Human Development Index

Singapore is a country located in Southeastern Asia between Malaysia and Indonesia and it comprises the main island and around 50 smaller islands. (See Exhibit 1). It was a British trading colony in 1819 and joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but became independent two years later in 1965. A 697 squared kilometers country ranked as 192nd in the world according to its area and no more that 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC has become one of the world 's most successful countries with strong

countries is approximately 7.64% compared to the world average of 3.7% (2011). The average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita for these NICs is US$10,769 compared to the world average GDP per capita of US$12,000. GDP is a useful indicator of development and a great measure for

has decided to invest and trade in either Singapore or Sweden. This report will analyse the market potential for both countries by comparing the socio-economic, political and business environments. Finally, a country recommendation using a weighted index will display the more favorable country. 2.0 Economic Environment The socio – economic environments of Singapore and Sweden bring many similar and different factors when compared. To find the appropriate country both the economic growth and economic

Introductions A multinational corporation (MNC) is a corporation that operating in two or more countries, known as host countries but managed from one country, known as home country. Multinational Corporation is also known as international corporation (Wikipedia, 2011). Besides that, MNC can be defined as a corporation that derives revenues from operations in countries other than home country (BusinessDictionary, 2011). The objective of MNC to operate in other countries is to gain competitive advantage

It is stated in the HDR report of 1995 after World Conference on Woman in Beijing that ‘‘Human development is endangered unless it is engendered.’’ What can be said about the high level of gender inequality in Africa and is it one of the many detrimental effects of colonialism on this region? It is pointed out in the Peet-Hardwick article that, the world is an extremely unequal place, even more so than we thought it was. Aside from the equality differences between the countries, there are inequalities

an understanding of the problems of development? It is because that the development of a country depends on economic factors. Economics helps you to interpret how a country is developing, economic policies of a country that determine whether or not it develops and how fast it develops if it performs. In addition, economics helps you to understand how wealth and finance are distributed, and the causes and effects of borrowing and lending. Problems of development are like not having enough money, economics

many domestic markets in terms of entering the global market, especially China, which is now amongst the fastest growing economies in the world. In response to this globalisation, China has employed many strategies to encourage economic growth and development. Current state of play and trends________________________________________ Globalisation of has played a significant role in fueling China’s economic success, being integrated with the global economy through international trade and foreign investment

Has anyone ever wondered why someone would help people in need, there must be a reason; right? Well, there are a lot more people in need than you would imagine. Luckily there is Kiva. Kiva is a global nonprofit organization, that focuses on providing microfinance loans for funding a variety of projects around the world (Kiva.org). The money is collected from individuals around the world and is given to someone in need for specific resources like food, education, shelter and many other things. These

In the current economic times the development and growth of any economy has come to a near stop or at least to a drastic slow down. The face of the global economic environment has changed and many new countries are starting to change the way their country and the rest of the world does business. One such nation is Brazil, who has turned around their own economic troubles and is becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world (World Factbook). Brazil has started developing its economy

According to the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report 2011, the country was ranked sixth out of 187 countries, with a Human Development Index value of 0.908. On the income Gini coefficient, which ranges from zero (perfect equality) to 100 (perfect inequality), Canada scored 32.1 in 2005. However, the favorable government policy