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Showing 1 to 20 of 204 for “"Economic crisis"”.
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Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009
… particular hyperinflationary episode. The crisis has its roots in Zimbabwe's struggle for independence, which took place in the 1970s. This struggle, known as the Second Chimurengo, culminated in Zimbabwe’s declaration of Independence on April 18, 1980. The incumbent President Mugabe has …
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Economic Crisis and American Literature, 1819-1857
… violent forces governing the brave new economic world. Previous economic critics, working under the rubric of the New Historicism, tend to emphasize how literature rehearses arguments about the U.S. economy at the level of theme or plot. Such scholarship, however, obscures how literary …
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Essays on Economic Crisis and Economic Reform
… Business Cycle, National Election and Currency Crisis."" Previous studies concentrated only on economic variables and did not pay much attention to institutional or political variables as possible indicators of currency crisis. After controlling economic variables which were argued to have a …
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Economic crisis and the financial system amplification effect
… lenders surplus to borrow-ers. Nevertheless in a crisis situation the financial system cautious behavior can become a crisis amplifier given that the credit approval conditions are hardly meet, so there could be a credit crunch even in a low interest rates environment. This paper illustrates the …
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Managing the Economic Crisis in the Nonprofit Sector
1 PDF file (68 leaves)
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How the Greek Press Constructed the "Greek Economic Crisis"
… on the relationship between news media and economic reporting, particularly as it concerns financial crises. The 2008 U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, quickly followed by the economic crisis that began to unfold in Greece in 2009, spurred researchers to examine how newspapers around the world …
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Fractured elites : the politics of economic crisis in Mexico
Economic crises are such powerful socioeconomic disasters that, not surprisingly, they are usually explained by powerful socioeconomic pressures, such as global financial speculation, structural economic failure, or populist demands. This thesis, in contrast, identifies the crucial role of elite …
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Cures To Stalled Development: Causes And Solutions To Economic Crisis In Sub-saharan Africa
… some of the contending issues associated with economic underdevelopment in sub-Saharan African states. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the combined effects of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic austerity programs, the increased spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and …
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The 2008 Global Economic Crisis: Mechanisms of Impacts and Responses in Banks in Tanzania
… in Tanzania were affected by the 2008 global economic crisis and the way they responded to the same. The Bank of Tanzania (BoT), Barclays Bank Tanzania Ltd and Tanzania Investment Bank (TIB) were taken as case studies. Secondary and primary data were used to inform the study. It was found that …
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Political Choice And Economic Crisis In Brazil: A Case Of Mismanagement Of Public Money
… political scandals describe the very serious economic crisis the country has been facing recently, making the economic growth forecast decrease. In 2013, the variation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated for 2016 was 3.35 percent; the adjusted variation calculated 2 years later was …
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African democracy at a crossroads : structural adjustment, economic crisis and political turbulence in Zimbabwe
Word processed copy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-76).
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Remittances and the Moral Economies of Bangladeshi New York Immigrants in Light of the Economic Crisis
… to Bangladesh during the 2008 global financial crisis presented an exceptional case of resilience while most remittance recipient countries were experiencing a drastic decline, as was predicted by leading world economists (World Bank, Ratha 2009). The question I seek to resolve in this …
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From subprime loans to unwanted greenspace: An urban political ecology of economic crisis in Cleveland, Ohio
… of the US Rust Belt. Following the 2007-2009 economic crisis, Rust Belt cities undertook sweeping demolition campaigns and have sought to repurpose the resulting vacant land for ecosystem services. Yet, calls to ‘green the Rust Belt’ through vacant land re-use tend to foreground its …
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The Management of the Economic Crisis in Spain by the PSOE Government: a Domestic Political Perspective
Accounts of the management of the recent economic crisis in Spain have been dominated by an emphasis on external constraints. However, this approach leaves unanswered important questions about the role of domestic political factors. Using systematic qualitative primary research and employing elite …
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Leaving Spain: A Biographical Study on the Experiences of an Economic Crisis, Migration and New Beginnings
Since the beginning of the economic crisis of 2008, Spain has witnessed a mass departure of (especially young) people looking for opportunities abroad. Although there have been notable social-scientific efforts to study the 'new' migration wave from Spain, the topic still remains relatively …
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Neoliberalism, Globalization, and the Contours of Economic Crisis: Contradictions of Late 20th and Early 21st Century Capitalism
… that throw the capitalist world into continual crisis, which have recently culminated in the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. The global financial crisis of 2008-09 has been the most recent in a long line of structural crises and was exacerbated in large part by the …
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Innovation persistence during economic crisis by Nigeria's construction contracting firms : an investigation of the critical success factors
… by many as a driving force for sustainable economic and social change. However, it has been established that economic crisis impacts firm level innovations. The extent of the impact on firm level innovations differs widely across countries and industries. In the case of Nigeria, it has been …
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