... defeating or establishing superiority over
others.
Ex: he competed with a number of other candidates
UNIT 22: HOW DOES INFLATION AFFECT
THE WORLD ECONOMY
Booming (adj): /bu m/ː
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Definition: ... to leave)
Ex: The president said they would move the troops out next year
•
- Runaway (adj): / r n we /ˈ ʌ ə ɪ
- Definition: out of control
- Ex: We believe our visit to the USA will provide ... britain.
To raise (v): /re z/ɪ
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Definition: to increase (to rise/ to go up) the amount or level of
something
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Ex: They raised their offer to $500.
To rear up its ugly head (v): /tu ri p ts li hed...
... nội địa.
The demand for energy, materials and goods
has dramatically increased because/as theworld
economy has grown at a high speed since 2004.
This has led to price increases in theworld ... inflation affect theworld
economy?
Inflation in a country can affect foreign
investment. If inflation is not favourable,
investors quickly move their money out,
preferring to invest their funds ...
affordable prices.
With the view to/ in order to…
How does inflation affect the
world economy?
Unit 22
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Reading comprehension
+ Why is it said that an economy that grows too...
... To prepare the people of the province for theknowledgeeconomy of the 21st century;
• To contain the spread of HIV/AIDS and TB;
• To empower the poor people of our province through the provision ... development and competitiveness by
linking the Western Cape effectively to the rest of Africa and the world.
Preparing the Western Cape for theKnowledgeEconomy of the 21st Century
White ...
traditional industries, such as the retail trade, finance, the media and the procurement of a large range of
Preparing the Western Cape for theKnowledgeEconomy of the 21st Century
...
...
these numbers demand mothers everywhere be given these numbers demand mothers everywhere be given
the basic tools they need to break the cycle of poverty the basic tools they need to break the ... stunted
SAVE THE CHILDREN · STATE OF THE WO R L D ’ S M OT H E R S 2 0 1 2 9
Save the Children’s thirteenth annual Save the Children’s thirteenth annual Mothers’ IndexMothers’ Index
compares the well-being ...
See the Appendix for the Complete Mothers’ Index See the Appendix for the Complete Mothers’ Index
and Country Rankings.and Country Rankings.
SAVE THE CHILDREN · STATE OF THE WO R L D ’ S M OT...
... overleaf
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The Child Development Index follows in the
footsteps of the UNDP’s Human Development
Index (HDI), pioneered by the economist Mahbub
ul Haq. This index established the importance ... while China’s is below 20.
BOX: THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT INDEX
aND THE HuMaN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT INDEX2012
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TABLE A1: CHILD DEVELOPMENT INDEX SCORE AND RANK, ALL COUNTRIES, ... countries.
The 2012 edition of the Child Development
Index tells a story of success. This edition of the
Index shows that, since the mid-1990s, substantial
progress has been made in addressing the...
... THE STATE OF THEWORLD S CHILDREN 2012
Children in
an Urban World
THE STATE OF THEWORLD S CHILDREN 2012 CHILDREN IN AN URBAN WORLD
Half theworld s population now lives ...
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
SERVICES FOR THE URBAN POOR
A case study from Nairobi, Kenya
20 THE STATE OF THEWORLD S CHILDREN 2012
THE STATE OF THEWORLD S CHILDREN 20122 2
Respiratory illness
Children ... city.
Over the course of a decade, the state of
the world s urban children has worsened.
The number of people living in slums
has increased by over 60 million. These
are mothers and fathers,...
... Freedom of the World:
2012 Annual Report
Publisher Fraser Institute
Year 2012
URL <http://www.freetheworld.com/datasets_efw.html>.
Economic Freedom of theWorld in 2010 • 7
www.freetheworld.com ...
in the ve areas and the summary index, but it does not indicate what weights should
be aached to the components within the areas or among the areas in the construc-
tion of the summary index. ... is theory is highly consistent with the analysis of Olson, .
8 • Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report
Fraser Institute 2012 • www.fraserinstitute.org • www.freetheworld.com
Furthermore,...
... changes in the operation of theeconomy and transforming the
basis of competitive advantage.
The rising knowledge intensity of theworldeconomy and our increasing ability to
distribute that knowledge ... machines replaced labour in the industrial era,
information technology will be the locus of codified knowledge in the knowledge
economy, and work in theknowledgeeconomy will increasingly demand ... Contents
Foreword i
Table of Contents ii
The KnowledgeEconomy 1
What is theKnowledge Economy? 2
Increasing knowledge intensity 2
Globalisation 4
What’s New about the New Economy ? 10
Information revolution...
... high-income countries (World Bank 2000c).
Sobering as these figures are, they actually understate the ability of
people in these countries to function in a knowledge economy, since they
count as literate ... innova-
tion frameworks appropriate to their country contexts. TheWorld Bank
can help in this effort by deepening the understanding of the implications
of theknowledgeeconomy for education and training ... to
change their knowledge and behavior; qualified technicians and support
staff are available; and funding for maintenance, access to the Internet,
1
The KnowledgeEconomy and
the Changing Needs of the
Labor...
...
the growing inequalities in rewards within the hierarchy of knowledge workers.
Education, Globalisation and theKnowledge Economy
13
Education, Globalisation and theKnowledge Economy
15
The ... and theKnowledge Economy
17
Wider policy implications
• These findings challenge the policy mantra of a high-skills, high-wage economy. While the skills of the
workforce remain important, they ...
http://www.tlrp.org/themes/themes/sectorov.html
http://www.tlrp.org/proj /index. html
Introduction: education, globalisation and theknowledgeeconomy 4
The global skills race 4
About the study 5
The globalisation...
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intermediates are produced in the home country by the parent.
Now consider the sourcing decision of the multinational’s a¢ liate in the other Northern
country. ... increase the probability to enter
the market in the …rst place, everything else equal, the independent variables for the entry
estimation equation (23) are the same as in the revenue equation (22).
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Prosperity of Cities
PROSPERITY
STATE OF THEWORLD S CITIES 2012/ 2013
Prosperity of Cities
The City is the Home of Prosperity. It is the place where ... www.unhabitat.org
DISCLAIMER
This is a World Urban Forum edition of the State of theWorld s
Cities Report 2012/ 2013: Prosperity of Cities. The nal edition
will include the foreword by the Secretary General of the United ... gains for the few to the detriment of the majority, the city becomes
the arena where the right to shared prosperity is claimed and fought for. As people in the latter part
of 2011 gathered in...