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    of1970 to Edgars .Pepkor acquired Ackermann in 1984,with only 34 stores and since then has experienced exceptional growth and has over 450 stores across South Africa . The most recent South Africa retail stores were opened towards the end of 2014 1 Botswana, 1 Namibia, 2 KwaZulu-Natal and 2 Gauteng. Threats of new entrants: Economies of scale Ackerman’s is a high manufacturing company that make use of its operational costs on a large scale ,this is something that new entrants on a small scale would

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    ‘The framework presented here is based on the notion of population increase’ (Bucci 2009) with attention to the solow model and the AK model of economic growth. The differences and similarities in these growth models will be critically assessed with the use of empirical evidence to explain the real world economic growth patterns. The solow model is ‘a theory that analyses growth as being driven by exogenous technological change and the accumulation of factors of production’ (burda&wyplosz 2013

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    2.4 Status of Interest-Free Banking Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa The financial sector in some Sub Saharan Africa countries has been growing rapidly in the past two decades. New products have been introduced and financial institutions are playing an tremendous role in financial intermediation, including cross-border financial flows. However, Islamic finance in Sub Saharan Africa remains small, although it has potential given the region’s demographic structure and potential for financial expanding

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    DEMONETIZATION Demonetization is the act of stripping out a currency unit as legal tender. It happens when change of national currency takes place. The form of money in circulation is pulled out and discarded, which might or often are replaced with new notes and coins. Many a times, a country replaces the old currency with the new ones completely. There can be several reasons why a government wants to enforce demonetization. Some of them are to discourage a cash-dependent economy, to counter inflation

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    Kenya Demographic

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    Karen Shagavah GHS 604: Infectious Disease of Global Health Significance Final Paper 04/22/16 Description of Kenya: Demographics, Healthcare System, Outcomes and Expenditures Kenya is located in East Africa surrounded by Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and the Indian Ocean. It is the largest economy and the most developed country in East Africa but still considered a low middle income country. The major contributions to the Growth Domestic Product, are agriculture, tourism, and

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    Democracy can be divided into separate different types. Presidentialism is a democratic type of government where president is either the head of state or a representative to the parliament. There are also hybrid regimes that combine different type of democracies to best fit that country’s needs. In other words, there are many types of democracies, although this essay will focus on three types of democratic systems: the presidential system, the semi-presidential system, and the parliamentary system

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    Adolescents and HIV in Atlanta Georgia The Human Immune-deficiency Virus is an epidemic that has devastated the world since its discovery in the year 1981. Over 30 million people in the US have succumbed to the epidemic while close to 1.1 million people are now living with the disease. Young people in the US are the most vulnerable group and are continually at high risk of contracting HIV and AIDS. About 39% of reported HIV cases are among youths aged between 13-29 years (Granich et al. 2011). Various

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    demonetized its dollar as a way to combat the country’s hyperinflation, which was recorded at 231,000,000%. The three-month process involved expunging the Zimbabwean dollar from the country’s financial system and solidifying the U.S. dollar, the Botswana pula and the South African rand as the country’s legal tender in a bid

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    The book, The Dobe Ju/'hoansi is a great example of an ethnography. It is a very detailed description of every aspect of the San people's life. From the environment they inhabit to the food they eat, the book goes into great detail on how these people survive. More importantly, the book describes their personal relationships with each other and other band level societies, marriage and sexuality topics, and how they solve disputes. Personally, I feel the attention directed towards their interpersonal

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    Causes Of Food Insecurity

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    According to the United States Census Bureau results of 2016, the population of the United States is 323.1 million and of those 41.2 million of the population is food insecure. Food insecurity is when households a few times during the year or constantly feel unsure of being able to find the financial needs for enough food that would feed all the members of their household (USDA, 2016). Given the numbers above, one can see that our numbers for food insecurity are high and being one of the most powerful

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