmental and socioeconomic requirements. Such is the case of Cote d’Ivoire’s oil palm sector. Oil palm is a perennial plant. Every year, each hectare of adult palm trees converts 44 tons of CO² (carbon dioxide)

Business School Daphné ARNAUD 8th November 2010 Reg.No. 2048312 Essay: Poland’s Economy EC3408: Europe and the World Economy Yontem Sonmez The year 1989 symbolizes the end of the Soviet bloc after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November and the beginning of the transformation process of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. For this transformation to be successful the CEE countries must undertake political and economic transition, as did Poland from 1990. Poland, which has inherited

Background - Protest Movements  A short description of the movements  Understanding their significance - The Vietnam War - The end of the Gold Standard 1950S: Period of stability and prosperity in the US and a certain comfort of life, as opposed to a period of high tensions. We can see a shift in the period, this also applies to the economy. Demography From 1950 to 1960, increase in population from 151 684 M to 180 671 (+19%). Very fast increase. The consequence: a rapidly increasing young population

77-99 THE NORTH-SOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS: AN UNEQUAL ECOLOGICAL EXCHANGE ANALYSIS George Howell* For Gideon Rosenbluth ABSTRACT This paper offers a political economy problematisation of the current trends of production towards environmental degradation, while offering an environmental critique of mainstream economic thought and capitalist exchange and production. A case is made for a re-appraisal of ‘unequal exchange’ analysis of international trade. First, this essay explains the evolution

Comparing and Contrasting the Social and Economic Policies of Hitler and Mussolini Economics Policies: Hitler Mussolini Phase One (‘Partial Fascism’) - New Plan was developed by Schacht in September 1934. The plan was aimed at developing a considerable trade balance (exports vs. imports) - Another main focus of the first phase was a severe reduction in unemployment. Elimination of trade unions powers and a control of wages was also established. - Plan of corporativism introduced in 1926

THE SHALLOWS ALSO BY NICHOLAS CARR The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google Does IT Matter? THE SHALLOWS What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains NICHOLAS CARR W. W. NORTON & COMPANY New York * London Copyright © 2010 by Nicholas Carr All rights reserved “The writing ball is a thing like me…” from Gramophone, Film, Typewriter by Friedrich A. Kittler, translated by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young and Michael Wutz. Copyright © 1996 by the Board of Trustees of the

Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century International Relations (IR) theory has been the site of intense debate in recent years. A decade ago it was still possible to divide the field between three main perspectives – Realism, Liberalism and Marxism. Not only have these approaches evolved in new directions, they have been joined by a number of new ‘isms’ vying for attention, including feminism and constructivism. International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century is the first comprehensive

Gani Are constraints on the executive beneficial for economic performance? ALDASHEV Gani Collective beliefs : Applications to risk perception ALDASHEV Gani Role of traditional institutions in developing countries ALDASHEV Gani Understanding pro-social behavior ARNSPERGER Christian BALAND Jean-Marie christian.arnsperger@uclouvain.be Recent work in development economics argues that property rights protection, proxied by constraints on the executive power, are fundamental

history of partnership in Morocco… The partnership between the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and the Kingdom of Morocco dates back to 1991. Since this date, the Group has been actively working in Morocco, contributing to the national economy, and connecting Morocco to the world markets through its leadership in shipping, ports industry and logistics. By launching the Tanger-Med Port complex, which comprises logistics facilities, industrial free zones and connecting infrastructures, the Kingdom

pattern of basic assumption (religion,…) ( invented, discovered or developed by a given group ( as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration ( that has worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore ( is to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive and feel in relation to problems (Edgar Schein) Culture is the collective programming of the mind (school,…), the software of the mind. Culture is the way we