Free enterprise was seen as the key of economic success. ... They opened their markets to competition and to global economy. ... Some critics even question the benefits for the poor of policies aimed at stimulating economic growth. ... In yet others, such as Vietnam, it has not changed, even if there were enormous economic transformation. ... In each country, even the population is divided in different economic and social layers. ...

• Word Count: 6472
• Approx Pages: 26
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Contributed by Vivek Vyas PRM-23100 Some major problems that confront Rural Non-farm Employment are as follows Changes in consumer preferences - The problems of low demand and excessive competition are the major problems that rural non-farm employment faces. ... There are signs that even this gradual process of diversification of economic activity has lost momentum during the 1990s. ... But, the expected growth in rural non-agriculture due to economic reforms does not seem to have materialized. ... Legislation and regulations - India has frequently used the tool of reserving production ...

• Word Count: 2539
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

However, those twenty blocks between the Upper East Side and the Puerto Rican population of East Harlem represent a social and an economic gap extending from mainstream to marginal. ... This competition has led the minorities living in such bad neighborhoods, such as the streets of Spanish Harlem, to search for respect and dignity while the American Society is doing the opposite, segregating and separating them from the rest of the society causing ghettoization to take place. ... "Puerto Rico's residents have arbitrarily distorted the political and economic administration of the Island...

• Word Count: 3236
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many experts view women as a hidden workforce, currently underutilized, but with an enormous potential to generate accelerated economic growth. ... Voting powers are calculated according to a formula that weighs capital contributions and size of economic output, thereby resulting in effective control by Western developed countries. ... Shaped by the debates taking place within the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, in September 2000 at the Millennium Summit the UN adopted the Millennium Declaration. ...

• Word Count: 5954
• Approx Pages: 24
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate