... our planet's best soils, which had earlier been sustainably managed by pre-colonial traditional agriculturalists, are today being rapidly degraded, and in some cases abandoned completely, in the short-term pursuit of export profits and competition. The productive capacity of these soils is dropping rapidly due to soil compaction, erosion, water logging, and fertility loss, together with growing ... the collapse of community-based resource management systems, leading to accelerated land degradation. The introduction of the individual profit motive, sometimes linked with outside corporatio...

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... -power and others who have been in cooperation with this power's needs. Explaining how Globalization has become a fait accompli that is accepted as a given by millions of persons and within a short period of time is apt to relate in some way or other to the powers of mass culture and persuasion. Smelser's work on generalized beliefs and values, as a common aspect ... quickly and without a suitable period of adjustment. There seems to be a certain callousness in terms of reforms that might not have been politically viable less than two decades ago. In short, the advent of Globalization ha...

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... of life. Since Vietnam's transition to a market economy, Vietnam has experienced a significant increase in GDP, increasing from US$6.3bn in the early 1980s to US$97.2bn in 2010. In short, Vietnam has experienced an average rate of annual economic growth of 7.2% since the 1990s, registering 5.3% in 2010. The key driver of aggregate supply in recent times has been the substantial ... ...

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... achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty. The IMF provides alternate sources of financing. The two primary functions were to oversee the fixed exchange rate arrangements between countries and to provide short term capital to aid balance of payments. The IMF was also intended to help mend the international economy to prevent economic downfall, since the Great Depression. Its role has now ... ...

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... to consume products of western civilization without having to initiate the difficult and long-term process of constructing the productive base of their societies. It is easier, and makes more short-term sense, to embrace the global market than to try to build industries from the ground up. Unfortunately, the virtual non-existence of an indigenous manufacturing industry renders Africa dependent ... ...

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... to consume products of western civilization without having to initiate the difficult and long-term process of constructing the productive base of their societies. It is easier, and makes more short-term sense, to embrace the global market than to try to build industries from the ground up. Unfortunately, the virtual non-existence of an indigenous manufacturing industry renders Africa dependent ... ...

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... not have access to clean water and enough income to afford basic amenities of life. Since different components of social aid such as health aid, education aid and sanitary aid play a positive role in influencing the health and educational index of many developing countries then it can be hypothesised that social aid has a positive impact on human development. She concludes her ... ...

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... economic crisis of the post–World War II period-one that has deeply transformed the global economy and highlighted the increasingly important role that emerging markets and developing economies play in the global economy. As advanced economies are searching for ways to speed up their economic engines, emerging and developing countries have been important drivers of the global economic recovery ... ...

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... from the utilization of technology over the past two decades are clear. Those who manage technology creatively and innovatively will reap the benefits of sustained economic growth. They can also play an important leadership role in dealing with new issues regarding competition and cooperation. Technological change will be one of the most important sources for a change in the economy. Therefore technology ... ...

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