The first measure is direct Government spending, with a major focus on investment in infrastructure. ... A more effective measure in the Ten Year Tax Plan is the reduction of company tax for small businesses, from 28.5% to 27.5%. ... As the Government plans to decrease expenditure over the years, it needs to take measures now, to ensure employment and economic growth can remain stable. ... These measures, combined with the estimated $2.9b from the superannuation tax changes, can have a major impact on public debt. ...

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(Manpower News, 2001) Other off-budget measures introduced by the Government include the employers' CPF contribution rate cut from 20% to the current contribution rate of 16%. ... Other cost-cutting measures include JTC rental rebates, a property tax cut of 2% and lowering of corporate tax rates especially for small medium enterprises. ... (Ang, Lee, Lim, Singh, Tan, 2000) Thus in this recession period, workers should take measures such as wage-cuts, bonus cut and wage freeze gracefully. ...

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A way to measure the effectiveness of this plan is to compare to other symphonies throughout the country. ... Through measuring almost in real time, possible additional performances or actions can be scheduled on a short notice. ...

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This policy would be effective because the results are more immediate than indirect measures, such as training and cultural awareness programs. ... The drawbacks of this policy are that it is more difficult to direct, implement and measure the effectiveness of it. ...

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And, 4-poverty alleviation measures. ... When the paper came for review in an inter-governmental meeting, the Finance Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (Shahid Javed Burki) fully supported the proposals meant to give to the SBP a measure of autonomy but the senior bureaucrats of the Ministry of Finance showed a lukewarm, if not a hostile, attitude to the proposed reforms. ... In his address to the nation on August 19, 1993, the Caretaker Prime Minister, while outlining a programe of socio-economic reforms, stated that measures were to be taken "to turn the Sta...

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Early childhood education has proved to be a critical matter for several Chamber members. However, there is slow growth in the programs actively supporting early learning activities. Early childhood is a period of profound achievements in language acquisition, reasoning, and problem-solving. It is a...

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Social evolution and revolution, these two actions created a change in the American family after the War for Independence. This evolution in the American family was already in progress. The War for Independence only hastened the process along. This change shows in many ways. One of the first things...

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As we can see, the government safe-guard measures for the sake of security are encroaching the individual rights. Consequently, in this time of insecurity, the role of government is by any means to protect the society, but the necessary security measures should be in such a respect that doesn't hinder the people from their natural rights. ...

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Is there really a way to measure poverty, and to decide exactly what poverty is? Hunger, income level, housing and the economy's condition of the working poor are just a few example of what needs to be considered when measuring the poverty levels in our nation. ...

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Is there really a way to measure poverty, and to decide exactly what poverty is? Hunger, income level, housing and the economy's condition of the working poor are just a few example of what needs to be considered when measuring the poverty levels in our nation. ...

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But the introduction of a monetary system requires mutual consent from like minded individuals as it is just a colored metal that will be used as a means of exchange for property, to store excess wealth and also acting as a measure of wealth. ...

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Although this is an imperative measure in enhancing national security, it does not guarantee maximum national security because criminals and irresponsible citizens will continue to violate such laws to acquire weapons and arms illegally and use other forms of weapons to fuel insecurity nationwide (Merkel & Richard 79). ...

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The right of voting is an honor which is granted to every citizen in the United States. Voting helps people to express their opinion about politics and they can be represented by their candidates who are the best and suitable for the country. The United Stated Constitution gives individuals the righ...

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Our Government, The Way it should be or the way it has to be? Machiavelli is more suitable to be elected as a President in the U.S. than Lao Tzu. To begin with, Lao Tzu's philosophy on how the government system should work is old and abandoned; on the other hand, Machiavelli's philosophy is mod...

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Imagine living in a town of thirteen thousand people and being a part of an event so historic and so dangerous from the 1980's that is still being felt until today, that displaced more than one hundred and fifteen thousand people were displaced from their homes and never allowed back to the places t...

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Terror at Home Terrorism has become a raging epidemic this last decade. None can argue that the most damaging example was the attack on the two towers of the World Trade Center. This by far was the most damaging, awakening, and notorious attack of terrorism that the world has seen on mankind yet....

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This was followed by a number of other totalitarian measures, for instance, Hisham Kandil's government drafted a protest law to limit the demonstrations and pacify the people's growing discontent, which clearly goes against the very idea of revolution and against any logic that a post-revolution regime should undertake. ...

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The unemployment in Pakistan has created various social, political and economic problems that can be rectified through good governance, vigorous economic growth, industrialisation, and pacification in the country. Pakistan has numerous social crises and unemployment is one among them. The graph of u...

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A policy is defined as a reletively stable, purposive course of action, followed by an actor or actors, in dealing with a problem or matter of concern. A public policy may be veiwed as a political systems response to demands arising from it's environment. These policies as developed over time, foll...

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There are more people on Facebook right now than there were people in the world 200 years ago. Facebook is one of many social media sites that is used to connect people from all walks of life. Sometimes, these people are seeking more freedoms and use social networking to find others that support the...

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According to Dr Peixoto: "No empire imposed by force or otherwise has ever been without this feature: control of the indigenous by members of their own group" During their training, the future Handmaids are shown propaganda movies in which the handmaids are reminded of the destructive behaviours of the selfish women who came before them that have led to the current emergency measures for creating children and remind them, as Offred says, "of the old days of no safety" The Aunts try to convince the Handmaids that society as they now know it is much better than before. ...

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The term "political economy" can be defined as the study of and use of how economic theory and methods influence political ideology. More importantly, the study of political economy analyzes the distribution of power and wealth and the nature of the state. It is important to understand the role of t...

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Gambling is a very harmful addiction which may lead to the destruction of a person and their family and should, therefore, be banned by the government. It is clear that there are serious consequences of gambling and there is a wealth of research material available to support this though there is als...

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International Environmental Law NGOs and the development of international environmental law. -Whats their role? -Do they serve a useful purpose? -Whats the 'back sides'? Word count: 2188 1. ...

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Introduction Globalization is a term often used in today's modern context. Yet not many people are sentient of the implications that come with globalization. Many people are still unquestioning about the sugar-coated truths of globalization, swallowing facts with blind faith. What my essay seeks to do is to break away from the mould of typical positive stereotypes that come along with the term "globalization". Through out the course of my essay, I shall explore the challenges that globalization poses to the modern state particularly centred on the issues of power and sovereignty. ...

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