Ghana’s economic troubles

After many hardships throughout the years, Ghana has not been able to catch a break. Recently, banks in the nation have started encountering decreases in profits after the consistent decline in the execution of the major macroeconomic pointers in the country. Until a couple of years ago, the West African nation was a great example … Read more

What influences have determined economic policy and performance in Cuba since the 1959 revolution?

What influences have determined economic policy and performance in Cuba since the 1959 revolution? Cuba had been under the very brutal and oppressive dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista since he assumed power as Cuba’s leader after a military coup in 1933. He remained a dictator until 1940 when he officially became an elected president. The election … Read more

MACROECONOMICS PROJECT

GERMANY SECTION 1 In the Euro Area Germany is the largest economy and fourth largest in the world. Germany is among the leading exporting countries in the world, currently being third in the overall world ranking and its exports make up more than one-third of its national output. The major exports of Germany include vehicles, … Read more

Analysis of the Anatomy of Indian Exports through the use of Economic Tools

1. Introduction 1.1 Background of the Indian Economy Over the last two decades India has made a name for itself in the world economy as an emerging superpower. The inflexion point to this transformation began following the BOP crisis of 1991, when then Finance Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, introduced the policies of Privatization, Globalization and … Read more

Investment in a Global Business

Investment means the production of goods or capital utilized in the further production of other goods and services.Investment entails sacrificing current consumption in exchange for future utilization and benefits. Investment that accumulates over time compulsorily results in growth termed economic growth. Like every evolutionary stage, Investment started being concentrated on only physical production which created … Read more

Risk Measurements of the Economy

Every new method that emerges in risk measurement has been developed by improving the weak aspects of previous models. Researchers and investors discovered those aspects in consequence of past experiences and economic crises in financial markets. For example in 1970’s, fluctuations in interest rates caused high inflation rates which were resulted as economic stagnation in … Read more

Housing delivery systems

1.1. Background Housing delivery system in most of developing countries is an integration of various interrelated components which comprises land, building materials, infrastructure, building policies and regulations and the most crucial component is finance. Finance component in housing delivery is very important due to the fact that it cause huge financial requirement for housing production. … Read more

ETHIOPIA: A DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTAL STATE?

Abstract The ruling Ethiopia People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in its notable second reform appraisal held in the aftermath of the 2005 national election concluded that the utmost priority of the government should be realizing fastest and sustainable economic growth that fairly benefits its citizens’ unless the very existence of the country wouldn’t be guaranteed. … Read more

Chinese FDI

Abstract In the early 21 century many Chinese companies ranging from a small shop to medium size enterprises in various industries could be seen positioning themselves in various parts of Africa, and Cameroon in arriving to complement other multinationals from other investing countries like US, UK, France etc. that have been there to a lesser … Read more

Macroeconomics

1 Introduction As important determinants of investment and consumption decisions, expectations are an important field of research in macroeconomics. Especially in the attempt to un- derstand the dynamics and fluctuations in economies, various theories of expectation formation have been developed. As a first model, the theory of adaptive expectations assumed businesses and individuals to form … Read more

Social economics history

Living after the End of History, in which there is “no alternative” to neoliberal capitalism, defending any form of planned economic relations is seen as harmlessly anachronistic at best or outright malevolent at worst. After all, the decay and final implosion of the Eastern Bloc regimes seemed to confirm once and for all the moral … Read more

Social circumstance economics

Living after the End of History, in which there is “no alternative” to neoliberal capitalism, defending any form of planned economic relations is seen as harmlessly anachronistic at best or outright malevolent at worst. After all, the decay and final implosion of the Eastern Bloc regimes seemed to confirm once and for all the moral … Read more

Trade policies – free trade

This part of the paper attempts to provide a brief summary of David Ricardo’s concept of comperative advantage and Samuelson and Jones’ Specific Factor model, as well as indicating a comparison between the two, alongside with their merits and shortcomings. In 1776, Adam Smith in his An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the … Read more

How trade increase welfare

This part of the paper attempts to provide a brief summary of David Ricardo’s concept of comperative advantage and Samuelson and Jones’ Specific Factor model, as well as indicating a comparison between the two, alongside with their merits and shortcomings. In 1776, Adam Smith in his An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the … Read more