Country Report: Singapore Singapore Background Singapore is a wealthy island country‚ located in Southeast Asia on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Founded as a British trading colony in 1819‚ Singapore has become one of the most prosperous countries due to its strong international trading links. The inhabitants of Singapore enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world‚ with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading countries in Western Europe. (Singapore Profile‚ Overview)
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Assignment # 1 My choice for this week’s discussion board is Morocco. Morocco is a developing country based on some of the characteristics that is hares with most developing countries. Morocco is a western African country under unitary parliamentary democracy and Constitutional Monarchy type of governments. The reasons why I have chosen Morocco as a developing country for discussion during this week are stated below: Low Standards of Living: according to the CIA (2012)‚ majority of the Moroccan
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industries in developed countries. The emergence of China as the mass manufacturing pioneer in the world has lead to the concern that China will soon be competing with the industries in the developed nations. India‚ at the same time‚ is emerging as the centre of IT enabled services including software development‚ and poses significant threat to the developed countries in high-skill goods and services. Today‚ the main competitive threat that China and India pose to the developed nations is their
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Growth Across Different Countries Economics Growth Average world GDP was only 250 dollar per capita per year as per the estimates of DeLong during the 1800s. Even now‚ the GDP per capita is less than five hundred dollar per year in many developing countries of Africa. Conversely‚ the countries which are under OECD or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development‚ comprising of Japan‚ U.S.‚ Canada and various other states of Western Europe‚ have more than twenty thousand dollar average
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INTRODUCTION Traditionally international businesses prefer to conduct business in developed countries due to the fact that they are far more sophisticated and structured. In third world countries they encounter serious problems with their economic‚ socio-cultural‚ legal and political circumstances which present the greatest difficulties with respect to business operations. It is more risky to conduct business in these countries. Returns on their investments have a very high level of uncertainty. We will
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South Korea South Korea‚ officially the Republic of Korea. "The Great Republic of Korea is a country in East Asia‚ constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. It shares land borders with North Korea to the north‚ and oversea borders with China to the west and Japan to the east. The capital and largest city is Seoul‚ with a population of 10 million. The Korean War began in 1950 when forces from the North invaded the South. The war lasted three years
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| Migrant’s culture in host country Culture is generally accepted way of doing activities in a society which includes beliefs‚ symbols‚ values‚ behaviour and social organization. Migrants adopt and mix with new culture since culture change in inevitable. There are certain arguments for maintaining one’s native culture in a new country. However‚ it is a defended that migrants should adopt the host country’s culture. This essay will consider the arguments for retaining or not retaining ones culture
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One Country‚ Two Systems One Country‚ Two Systems is a concept proposed in 1981 by Ye Jianying‚ one of the ten Founding Marshals of China. Then formally put forward by Deng Xiaoping‚ the former leader of China‚ in January 1982 in order to reunify the country. However‚ this concept was aimed to reunify Taiwan‚ not to reunify Hong Kong or macaw. One country‚ two systems means there is only one China‚ but the regions of Hong Kong‚ Macao and Taiwan could retain their original economic
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Challenges Facing Western Countries The global community as whole faces many problem‚ with developing nations having to confront a different set of issues than those of developed nations. Western societies have the luxuries of a high standard of living and general prosperity‚ but these luxuries also come with their own set of challenges and obstacles; a double edge sword requiring a fine degree of balance if they wish to maintain stability and sustainable growth. Having to deal with domestic issues
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Country Life is better than City Life City life and country life are very different to each other. The bustling city is alive with people and activities‚ whereas the country is relaxed and quiet; but which is better? I strongly think that life in the country beats the city by far because of the better environment and friendlier community. The tranquil setting of the country is definitely superior compared to urban life‚ and is really appealing to everyone. Firstly‚ the environment
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