Although the region has had a history of civil unrest (Los Angeles Riots in 1992) and high crime and poverty rates, Koreatown has experienced growth since the 1980s (Chang and Dias-Veizades, 25; Park and Kim, 138). ... With a dense population, the region houses Latino, Asian, Anglo American, and African American populations. Latinos, being the largest ethnic group in the Koreatown, make up about 53 percent of the population, many of which are of Guatemalan descent. Asians consist of about 32 percent of population, most of which are of Korean descent. Anglo American and African American populat...

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There were three main reasons for this decrease: a growing population; an agricultural system which was designed to supply funds for industrially development; and restricted rural-urban migration. Between 1952 and 1957, China's total agricultural output value increased at an average annual rate of 4.6 percent, while its population grew at an annual rate of 2.4 percent. ... During the next twenty years the agricultural growth rate stood at 2.1 percent, slightly higher than the population growth rate of 1.9 percent (DesForges, 99). China's agricultural growth rate could not keep u...

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First, in the context of privatization, a big-bang approach provides a critical scale of privatized sector in the economy so that the privatized firms will be efficient (Roland and Verdier, 1992) Second, a big bang may increases the credibility of a reform (Lipton and Sachs, 1990) Third, the gradualist alternative gives time to reform opponents to organize themselves and thus invites a more formidable resistance (Krueger, 1993) In addition, in the context of price reforms, a gradual reform is undesirable, because it may induce an intertemporal speculation (van Wijnbergen, 1992). ... First, a g...

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Spain is located in the south-western part of Europe taking just more than four-fifths of the Iberian peninsula. Spain also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and some area in Morocco. It is located between both Portugal and France. Spain...

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The nation realized the success of their future, would depend on a strong economy and a larger population. ... This surge of immigrants increased the population to nearly 3 million people (Grabowski 48). ... Part of Australia's success can be attributed to the Australia Wine Export Council, which was established in 1992. ... Whether from natural increase or immigration, population growth can cause a higher level of economic growth. ...

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This is no anomaly; since independence from Britain in 1961, Kuwait's oil revenues have averaged over 84% of the state's total revenues with the exception of 1991/1992 (dropping to 57%) due to the Iraqi invasion. ... By not naturalizing its people, i.e. the Bidun, Kuwait has developed modes for controlling its population by discrimination. ... In order to keep an authoritarian rule over his population, al-Sabah needed to contain the influence of external political events and movements. ... This improved the population's welfare and ultimately reinforced the loyalty of Kuwaiti c...

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It currently has a population of 8,210,650 million people (World Book). ... Currently, 15.9% of the population is unemployed (worldbank.org). ... The privatization act was passed in 1992(Prohaska). ...

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Uneven regional development High population growth. ... These factors are in turn dependent on other factors; such as: Population - if the working population of a country, also called the labor force, is large then it will have positive effect on the economy. But if dependent population like women, children and the old is greater then this will adversely affect the economy of the country. ... Wars and hostility is a strain on the economy causing depletions of important resources to be spent on defense instead of on the deserving population. ...

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Assignment Between retreat and continuing centrality? Critically assess the role of the state in globalization. Response Academic analysis of the impact of globalization on the state has involved controversial debates. The initiator of these debates was the hyper-globalist school, which began in t...

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