El Salvador is a small South American country in the northeast bordering Honduras‚ Belize‚ and Guatemala. El Salvador is a very mountainous country and its capital is under a volcano. This makes the drug trade very easy for the gangs of El Salvador. The gangs of el Salvador are the Mara Salvatrucha and their rivals the calle 18. Both of these gangs are at war with the police and each other over drug routes. These gangs use the mountains for their operations. The gangs are considered some of the
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Country Notebook for South Korea James Jones Dallas Baptist University Table of Contents Executive Summary 5 Culture Analysis 7 Introduction 7 Brief discussion of the country’s relevant history 7 Geography setting 8 Area Comparative: 9 Land boundaries: 9 Coastline: 9 Climate: 9 Elevation Extremes: 9 Natural Resources: 9 Natural Hazards: 9 Social Institutions 9 Family: 9 Education 10 Literacy Rates 11 Political System 11 Legal System 12 Six Basic Codes
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South Korea: Economic Overview Economic history and projections: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South Korea expanded 0.80 percent in the first quarter of 2013 over the previous quarter. GDP Growth Rate in South Korea is reported by the Bank of Korea. Historically‚ from 1970 until 2013‚ South Korea GDP Growth Rate averaged 1.73 Percent reaching an all time high of 6.80 Percent in March of 1988 and a record low of -7 Percent in March of 1998. South Korea relies mainly
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South Korea is a country that proves to be unstoppable‚ during the development of the nation for many years‚ South Korea still became targets of corruption and war. Historic wars such as the Korean war and the Japanese war proved that South Korea is still strong during the times when they were overrun. However‚ South Korea has gained their independence and has proven to be a powerful country alone‚ with a strong economy‚ good trading partners with other countries and most importantly hold a lot of
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II. Culture and regions of the world: A case for South America. A. A look at the location of South America. B. The physical landscape and prominent features of the region that include the Andes‚ the amazon forests and the Atacama Desert. III. The expression of culture through history and developments give us a better understanding of the region. A. The military history of South America in itself brings out the nature of the region.
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Challenges: energy supply (South Africa) Capacity constraint that has arisen precisely because of the country’s strong economic performance in recent years is the largest immediate menace to South Africa’s continued economic growth. This growth‚ coupled with the rapid industrialisation and mass electrification programme of the last decade‚ eventually led to demand for electricity outstripping supply in January 2008. At the end of 2007‚ South Africa began to experience an electricity crisis. State
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INVESTING IN SOUTH AFRICA The economic environment‚ Prof. André Roux | Danny Jansen‚ EMBA10 Table of content Perception or reality? .............................................................................................................................. 2 the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act............................................................................. 4 Other legal boundaries ..................................................................................
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South Korea’s Economic Success A Rise from the Ashes of War ECON 211: South Korea’s Economic Success A Rise from the Ashes of War After signing an armistice agreement between North Korea‚ the US and China on July 27‚ 1953‚ the next 5 decades South Korea has been pulling itself out of the ashes of a war that divided the country. South Korea has risen to great economic success becoming one of the 15 greatest economies of the world in 2010. This great success did come at a great price and
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Country Analysis Report In the fiscal period from year 2000 to 2004‚ Allergan Inc. has seen a continuous rise in sales and profits. In the year ended 2004‚ net income reached a high of $377 million and there is certainly no reason to believe that number won’t continue to grow . Although most of our company’s sales comes from our line of eye care pharmaceuticals‚ It is the BOTOX/neuromodulators line that sees the most promise in growth. With 80% of our BOTOX products being used for cosmetic
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ECONOMIC SECURITY OF SOUTH KOREA Introduction The economy of South Korea is ranked at fifteenth place in the world. In terms of its relation with the United States‚ South Korea is the seventh largest trading partner. South Korea is well known for its high level of growth in economic field. Before 1960‚ South Korea was just another poor third world country and hardly known regionally as well as internationally. Its economic booming has elevated South Korea in the eyes of international cooperation
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