On April 23‚ 2015‚ officials investigated a supposedly abandoned warehouse near the Belawan port in Medan‚ Indonesia. Inside‚ they found sixty poultry crates filled with ninety-six terrified and dehydrated pangolins. Also inside of the warehouse were two refrigerated shipping containers. They held boxes and bags of dead pangolin alongside bags of pangolin scales and meat. In all‚ five tons of frozen pangolins were discovered. There were also over 220 pounds of pangolin scales. These obscure scaly
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United Nations Development Programme CASE STUDIES OF S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E TRIPLE WINS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT United Nations Development Programme C A S E S T U D I E S O F S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E TRIPLE WINS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT United Nations Development Programme June 2012 Copyright © 2012 United Nations Development Programme. All rights reserved. This publication or parts of it may
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About the Formation of the United Nations The formation of the United Nations was a lengthy and difficult political process‚ particularly for the United States. It began as The League of Nations in 1919 after World War One and was a key component in the Treaty of Versailles. Although the intention of peacekeeping was present‚ the involved countries ultimately decided to eliminate the organization as it was ineffectual once World War Two broke out. It was clear at this point that the League’s actions
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PRICING STRATEGIES Global pricing is one of the most critical and complex issues that McDonald’s faces since price is the only marketing mix instruments that create revenues while all other elements entail costs. A multinational company such as McDonald’s also faces the challenges of how to coordinate their pricing across different countries because of the fact that a company’s global pricing policy may make or break its overseas expansion efforts. In this case‚ McDonald’s is using Value-Pricing
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Postal code- N5V B58 Introduction De Beers is a family of companies that dominate the diamond trade and every category of industrial diamond mining. Mining takes place in Botswana‚ Namibia‚ South Africa‚ Sierra Leon and Canada. Today‚ over two thirds of the world’s diamonds come from one company‚ De Beers. Cecil Rhodes the founder of De Beers created a monopoly in the diamond trade by forming a cartel‚ the London Diamond Syndicate‚
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EC3040 Economics of Less Developed Countries Tutorial Topic 6: Health and Development Examine how health issues affect other policy areas and evaluate the options available to governments in LDCs Date: 17th December 2010 Name: Clodagh Mullins Student Number: 08590711 Course: BESS The World Health Organizations (WHO) definition of health is ’Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity ’.(WHO website) This implies that
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http://www.scholars4dev.com/3410/international-undergraduate-scholarships-at-york-university/ Global Scholarships for International Students at York University ------------------------------------------------- Last updated: 15 Nov 2012 York University Bachelors (BS) Degree Deadline: 15 March 2013 (annual) Study in: Canada Course starts September 2013 Brief description: ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form The University of York offers Global
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New Balance: Outrunning the Competition Introduction After reading the case study for New Balance I see a brand with great potential. A brand that has staunch traditional values and customer satisfaction as its primary priority. Question 1: What are New Balance’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ threats and opportunities? SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS Good Management structure e.g. Van Rooyen the general manager Wide range of products across every sporting category Functional technological design in
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The effect of Exports on GDP Growth in Pakistan Abstract: This paper is examines the causal relationships between gross domestic product (GDP) and exports in Pakistan by using time series data for the period between 1980 and 2000. Time series evidence shows that increase in exports has a significant effect on the economic growth of Pakistan in the previous two decades. This paper uses cointegration to check the causal relationship between export growth and economic growth in Pakistan. Granger
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Nigeria is named after the Niger River. A British journalist in the 1890s named Flora Shaw suggested the name because of the river was a dominant presence in region and the name was accepted as the official name of those territories in the Niger Region. (ANYANWU) The country can be divided into three regions that include the forest lands in the south‚ the Sudan savanna in the north‚ and the Middle Belt‚ in between. Nigeria has an extensive geographic size‚ with a large degree of ecological‚ economic
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