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    Legal and Political System Australia’s government design was taken from the British Westminster system after those who originally colonized Australia. A functional, western style democracy, there are a number of minor political parties operating in Australia but the country’s federal politics is an essential 2-party system at present, much like the United States (Our Country, 2015). Power in Australia is shared between various levels of government, the Federal, State and territorial. Establishing

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    The entrepreneurial environment in Egypt has its strengths and weaknesses. Beginning to analyze the strengths, Egypt's young population is one of the greatest entrepreneurial strengths in Egypt, as a large young and educated population is the country’s potentially most valuable resource that could be a driving force for a much-needed economic expansion and new innovative ideas. As characteristics of today's youth can be a competitive advantage for the entrepreneurial environment such as their computer

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    In “Science and Technology in World Agriculture: Narratives and Discourses,” Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo persuades the experts in biotechnology that the World Bank can create a balance between conservative and radical parties. In order to reinforce his stance, Scandizzo uses various forms of evidence: the narratives of both parties, the description the ecological problems, and the World Development Report. Scandizzo uses a description of the narratives of both conservative and radical parties to establish

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    Women rights are the prerogative for women and girls in this world. These gender clichés need to be annihilated because people are blinded by the truth that is right in front of them. Women, especially in the Western culture, are looked upon more for the gender in which they are born than for what they can actually do. Women’s abilities tend to be overlooked just because of their gender, and it is assumed that they cannot do as much as men can. In Singapore, women are facing numerous signs of being

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    What would be the next step for Jordan after reaching a 99% of school enrollment (World Bank, 2014)? No matter what it decides to do, it has to take globalization and knowledge into account. Globalization is a foreseeable phenomenon in human history which has been bringing the world together through the exchange of goods and products, information, knowledge and culture (World Bank, 2013). Governments may decide to avoid it or accept it, but in either ways they cannot overlook the extensive impact

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    members that compose these IGO’s can come from specifically one geographic area, the Organization of American States (OAS), for example. This is not the case for every IGO, though. Members of IGO’s can also come from all geographic regions, using the World Bank as an example. Karns also describes how some intergovernmental organizations are designed to achieve a single purpose, and others are developed in order to complete multiple tasks. When discussing intergovernmental organizations, it is safe to say

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    The World Bank was originally established in 1944 by 28 countries as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development with the aim of assisting and financing public development projects. In 2015 the World Bank Group is an umbrella organization of five parts with 187 member countries. While the Bank remains the largest such institution in operation, there are now so many other similar institutions that there are four subcategories to describe them: Multilateral Development Banks (used to

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    The World Bank was originally established in 1944 by 28 countries as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development with the aim of assisting and financing public development projects. In 2015 the World Bank Group is an umbrella organization of five parts with 187 member countries. While the Bank remains the largest such institution in operation, there are now so many other similar institutions that there are four subcategories to describe them: Multilateral Development Banks (used to

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    The World Bank is an international financial institution and is a member of the United Nations development group. The World Bank was originally established as a single institution in 1944 at Bretton Woods, USA. The governments of USA and UK played an active role in the establishment of the World Bank. The idea of the Bank was conceived by John Meynard Keynes and Harry White. During World War 2, the business classes of Europe were either supporting the Nazis or were forced to flee them. Socialists

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    Review of IT Strategy at World Bank The World Bank is a multi-national organization that operates in over 180 countries. Barriers such as connectivity, cultural differences, time zones, knowledge levels, and resources available exist for World Bank because they have clients in so many different locations around the world. World Bank has a hierarchal structure with a centralized headquarters in Washington, D.C and several more independent branches. Due to the operations limited by independent

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