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brought about by the process of globalization. The expression "global village", even if it seems overstated, nevertheless … continue to fulfil its role as an actor in development, the State must face up to a twofold challenge: globalization which is …
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“Asian crisis” in 1997, as much as the softening of the economy following the September 11th, 2001 event. No paper mill was …
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Regarding the forest sector, in a context of substantial areas of denuded and bare lands (initially around 25% of Vietnam area), forestry rehabilitation and development plans have been continuously on the focus in Vietnam since the end of the war. The first projects were planned under an...
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After decades of war, Cambodia is one of the world's poorest nations, its economy and its political life are still …
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" Cheap China ", with the underpricing of labor, capital, land, energy and currency, and disproportionally shifted growth in …
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In this article, we specify the different approaches followed by the economists and the financial economists in order to use chaos theory. We explain the main difference using this theory with other research domains like the mathematics and the physics. Finally, we present tools necessary for...
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In this article, we study popularity functions for the French President and Prime Minister. We show that the responsibility hypothesis is validated for the unemployment rate but not for the inflation rate. We also show that voters have not a behavior compatible with the rational expectations...
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In this paper I propose a very radical reform of the taxation system, in which a single flat rate financial transaction tax (FTT) is used to replace the vast majority of existing taxes (including VAT, income tax, taxes on profits...). Existing economic data indicates that a flat rate FTT of 1%...
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's politics, economy, and society. These movements have several underlying, interacting patterns. The main ones are connected to … regional geopolitics, the fluctuations of the oil economy in the Persian Gulf, and efforts by the kingdom's Hashemite monarchy …
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There is now a great deal of micro-econometric evidence, both cross-section and panel, showing that income is positively correlated with well-being. Yet the famous Easterlin paradox shows essentially no change in average happiness at the country level, despite spectacular rises in per capita...
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