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 30 June 2010 For years, Chinese leaders looked to the millions of poor workers from the country’s interior as the engine of a roaring export economy. They would move to coastal provinces, toil in factories and churn out the world’s...

Europe led the development of the Industrial Revolution, and continues to be a leader in world industry. European industry spans several industrial sectors that contribute to high economic valued-added activities and generate mass employment. Europe Industry: Automotive The European Commission...

 India's merchandise exports increased to a record levels across all major commodity groups and destinations during 2005-06 and the trend is continuing during the current year (April-June 2006).Exports have reached a record figure of US $ 102.7 billions during the...

    The special economic zones in India were established with a view to bring expertise for the country's exports sector. For this a policy was introduced on 01.04.2006. As to these policies, the Government has set up SEZ's in...

Economic Reforms introduced since 1991 have radically changed the course of the Indian economy and led to better growth rates, higher investment and trade flows and accelerated decline in income poverty. The effects of these reforms on trade and investment...

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and will pound the U.S. economy with higher energy prices, commodity shortages--and even steeper coffee prices. Worse, the storm may blast inflation throughout the economy. Storm damage is estimated at $40...

  Gross domestic product (GDP) may be defined as the currency value of all goods and services produced in an economy within a given time period. GDP is the sum of consumption expenditure [C], total private investments [I], government spending...

Global growth appears to have improved in the third quarter (Q3) of 2005. The firming up of global economic activity during the third quarter of 2005 and its broadening ambit suggests that the global growth could reach a level higher...

  The concept of Human Development Index (HDI) considers three basic dimensions of human development like Longevity, Knowledge and Standard of living. Australia one among the richest country in the world presently ranks high on the HDI (Second by Norway)...

As per per capita income, poorest nations of the world basically represent underdeveloped nations. These countries account for a low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as compared to that of the developed and developing countries of the world. As per per...

  Airports has become a way of life in today’s fast paced world. China airports assumes considerable significance as the number of travellers to this country has increased rapidly.   Major China Airports The main Chinese airports are listed below:...

Prospects of Congo tradeCongo export, import and trade sectors are likely to receive a boost following meeting of representatives of chambers of commerce in West African countries. These people are convening in Senegal to find out various ways in which...

During the last two years, the rate of growth of India's trade with china has been in excess of 35%. If this trend is sustained, China Economy could become India's largest trading partner within the next two years. This was...

Republic of Congo in Western Africa borders South Atlantic Ocean to its south west. Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo are the other nations surrounding this equatorial country. Agriculture, oil production and export, and forestry are...

China’s population has always drawn the attention of economists, as this Asian nation is the world’s most populated country. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2008, China’s population stood at 1,328.02 million people. This staggering...