Venezuela through political moderation and fiscal conservatism has deftly navigated its way to economic triumph in South America. ... It has surpassed its neighbor Peru to become the fastest-growing of the bigger Latin American economies. ... Agriculture is the source of livelihood for more than half of the world's population. ... The agriculture sector provides more employment opportunities to the labor force that reduce the high rate of unemployment in developing countries caused by the fast growing population (Myint). ... With this new economic power Colombia will also be able to wiel...

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The population of "the West," which includes Western Europe, North America, and Asian capitalist economies, such as Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, has remained flat since the latter half of the 20th century, with some populations, such as Japan's, experiencing a steady decrease. Meanwhile, the population of developing economies has continued to grow, especially in Africa and India. ... In 1800, the share of the world's population living in urban areas was only 3%; this number had increased to 30% in 1950. ... Most of this population shift has been occurring in the globa...

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In 2008, that was true of only 43% of the same population. In Latin America, the percentage of the population living in absolute poverty halved over the same period, to 10% from 20%. ... Population Demographics and Economic Growth Population trends in developing countries will affect economic growth in a variety of different ways, and when one trend is affected then a domino effect occurs. ... Every increase in population has led to more problems than benefits. ... Population growth is also blamed for overuse of resources and reduction of conservation measures. ...

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In Africa and Latin America, for example, the richest 5 percent of the population earn almost 25 percent of the national income, while in industrial countries they earn only 13 percent (World Politics, pg.42). ... It has been reported that a country whose population is farther than 100 kilometers from the sea grows 0.6 percent slower per year than nations where the majority of the population lives within 100 kilometers of the coast (World Politics, pg.42). ...

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This was the result of high population rates in Asia and the resulting lower wage rates, because of a lack of specialization and skilled labor in Asian markets. Frank revolves his entire book around the idea that Europeans were only able to usurp power and influence by controlling the money supply from South America, the labor supply from Africa and the productive capacity of Asia. ... Vast and wealthy empires were in existence in both South America and Africa during this same time period and in Frank's view they had little to no influence on world economic development. ... One fact th...

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Economic development is a broad measure of welfare and social wellbeing of a population in a nation. ... Given that fewer than one billion people live in high-income economies out of a world population six billion, it is clear that inequality within the global economy is widespread. ... The fact is if Africa, East Asia, South Asia and Latin America were to increase their share of world exports by 1c, the gains would lift 128 million people out of poverty. ...

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After Zimbabwe gained independence on 18 April 1980 the government was involved in post war reconstruction redressing the imbalances which the white colonial regime had instituted and responding to the needs of the population. ... This unemployment led to the migration of young professionals who were skilled to countries like South Africa, Britain, America, Australia and New Zealand. ...

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Here, one could argue that the liberal concept of free trade primarily operates in the interests of hegemonic countries dominating the WTO that have already built up a strong economy and specialized in manufacturing goods with a comparative advantage, leaving behind less developed countries that are unable to compete yet open up their markets.5 For instance, many Latin American countries followed the successful example of Chile in the 1970s and adopted outward-oriented policies, hoping to experience a similar economic growth. ... Also, a study conducted in 1999 examining the effects of tra...

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Secondly, cling to the sustainable development strategy by coordinating social and economic developments with the population growth, resources reservation and environment protection. An American scholar once said that the sustainable development of city is to seek the harmony between environment, economy and society. ...

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