During the three and a half decades of double-digit growth, China has transformed itself from a country dominated by poor and rural society to be the second largest economies in the world. China boost of the world first class transportation system, a population that is predominantly middle class and urban, and the highest industrialized country in the world. ... The first factor that is impeding China economic performance is population. ... The aim was to ease the population by significantly reducing its citizen fertility. ... Due to huge economic growth, the government demand for workforce h...

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In countries such as India, China, and the Philippines, small farmers comprise over 30% of the national workforce and over 50% of the nation's population living under the poverty line. ... Though real wages have grown by double digits in industrial cities over the past three decades, young workers' earnings have actually declined over that time in 35 countries." ... Due to its large and growing population, it is speculated that if its agricultural markets were opened, China would become a consistent net importer of food, possibly destabilizing the world food market....

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The result of Stalin's plan was minimal production of consumer goods, with the population solely producing heavy industry. ... More than half of China became irrigated and the railway network virtually doubled in size. ... What was a agrarian undeveloped population evolved into one which developed the role and women and pushed China into a new era. ... Stalin also understood the value of an educated population. ... Both states understood that educating the population would lead to rapid technological advances and the ability to challenge the superpowers of the world. ...

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President Barack Obama was telling Americans in his January 2011 State of the Union address that the United States needed to double its exports, Germany had quietly become the world's second-largest exporter (after China). ... Population growth migration is causing tension with the country's welfare system; complications occurring. ... With Germany's population shrinking and aging, which is one reason their pension system is already running into problems. ...

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Sri Lanka has a population of 20 million and 52 of which are women. ... Sri Lanka boasts having a lower percentage of its population below the official poverty line in comparison to other South Asia countries that is an average of 15.2 percent between the years 2000 and 2009. The most recent computation of poverty, the government of Sri Lanka now claims that the poverty has decreased further to 8.9 percent of the population in 2010 based upon an official poverty line of LKR 3,028 per person per month. ... Between the years of 1978 and 1984, the economic growth rate had doubled to almost 6 perc...

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This has encouraged new investors and in March JP Morgan more than doubled the share of Colombian bonds in its emerging-market indices (Passing the Baton). ... 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). ...

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The gross formation of capital increased to an annual average rate of 14.1%, which doubled the average growth of investment in the OECD countries during this period. ... Tourism provides jobs for 8.1% of the active population. ...

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