Identify the main factors that led to the collapse of the Thai baht in 1997. An export fed growth spurt spurred on huge investments in property. This in turn increased property values. An already stressed stock market was further weakened by the collapse of Thailand’s major bank (Finance One). This coupled with the unsustainable peg on the baht to the dollar contributed to the collapse. Do you think the sudden collapse of the Thai baht can be explained by the purchasing power parity theorem? The
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PTLLS L3 Assignment 1 Out Come 2 Understand the relationships between Teachers and other professionals in lifelong learning. C Summarise own responsibilities in relation to others professionals: At sense we keep quiet a few records‚ records at Sense are made in order to provide evidence that learning and teaching is taking place. This provides data that are used for evaluating that the budget is being spent wisely and as intended. It serves as a focal point for all organisations in case there
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BP and Consolidation of the Oil Industry‚ 1998-2002 Executive Summary BP should sell its business and start a new business‚ a clean energy production‚ because it would lose profits from oil supply. Oil industry had not developed in perfect competition; oil price was easily controlled since oil industry was oligopoly‚ many consumers exist and the government protected oil industry from competition. However‚ oil industry is facing perfect competition; oligopoly formation of oil industry
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Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 “This legislation grew out of the fact that by 1998 roughly ten million American children had access to the Internet‚ and at the same time‚ studies indicated that children were unable to understand the potential effect of revealing their personal information online and parent failed to monitor their children’s use of the Internet.” (Koby) Due to the technology available today children of all ages have access to the internet. In the 1960’s the
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The topic of my paper is talk about the Hong Kong people’s identity before 1997 by analyzing a Hong Kong movie “A Better Tomorrow”. My research question is how signing the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 lead the Hong Kong people identify themselves as Hong Kongers Thesis statement: The period from the Sino British Joint Declaration of 1984 to the handover in 1997 was an era of change in Hong Kong. Hong Kong people was facing a lot of problems during the transitional period and one of the
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Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people
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junta or military dictatorship which is also known as the period of ‘National Reorganisation Process’.(Saxton‚ 2003‚ p.2). The Argentina crisis was as a result of the historical political unrests for many years which lead to economic upheavals during 1998 – 2002. During 1976‚ the government fought a ‘dirty war against guerrilla groups’. (Saxton‚ 2003‚ p.4). Thousands of Argentines died during the war‚ mostly as victims of the military. To divert attention from increasingly severe political and
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To what extent have civil liberties become better protected since 1997 In comparison to countries such as France and the USA‚ the UK’s commitment to civil liberties was weak. During the US declaration of civil Independence the US made amendments to its constitution‚; their bill of rights became largely made up of civil liberties‚ including the right to freedom of religion‚ speech etc. And the French Revolution led to the establishment of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789)
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In Chapter 7 of Through the Eyes of a Child by Donna E. Norton‚ Norton defines and explains the concepts of Modern Fantasy. Modern Fantasy is a genre of literature that is consisted of story elements that are impossible to happen in real life and/or imaginary. The place‚ setting‚ characters‚ or the event of the story of modern fantasy are impossible to be real or happen in real life. The genre of modern fantasy is very similar to the genre of traditional literature and the only difference is that
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objectives (SMART – Specific‚ Measurable‚ Achievable‚ Realistic and Time-scale) as to what information needs to be obtained and then a plan in place as to how this information will then be utilised. 3. Utilising the information – Data Protection Act 1998 / Misuse of information It is important to consider confidentiality when collecting personal information. It must be made clear that information will be kept confidential and dealt with sensitively‚ unless there is reason to believe that a child may
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