Government's Role: Like other neighboring countries in Northeast Asia, China's economic growth has also been dictated by the government. ... However, since 1978, China has conducted many economic reforms which has lessened the government's role by a great degree. While the role of the government in managing the economy has reduced and the role of both private enterprise and market forces has increased, the government still maintains a major role in the urban economy. ... These enterprises are owned by local and provincial governments, and contribute massively to China's tax...

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The role of the state in Japan's economic development and the role of the state in China's economic development during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were similar due to them both being politically isolated until 1860 which led to them economically lagging behind the west, different due to Japan maintaining independence from European control because they came out of isolation while China was controlled by the west due to their traditionalist government corrupting the economy which made it easy for the Europeans to control, and different due to Japan being able to m...

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Australian economy and Asian economies play a very similar role in solving the economic problem. ... Quality of life plays a role in solving the economic problem. ... Australia has limited jobs available due to technology taking over roles and lack of knowledge and skill in the particular job. ...

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As per the analysis of Cobb the role of bringing change and transformation to the prevailing conditions could not be attributed to any person, because there was nobody from the elite or the middle class in bringing the change (pg.16) as noticed by Cobb. ... For it is the spirit and vitality of the people of the South who played a vital role in helping to bring about a change in southern society, changes now looked at by many outside the South as the model for economic improvement. ...

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Women are viewed to be in the subsistent role only. ... (Tickner 2001, 79) There are particular roles and duties attached to women: the role of housewife and mother. ... (Kardum 1997) Seeing the inadequacy of this practice, there must be gender institutionalization in policy process in stead of stereotype role institutionalization. ...

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Among those, the strong role of government would be probably the most important one. ... Government's Export Promotion Policies In the economic development, the government's creation of economic rent for certain segments of business takes critical role. ... In general, the Bank of Korea, in its role as the country's central bank, determines the allocation of loans, interest rate level and the supply of money but the decision making in these area is controlled by the Minister of Finance. ... Controlling exchange rate is another good example to describe the effect of government&#x...

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The Future of Chinese Cities Two weeks ago, I went back to my hometown Tianjin. After I got off the train, I caught on a bus. On the way to home, I found that the majority of the former one-story houses have disappeared. The billboards there said there will be several high buildings instead. Nowada...

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In this economic system, the government's role was reduced to only protecting the country against foreign enemies, ensuring competition, maintaining law and order, and protecting individual property rights. ... At the beginning of the depression period, governments didn't see their role as one for the influencing business conditions. ...

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More specifically, he assesses the attitudes toward the adoption of coined money as well as the role of the temple's wealth within the context of the collective economy. ... But these people and the roles they played in society were unique. ... Kozuh speculates that the role of these people was neutral, if at all, within the regulation of the temple's economy about its herding...

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By the beginning 20th century with the effects of industrialization and common usage of communication devices and transpotation becoming faster and more comfortable economy started to play the most important role in a state's political policies. ...

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Throughout the past decades China has experienced rapid growth, despite sometimes challenging circumstances. In its climb to a successful nation throughout the years, China has implemented a variety of strategies. Its leaders have needed to reevaluate certain decisions and strategies, and adjust a...

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Globalization is a process where people worldwide come together and function to form a single society. This process combines economic, social, cultural and political forces. Globalization usually refers to economic globalization, that which brings national economies into the international economy th...

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China share of global GDP, which was valued based on purchasing power parity had risen to more than 14 percent in 2012, thus increasing its role in world trade. ... Earlier, efficiency in resource reallocation was based on labor migration from less productive sectors like agriculture to more productive sectors like industries and services and this played a key role in improved productivity and economic growth. ...

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Executive Summary The Australian economy is widely regarded as an influential force in the market; in fact, with a GPD of $1.488 trillion (US) as of 2013,1 it is the 12th largest in the world. Australia currently operates as an open, export-oriented, free market economy, a significant contributor to...

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ReOrient Paper Andre Gunder Frank's Book ReOrient is a study of the development of world trade and economic conditions across the continents from 1400 through 1800. ReOrient offers a unique historical look at economic development, one that is not generally presented in the mainstream education...

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Question Gross Domestic Product is one of the most significant economic indicators in the economy. Why? Response The state of an economy is anything but static. It is an ever-changing, whirlwind phenomenon with long inputted variables within a country's economic landscape that could simply chang...

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Belarus Belarus during its transition from a socialist economy to a market economy took a path different when compared to the route many other former Soviet bloc countries took. There were many factors of reform Belarus took that affected the turnout and where the country stands today. These fa...

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Explain four types of economics dependence. Are these types of economics dependence remain relevant to explain economic growth and development of developing countries. There are four types of economic dependence such as direct economic dependence, trade dependence, financial dependence and technical...

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The Reserve Bank has repeatedly stressed that its role in making South Africa more attractive for foreign capital is to curb the rate of growth in the money supply, avoid excessive reliance on an inflationary expansion of bank credit with a view to sustaining economic growth, maintain realistic interest rates, increase the foreign exchange reserves and ensure that the exchange rate was stable. ...

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Comparative Economic Systems It would be extremely easy to state that economics is an area of study that seeks efficient use of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants and that economic systems simply refer to the outcomes of economic activities, which are influenced by social, natural and poli...

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(Boyd, 2002) pointed quoted a point from (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies,2002) stating that Social Partners and Social Partnership can be defined as: Social Partnership can be defined as a tri or multi-partite arrangement involving employers, trade unions, public authorities (the state and/or local/regional authorities) and/or others (e.g. voluntary sector). Social partnership is usually concerned with areas of economic and social policy and might be based on a binding agreement or declaration of intent. (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies, 2002). Social Partners is t...

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In short the traditional intolerance, particularly in terms of gender roles and habits, that makes for conflict and demonstrates what is considered to be real behavior that makes northern landscapes a fertile setting for documentary-realist films. ...

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Historically, the Anglo-American economies have been driven by the forces of capitalism and the role of economic geographers has been to follow, research and report the mechanisms and adaptations of the capitalist economy. ...

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These groups have connected on a tremendous scale to help "proactively shape these processes - that is to say, they are playing an active role at the global scale (author's italics) in remaking the geographies of the contemporary world (Herod, 87). ...

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One of the most striking political personality in Britain was probably Margaret Thatcher and it is sure that because of what she did for her country, she is one of the most influential person still today. Indeed, her access to the rank of Prime Minister was a real revolution at this time whether at ...

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