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The paper discusses how as they have engaged in debates over the question of whether Canada should export water, government officials and policymakers in Ottawa have been considering the political, economic, diplomatic, legal and moral issues involved. The paper explains that increasing American pressure for access to Canadian water reservoirs has been and continues to one of the primary political and diplomatic reasons why the Canadian government is striving to resolve this matter.

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"As they have engaged in debates over the question of whether Canada should export water, government officials and policymakers in Ottawa have been considering the political, economic, diplomatic, legal and moral issues involved. Increasing American pressure for access to Canadian water reservoirs has been and continues to one of the primary political and diplomatic reasons why the Canadian government is striving to resolve this..."

Tags:canada, water, export

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The next few pages will argue that Canada really should export its water to the United States (and elsewhere) because this country has a moral obligation to do so, it will boost Canada's standing internationally (always an important factor when it comes to matters of diplomacy), the Canadian provinces have the legal prerogative under NAFTA to "name their price," water has the potential to be an extraordinarily lucrative resource in the long-term and there is no reason why this nation has to bear the bulk of the development costs. In the final analysis it is a tremendous opportunity.

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Research Proposal: Why Canada Should Export Water Statement of Proposal The paper emerging from this proposal will look at the issue of managing water supply at a time when there is increasing demand for it. Specifically, this paper will look at whether or not Canadian leaders and policy-makers should allow for the exportation of the nation's water reservoirs in the face of growing US pressure for access to those water resources. Ultimately, I believe that Canada should submit to the inevitable and export its fresh-water southward - for reasons that range from moral and diplomatic ones, to legal and (maybe above all else)

Tags:canada, water, exportation

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The paper asserts that over the last thirty years, the emergence of China as a global economic power has been nothing short of phenomenal. The paper relates that as the numbers show, since 1978, China's economy has expanded with annual growth of gross domestic product (GDP) averaging 9.4 percent (Devlin, Estevadeordal & Rodriguez-Clare, 2006, p. 3), and this now makes China the world's sixth largest economy. The paper notes that in the mix of China's rapid growth in GDP is an equally impressive rise in the nation's exports. The paper explores the impact of China's growth as an export country on global business and trade.

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"Over the last thirty years, the emergence of China as a global economic power has been nothing short of phenomenal. As the numbers show, since 1978, China's economy has expanded with annual growth of gross domestic product (GDP) averaging 9.4 percent (Devlin, Estevadeordal & RodrAfAguez-Clare, 2006, p. 3). As widely reported, this now makes China the world's sixth largest economy. In the mix of China's rapid growth in GDP is an equally impressive rise in the nation's exports. The following discussion explores the impact of China's growth as an export country on..."

Tags:china economy, china exports, global economics

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"Much of the academic discussion about the political economy of development has turned upon the contrast between East Asia and Latin America. East Asian growth, embodied especially in the case of South Korea, has been dynamic and powerful and is seen largely as the result of the development of an export-industrialization economy. Latin American growth, on the other hand, has been sluggish and is seen largely as the result of the development of an import-substitution economy. Yet, both South Korea and the Latin American countries had begun as relatively undeveloped areas of the globe in the mid-1900s and were subject to many of.the same external influences--namely, American military and economic intervention--attempting to shape the future political and economic courses of these regions. The question that arises is why have South Korea and other East Asian

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This paper relates that, as this Flying Geese pattern of development progresses, countries in the Asian region become more and more integrated and interdependent. The author states that the Flying Geese model describes how industry passes through five stages: Introduction, import substitution, export, mature and reverse-import stages. The paper concludes that the significance of Flying Geese model in East Asia's economic development is declining in recent time as high technology is introduced and globalization takes place. Tables.

Table of Contents
Introduction
The Meaning of Flying Geese Model
Evidences of Flying Geese Pattern Development in East Asia.
Significance of Flying Geese Hypothesis in East Asia Economic Development.
High Inflows of FDI and Export Expansion
International Economic Development.
Inter-Industry and Intra-Industry Trade Pattern.
Regional Integration
Declining Significance of Flying Geese Model in Recent Time
Conclusion

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"When reaching export stage, the growth of domestic demand will decline. Exports of the product have begun to increase and imports decline. The strong exports enable the country to import capital goods for continued expansion of production. Inward FDI becomes significant as the same industry in the advanced countries has lost its comparative advantage and has to relocate to developing countries. As the industry gets into its mature stage, production slows down due to increasing costs and intensified competition from late-starting countries."

