Nicaragua's total imports of capital goods increased by 1 percent ($380.1 million) versus 11 percent in 1999 ($373.7 million), due to slower growth in manufacturing and construction. ... The amount of goods or service a nation will export or import depends on differences between the equilibrium world price and the equilibrium domestic price. ... The World Bank has developed a support strategy to help reduce poverty and spur growth in Nicaragua. ... It is also a member of the World Trade Organization, and has sharply reduced tariffs and eliminated many non-tariff barriers. ...

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(see graph 1). ... Pre-WWII World War I permitted Japan, which fought on the side of the victorious Allies, to expand its influence in Asia and its territorial holdings in the Pacific. ... This whole agency was created while Japan was still recovering from World War II. " With inflation rising and productivity failing to keep up, the government sought a better mechanism for reviving the Japanese economy" (Japan 101). ... Rising from the ashes of World War II, Japan achieved an economic growth "miracle" that made it the envy of many other countries. ... When Japan lost World War II, six mill...

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As the deficits develop, they cause instability, and could lead to revolution.1 Theories have been developed to explain the systemic phenomenon called revolution. ... England was the dominant world power and had the largest industrialized economy during the 1800's. ... "the 'rise of the gentry' ... ideas concerning resistance to rulers ... nor even the narrowing financial base of the Tudor and Stuart monarchy ... determined the outbreak of the Civil War ... ... A significant amount of people rallied behind the King and the Civil War soon followed9. ...

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The Asian Economic Crisis of 1997 - 1998 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore the causes of the 1997 and 1998 Asian economic crisis; and to research the effects of the crisis in each of the following categories: 1. ... The effects that the Asian crisis has had on the differing world markets. ... During that time, Asian economies had been following an economic model developed by the Japanese since World War II. ... Some of these loans, investments, and projects had a risk factor that was extremely high... so high, in fact, that any other bank in the world wouldn&...

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Table of contents: 1) Pakistan at the time of independence. ... The strongest and the most powerful countries of the world are those that have the strongest economies. ... Hence, the to make a proper economic strategy is a very important for all countries of the world. ... Wars and hostility is a strain on the economy causing depletions of important resources to be spent on defense instead of on the deserving population. ... Time and again Pakistan has depended on the IMF and the World Bank to propose the economic policies of the countries. ...

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John Adams added that "all men are born with equal powers and faculties, to equal influence in society, to equal property and advantages through life " (The New American, 2013).These words were expressed by one of the creators of the society, which was supposed to become one of the most democratic and freest countries in the world. ... Paragraph # 1: Explaining who the 1% is For a long period of time, most people had no idea how wealth was distributed in the United States. ... CNBS News states that "a single filer who makes $389,000 or more in 2011 is in the top 1 percentile " (2012). ... In ...

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There was also a substantial rise in the women's labor force during World War II when the men went off to war and the women were needed in the factories. But when the men returned from war, there was a considerable decline in the women's labor force as the men reclaimed the jobs that were once theirs. ... Obviously as the nation progressed through the 90's and into the 21st century, these numbers continue to grow as do the number of women who seek higher levels of education and aspirations of making it big in the career world. ... This is vital in today's tight labor ...

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Year 2000 2001 2002 2003* GNP (millions) 957525 1007035 1063090 551190 (*first two quarters) Despite the war with Iraq, the UK's growth has continued to climb, and between the years 2003-2006 it will carry on doing so. ... Fig.1 The original Philips Curve: wage inflation against unemployment Inflation (%) Unemployment Looking forward to the years 2030-2040 Europe will most likely have become a united economy, all operating under the Euro. ... However this could change over the next 30-40 years depending on how the Euro fairs in world currency. ... ...

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The Keynesian school of thought figured that the economy had reached its limit and could advance no further.1 Reagan, however, knew otherwise and pursued his domestic policy of supply-side economics. In 1981 the country entered "The Era of Reaganomics" and experienced the longest era of economic expansion in peace-time ever-for any country in the history of the world.2 This paper will show how the Reagan Administration's policies affected the economy of the 1980's. ... Will, syndicated commentator, noted in 1992 that the world was better off than it was 10 years ago, and t...

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