The net result is that although speculators may act in a rational way to benefit themselves, small investors may still be terribly hurt in the process. ... (Ghose, 2000) My opinion Although net capital flows to developing countries tripled from roughly $50 billion a year in 1987-89 to more than $150 billion in 1995-97, (E&M, 1) and developing countries have received an increasing share of global inflows of foreign direct investment, rising from 23% in 1970 to 38% in 1997 (Ghose, 11), it has been a relatively small number of developing countries that have benefited. ... The nett ...

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The models that were in place since World War II collapsed and the laissez-faire neo-liberal capitalism became the dominant ideology. ... But even if that is true, when the incomes of the very poor first start growing at a faster rate than rich countries' incomes, the absolute (dollar) increases in incomes of the poor will still be smaller for many years than the absolute increases for the rich, even though the relative gap is closing. ... Apart from the very large enterprises and the multinationals indicating a more important control on their part, small and medium-size enterprises are...

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No matter southern or northern, big or small the city is, people emphasis on the scale and follow or coy the western models. ... It is the place where people and all kinds of activities are concentrated. ...

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People from these richer places are accustomed to receiving what they wish and thus effectively causing the planets resources to diminish. Roughly twenty per cent of the world's population owns eighty per cent of its wealth, which implies that the small population of the industrialized nations are the ones that consume most of the resources. ...

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Even the laws that do exist are not implemented properly due to a week system of law and order in places like Pakistan. ... In places like Ethiopia, 60% of children are forced to work whereas in places like Australia, it is 2%.7 National Perspective Child labour is a very pertinent issue within Pakistan as well with thousands of children falling victim to it. ... Children from rural areas often come to urban city centers in search for jobs such as work in factories, houses, small shops, motels etc. ...

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In a personal level, globalization has led people to be connected throughout the world regardless of their proximity using the most recent technologies, which resulted in making our world a smaller place. ... In a more global level, globalization connected most of the nations together in a way that one country's action will have an effect on other countries, however big or small the effect may be. ... And the United States, being first place in the rank for destination country for immigration, has accumulated numerous different cultures from throughout the world. ...

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Emerging Markets Index of Morgan Stanley's consists of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey. Some of the Developing countries are known as the emerging markets. Their contribution to the global economy is increasing at a fast pace. Investing in emerging markets is a wise decision as the growth can be witnessed and also have better return on investment for future. It is anticipated that Emerging economies will mature two to three times more rapidly than develop...

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