Module Six Short Paper

What was the total value of food assistance programs and charitable initiatives in Mexico this past year

PLEASE ANSWER with your own words (2 -3 paragraphs)   1. Why agrarian reform and land reform are important to Filipino farmers

(1) Case 1: price of ball pen in the world market Pw = PhP10/piece while domestic price is Po = Php15/piece. Without any form of import restriction, show graphically how Filipino consumers benefit from importing ball pens instead of buying locally. Show graphically and explain intuitively.

A semiconductor is a key component in your laptop, cell phone, and iPod. The table provides information about the market for semiconductors in the United States. Producers of semiconductors can get $18 a unit on the world market.                                  Price                              Quantity                                Quantity                   (dollars per unit)                     demanded                               supplied   (billions of units per year) 10 25 0 12 20 20 14 15 40 16 10 60 18 5 80 20 0 100 Draw a graph (graph is for your own reference, not required to be attached in the answer sheet) to illustrate the U.S. supply and demand market for semiconductors. What is the price with free international trade? What is the quantity of semiconductors produced in U.S. and total quantity bought by U.S. people and the quantity exported from other countries?

Question 5 Please Help Me

table 1 shows that region IV A or Calabar Zone has the greatest population compared to other regions in the Philippines. What factor contributes to its increased population?

Which of the following would tend to underestimate social well being as measured by real GDP (RGDP) per capita? RGDP per capita does not consider the value of environmental goods and services to society RGDP per capita includes the services of companies hired to clean up environmental disasters. RGDP per capita does not consider the value of goods produced for ones own consumption such as home cooked meals. No adjustment is made to account for the depletion or degradation of natural resources.

Mexico, the United States and Canada entered into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in 2020. One provision of the USMCA prevents any party from passing laws that restrict the cross-border flow of data. Mexico passes a statute that restricts the cross-border flow of data from England. Is the Mexican statute a violation of the USMCA?   a)No, the Mexican statute is not a violation of the USMCA because England is not a signatory to the USMCA.   b)Yes, the Mexican statute is a violation of the USMCA because it restricts the cross-border flow of data.   c)No, the Mexican statute does not violate the USMCA because the statute has not been ratified by all the signatories to the USMCA.   d)Yes, the Mexican statute violates the USMCA because it restricts cross-border flow of data from Mexico.

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Before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) gradually eliminated import tariffs on goods, the autarky price of tomatoes in Mexico was below the world price and in the United States was above the world price. Similarly, the autarky price of poultry in Mexico was above the world price and in the United States was below the world price. Draw diagrams with domestic supply and demand curves for each country and each of the two goods. As a result of NAFTA, the United States now imports tomatoes from Mexico and the United States now exports poultry to Mexico. How would you expect the following groups to be affected? a. Mexican and U.S. consumers of tomatoes. Illustrate the effect on consumer surplus in your diagram. b. Mexican and U.S. producers of tomatoes. Illustrate the effect on producer surplus in your diagram. c. Mexican and U.S. tomato workers. d. Mexican and U.S. consumers of poultry. Illustrate the effect on consumer surplus in your diagram. e. Mexican and U.S.…

INTERNATIONAL TRADE Background  Imagine that you work for the World Bank and you have been called to Ghana to aid the new president to come up with a new international trade strategy. You are told that the new government is interested in moving away from agriculture and into manufacturing. To do so, the government wants to pursuit a policy of import substitution industrialisation (ISI). You are given a brief about Ghana highlighting the following points: About half of Ghana’s population depends on agriculture, but Ghana still imports some of its food. The majority of Ghana's people live in rural areas and exist on a subsistence way of life. Ghana has one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world. Nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture.   QUESTION        After a meeting with Ghana’s president you learn that the government is also interested in repatriating migrants that went to European countries to study engineering a decade ago. Explain how this is…

INTERNATIONAL TRADE Background  Imagine that you work for the World Bank and you have been called to Ghana to aid the new president to come up with a new international trade strategy. You are told that the new government is interested in moving away from agriculture and into manufacturing. To do so, the government wants to pursuit a policy of import substitution industrialisation (ISI). You are given a brief about Ghana highlighting the following points: About half of Ghana’s population depends on agriculture, but Ghana still imports some of its food. The majority of Ghana's people live in rural areas and exist on a subsistence way of life. Ghana has one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world. Nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture. QUESTION        The parliament of Ghana is debating whether import substitution should take the form of quotas or tariffs. You are asked to brief them on the difference between the two. A representative from Ghana's…

production :  a) is an individual activity b) is a cultural activity c) is a social activity d) is a historical activity

Choose a business organization in Zambia and critically discuss its application of market segmentation highlighting the major segmentation variables.

Question 2: Empirical research in various countries creates so many problems for the researchers. Describe these problems that are generally encountered during such type of research.

Economics British American Tobacco (BAT) runs the largest private sector run afforestation program in Bangladesh. BAT Bangladesh initiated its afforestation program in 1980 when the forest department called on the private sector to support its endeavor to conserve the forests. BAT has contributed around 110 million saplings to the country’s afforestation initiative over the last 4 decades. As a large corporation BAT pays a significant amount of corporate tax to Bangladesh Government; recognized as one of the highest income tax paying companies in the country for the tax year 2019-20 in the last five years, the company has deposited more than Tk3,600 crore as Income Tax and Tk88,000 crore as VAT, to the National Exchequer. BAT enjoys the status of being one of the most high profile companies that are doing business in Bangladesh. a) Based on the above provide two reasons, with brief explanations, as to why BAT was involved in the afforestation program?

You are given a brief about Ghana highlighting the following points: About half of Ghana’s population depends on agriculture, but Ghana still imports some of its food. The majority of Ghana's people live in rural areas and exist on a subsistence way of life. Ghana has one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world. Nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture.   A representative from Ghana's agricultural organisation is very much in favour of closing borders. He argues that consumers and producers will benefit from this. Is he right? Who would benefit most, are there any losers from the policy?

Please Fill in the blank for the following: is the manufacturing and/or sale of goods and/or services to satisfy the wants and needs of consumers to make a profit.  ___   The domestic ________________________ is comprised of customers who live in the country where the business operates. Industries characterized by providing services to consumers and other businesses are known as ______________industries. A factory owned by a company based in another country is called a _________________ plant. The reliance of two or more nations on each other for products or services is referred to as  ________________________ A(n) ________________________ market is comprised of customers who live in a different country than the one where the business operates. The type of business that creates, ships, and sells goods and services between producers, companies, and consumers located in different countries is an __________________ business.

2.“South Asia has a lower income per capita than subSaharan Africa.” Comment on the validity of thisstatement.

Discuss briefly the rural development process in Kenya and clearly illustrate the application of constituency development fund (CDF) in rural development strategy.

Price $22 $16 Home market S 10 14 22 I 26 D Quantity pw + 1 PW Who gains and who loses from the tariff in Home? To find out, determine the changes in consumer surplus (CS), producer surplus (PS) and tariff revenue as the country moves from free trade to the tariff equilibrium. Show the changes in the diagram and calculate the numerical values of them. (Ctrl)