Tags:interdependent, substitution, export, technology, globalization

Abstract
An analysis of an economic article that focuses on (a)Import substitution and export promotion, (b)Macro-economic stability, (c)Immiserizing growth and (d)Harrod-Domar growth.

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"The article "Trade and Poverty in Poor Countries" by Jagdish Bhagwati and T.N. Srinivasan takes on those critics of globalization who argue that trade accentuates, not ameliorates, and that it deepens, not diminishes, poverty in both the rich and the poor countries. The authors undertake a brief review of the major economic thought in the arena and conclude by arguing that if one looks at the records of China and India over the past three decades, the role that growth plays..."

Tags:free, trade, for, against, economics, immiseration, import, substitution, export, promotion

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This paper takes an in-depth look at protectionism in agriculture and its impact upon the global agriculture market. In particular, the paper looks at protectionism in several of its guises, including tariffs, import quotas, export quotas and restrictions on certain foodstuffs by regional economic blocs. The paper also considers protectionism in the form of income substitution policies. The paper concludes that protectionism inflicts a great deal of harm upon many people.

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"The ensuing several pages look at protectionism in agriculture and its impact upon the global agriculture market. In particular, the paper looks at protectionism in several of its guises - tariffs, import quotas, export quotas, restrictions on certain foodstuffs by regional economic blocs (like the European Union), and protectionism in the form of income substitution policies - and how each of these shapes the contours of international agriculture. What becomes apparent is that protectionism inflicts a great deal of harm upon many people: it frequently deprives farmers of the opportunity to exploit new markets; it prevents people in..."

Tags:protectionism, agriculture, market

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This paper examines the economic development of Canada and Taiwan. It begins by outlining Taiwan's recent industrialization with export-oriented industries. This is contrasted with Canada's nineteenth century industrialization with an import-substitution strategy.

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The purpose of this paper is to compare the economic development of South Korea with that of the Philippines from 1960 to the present. In 1960, both of these Far Eastern countries were equally underdeveloped economically, but today South Korea's per capita income is several times that of the Philippines. Why, in the last 35 years, has South Korea experienced such dramatic growth, while the Philippines has stagnated? This paper looks at how each country's culture, political leaders, economic policies and foreign trade policies have affected their growth rates.

Paper Outline:

I. Pre-1960
A. South Korea
1. Confucian Culture
2. Education
B. Philippines
1. Wealth and Poverty
2. Education
II. Economic Policies
A. South Korea
1. Five-year Plans
2. Growth under Authoritarian Rule
B. Philippines
1. Labor Laws
2. Trade Barriers
III. Foreign Trade
A. Exports
B. Import Substitution
IV. Leadership
A. South Korea
1. Authoritarian
2. Committed to Economic Development
B. Marcos
1. Martial Law
2. Corruption
3. Economic Collapse

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"The first five-year plan caused rapid growth, largely by devaluing the won and restructuring the system of taxation and tariffs in such a way as to promote an increase in industrial exports (Han 166). It also caused rapid inflation due to government deficits and a 60 percent increase in the money supply (Brown 51). The second plan (1967-71) sought to correct the problems of the first by reducing government spending (Brown 52-3) while continuing to give tax deductions to industries that were expanding their exports (60)."

Tags:Park, Chung, Hee, Park, top-down, process, Chun, Doo, Hwan

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During the forty years between 1952 and 1991 Taiwan exhibited phenomenal economic growth. Along with South Korea, Hong Kong and other 'Asian tigers', its annual growth rates led the world. The roots of this phenomenal success are primarily related to successful self-reinforcing promotion of exports and avoidance of the 'import substitution trap.' Other factors including the preceding period of Japanese occupation and American involvement for geopolitical reasons played subsidiary roles.