An Analytical study on Foreign Direct Investment in Indian Retail Sector * Dr. A. Vinayagamoorthy,Ph.D., ** C. Sankar * Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Periyar University, Salem-11. Tamil Nadu.E-Mail: avm_2007@yahoo.com ** Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Periyar University, Salem-11. Tamil Nadu. E-Mail: sankar_4577@yahoo.com; sankarzee.c@gmail.com; Mobile No. (0)9566997631 Abstract FDI is a tool for economic growth through its strengthening of domestic capital
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GM 545: Business Economics Chapter 16, Question 5 Unemployment rates in the U.S. are classified under two types, the frictional and structural unemployment. Frictional unemployment depends on the level of demand while structural unemployment depends on the relationship between labor skills and industrial changes that are mostly related to technology (Gilpatrick 1966). Frictional unemployment will always be present in any economy, even a high performing one, and is also vital and beneficial to
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Earth… in the heart of Africa! Imagine Africa rising! you will never see Africa the same way again! a project of Working Villages International Africa Rising: A MODEL FOR SELF-SUFFICIENT VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Alexander Petroff Chapter 1 A New Economic Development Model This book is a practical blueprint for the revitalization of Africa. It envisions nothing less than the complete transformation of Africa into an economic and social powerhouse – from being the basket
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To understand why some countries have economic growth faster than others, or larger than others, we must first know what “economic growth” is. Economic growth is the increase of per capita gross domestic product (GDP) or other measure of aggregate income, typically reported as the annual rate of change in real GDP. Economic growth is primarily driven by improvements in productivity, which involves producing more goods and services with the same inputs of labor, capital, energy and materials (1).
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Critically examine the view that the debt crisis is a result of inappropriate development policies. (40 marks) In 2008, the total external debt for the world’s developing countries was US$3.7 trillion, and US$163 billion for the worlds least developed countries For the developing world as a whole, in 1991, the total external debt was $1.362 trillion, which was 126.5%of its total exports of goods and services in that year, and the ratio of debt servicing to the gross domestic product
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Regent’s Professor and Senior Faculty Fellow c Research Associate d Associate Professor and Extension Economist e Professor and Extension Economist Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 600 John Kimbrough Blvd, 2124 TAMU. College Station, Texas, 77843-2124, U.S.A. b f a Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Room 127, Hobgood Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, U.S.A. Abstract This paper analyzed the economic feasibility
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| Table of contents INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….…………………….…………..……..p 3 I- History of the Chinese economy……………………………………………..……………………………….….…p 4 A- The Mao era (1945-1976)………………………………………………..……………………………….….…p 4 B- Post Mao era (Deng era 1976-1994)………..…………………………………………………….……….p 5 II- The process of transition……………………………………..………………………………………………………..p 5 III- Success and consequences of China’s economic transition….………………………………………p 6 IV- Challenges……………………………………………………………………………
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The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of globalization on the Caribbean business environment. Much has been written about globalization which is more accurately viewed as a process of change rather that an event which has already occurred. The impact of globalization on any environment can be both positive and negative and can be described as the enablers or the constraints which affect the decisions made by leaders, both government and business. It also refers to the way these choices
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SMALL SCALE ENERGY SECTOR IN INDIA HUL 736: Developmental Economics and Planning Abstract A study on the small scale energy sector in India and its impacts on development Saumya Mathur 2011ME10725 Sanjeev Ranjan 2011ME10724 Contents Small Scale Energy ......................................................................................................................... 4 Technologies and set-up......................................................................................
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Provincial Economic Development: Performance, Challenges, and the Way Forward Khalid Ikram* 1. Introduction Analyses of economic development in Pakistan have traditionally followed a “top-down” approach. They examine the behavior of macroeconomic indicators for the country as a whole, referring only in a general, even cursory, manner to the trajectories of each province, and even more summarily to the policy issues, constraints, and opportunities that confront the different provinces. The implicit
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