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Account for disparities in development within one named country: CHINA Some historical extra features: *from 1949 to 1976: Mao Zedong. (Founded the People’s Republic of China) *from 1976 to 1992: Deng Xiaoping. (This generation turned the focus from class struggle and political movements to economic development, pioneering Chinese economic reform.) *from 1992 to 2003: Jiang Zemin. * Currently (and likely to last until 2013): Hu Jintao. Introduction: Over the past 30 years, China has

ofi le s 2010 UNITED NATIONS WTO The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business. The WTO’s main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as

Globalization, as a factor of instability of World Economics Globalization, is often associated with the notion of «international financial integration» it’s a controversial term, some people regard as benefactress to the world economy and some other are qualifying it as «anarchy leading to disequilibrium»; This notion is also a polysemic term, that is to say which has many definitions and we will see that it will generate many upheavals in the world. That mutation is linked to the technological

CM n°1 ECONOMIC POLICIES 30 janvier The workshop of the world : the birth and the growth of economic liberalism Industrial revolutIon: term usually applied to the social and economic changes that took place during the mid 18th-19th century. These changes marked a transition from an agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society There has been an objection to this term. Some historians feel that “revolution” can not be applied to these changes. Dramatic changes during this

lower.Los Angeles is famous for being the largest film production center in the United States, the most profitable in the world, surpassed by the number of Bollywood productions, India. The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, recorded music), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. Los Angeles is also the largest manufacturing center in the western United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles

I- Facteur économique (GDP, GDP per capita, Trade balance Import-Export) * Le pays est doté d’importantes ressources naturelles : * 3ème exportateur mondial de gaz naturel liquéfié * 1er producteur d’huile de palme * 2ème producteur de caoutchouc * 3ème producteur de riz et de cacao * 4ème producteur de produits de la mer * 4ème exportateur de charbon Très affectée par la crise asiatique de la fin des années 90, l’Indonésie a initié à partir de la décennie suivante

DUBAI : FINANCIAL CENTER INTRODUCTION : Geography Dubai is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. It is located south of the Persian Gulf coast on the arabian peninsula. The emirate of Dubai shares borders with Abu Dhabi in the south, Sharjah in the northeast, and the Sultanate of Oman in the southeast. Informations: Dubai has the largest population and the second land territory after Abu Dhabi. As you can see there is around 2,262,000 residents

Economy of France In 2008, France is the 5th world economic power, behind the United States, Japan, China, Germany and in front of UK. In 2009, the value of its Gross domestic product (GDP) is 1 950,1 billions Euros. France is classified in the 38th rank for the GDP per capita at the exchange rate nominal, slightly below the average of the EU, which is 37th. In classification by GDP in PPA, France is the 9th economic power. France is a part of founding countries of the European Union

Title: Author: Tutors: Date: The Dynamics of Trade Affinities – An Assessment of the Globalization of the European Continent Louise Buhre Professor Börje Johansson and Ph.D. Candidate Tobias Dahlström May 2008 Subject terms: Trade affinities, Globalization, Gravity Model, Trade flows Abstract This thesis is an assessment of the dynamics of trade affinities and how they have influenced trade flows in the European continent. The focus is how trade affinities have altered over a time span of four

Overview Switzerland ranks among the most stable, modern and highly developed market economies in the world. Landlocked and highly mountainous, the Swiss population of 7.8 million people is linguistically diverse, highly educated and dispersed across 26 cantons. The Swiss government maintains a tradition of neutrality in foreign policy and has been a constitutional democracy since 1848. The Swiss franc is one of the world’s most trusted stores of value and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has been successful