In the early 1990's Albania's government abandoned most of its communist policies relating to the economy. ... Under the communist system, these potentials were rarely realized. ... "Albania concentrates on military integration into NATO and the EU and it was the first post-communist country to apply for NATO membership." ... Governments of the past, with the assistance and backing of communist superpowers have put the country further behind than it should be. ...

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One might ask, how both of these countries with a Communist government could achieve such high level of economic growth, hence in order to understand how their transformation led to today's development, it is important to compare and contrast gradualism with shock therapy economic reform approaches. ... The first one, which extends from Deng Xiaoping's 1978 "opening and reform" to the early 1990's, the Communist Party emphasized rural development with relatively little interference from above, where the result was an explosion of small- and medium-sized businesses that creat...

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The North with a communist government led by president Ho Chi Minh (胡志明) and the South ruled by American-backed President Ngo Dinh Diem (吳廷琰). However, when Vietnam was united, the government of North Vietnam imposed its communist system of development in the South as well, eradicating the market oriented system. ... Reforms and Growth After 10 years of failed economic planning, the 6th National Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party started implementing an economic restructuring reform also known as "Doi Moi". ...

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Communist Hungary has consistently allotted the largest share of investment to industry; in 1975, for example, industry (including construction) received 37.7 percent of the total investment in the socialist sector, while agriculture received only 17.7 percent. ... In the decade after the Communists came to power, about 90 ,percent of Hungary's foreign trade was with fellow members of COMECON. ... In trading with non-Communist countries, Hungary has imposed the requirement of "zero-balances," under which the net result of commercial transactions may not have a negative effect on Hungary&#...

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Being widely known as a loyal anti-communist, he shaped US foreign policy in Southeast Asia. ... Rostow became famous when he published "The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto," in 1960, which proposed the Rostovian take-off model of  economic growth, one of the major historical models of economic growth, which argues that economic modernization occurs in five basic stages of varying length: traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and high  mass consumption. ...

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Mao's reforms also motivated peasants to work together and embody a Communist worker. ... Mao believed Chinas rich culture needed to be swept away and replaced by a communist culture and this could be seen in all aspects of society. ...

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The international community and US business sector have seen the "Communist" country as offering immense opportunities. ... There has offcourse also been many negative impacts, as any reforming communist state always face a variety of serious problems. ...

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The Republic of Bulgaria A key factor in how Eastern Europe agrees with one another lies in the hands of Bulgaria. This country is centrally located between the countries of Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, and Romania. The Black Sea is on the eastern side of the country providing easy t...

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Economic reform in 1986 has brought a great achievement for Vietnam economy. Their participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and World Trade Organization has made the country became more integrated into the world economy. Vietnam's economic growt...

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The opening toward the external world has been part of a wider overturn toward a bigger dependence of the markets and of the private company, especially as many countries in development and communists were checking that a high degree of planning and the government's intervention didn't surrender the results wanted as regards development. ...

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Capitalism best describes the contemporary economic and political systems in the world. These systems are characterized by private enterprise, that is, a country's economy is controlled by individuals whose aim is to make profits. Such private enterprises can only thrive where government policies promote the idea of a free market so as to tap into the markets beyond a country's border (Dicken). Progress is the process of advancing. In the context of capitalism, progress is observed as individuals, corporations, and states competitively try to outdo one another with the motive of incr...

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Simitis is the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement or (PASOK) Stephanopoulos is the leader of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, Konstandinos Karamanlis is the leader of the New Democracy, and Aleka Papariga is the leader of Communist Party of Greece or KKE. ...

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Historically, Colombia has been overshadowed in global diplomacy and economics. Its main claims to fame come from its national hero Simon Bolivar and being beaten by the United States when Colombia refused to allow the United States to take control of Panama and build the Panama Canal. Regional econ...

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Chapter 25: Transition to Modern America (the 1920s) Introduction Mass Production: the result was the creation of a New America, on e in which individualism was sacrificed to conformity as a part of the price to be paid for a new era of abundance. The 1920s, often seen as a time of escape and frivolity before the onset of the Depression, actually marked a beginning , a time when the American people learned to adapt to life in the city, when they decided (wisely or not) to center their existence on the automobile, and when they rejected their rural past while still longing for the old va...

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CUBA'S ECONOMIC POLICY FROM 1945 TO 2002 ASSESING ITS STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES Cuba is the largest Caribbean island and the most westerly of the greater Antillrd group. Cuba is one of the few remaining countries committed to the socialist mode of production. The ruling ...

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The continuous rise of China has undoubtedly been one of the great dramas in the beginning of the twenty- first century. The extraordinary economic growth in China and their active diplomacy have already transformed East Asia. What we have yet to see is if China's continued rise will increase their ...

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