The decreasing standard of living also had an effect on the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Shock therapy is intended to cure economic matters such as hyperinflation, shortages and other effects of market controls in order to start economic production, reduce unemployment and improve living standards. ... The number of people living below poverty line declined from 30% in 2000 to 14% in 2008. ... The transition has brought significant changes to the citizens such as a rise in the standard of living and demographic changes(changes in ethnic group) which could act as a problem to the nation....

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He noticed that they treated the earth as a living creature that responded to what they do just as much as they did to it. ... But many tribal cultures view and treat the earth as a living being in itself that has the ability to perceive communicate just as we do. ... "we cannot, as humans, precisely experience the living sensations of another form. ... Although from our perspective it is very unlikely that the cobblestone below our feet can perceive the world, we must acknowledge that our observation is limited by the extent of sensorial experience. ... "For almost all oral culture...

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This has made reform a hefty struggle to rebuild the economy and it is predicted that even after Russia gets back on track it will still have lost so much, such as lives lost through the poor standards of living, for example, in 1992 on quarter of the population were at levels below the poverty line, which is living on less than $16 month and the dramatic drop in life expectancy. ... Even if economic growth were miraculously to resume tomorrow, Russia would need decades to regain what it has lost in the nineties and nothing can retrieve the millions of lives already lost due to the rapid i...

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In 1991, after reaching independence, Belarus had one of the highest standards of living in the former Soviet Union (FSU). ... The situation peaked in 1999 at 46.7 percent of population which sits below the national poverty line. ...

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History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. Industrialisation was the primary goal o...

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All progressive changes brought by capitalism ultimately influence the social lives of people, in this case improving the living standards. ... The profit can be attained because the cost of acquiring labor in the market is much below selling price of the merchandise in the market. ...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfe...

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