International development

Abstract Tourism is an international activity that includes a combination of economic, political, social and environmental factors with more and more complex consequences. The touristic development creates economic benefits and costs from country to country and from region to region. This is mainly attributed to at the different economic structures of the countries or regions of touristic destinations and by their geographical position. The Historic and cultural objects play an important role in…

supported the free trade by launching new laws to protect capital movements across countries, and encouraged international trade with low tariffs. As claimed by Huwart et al. (2013a),…

Introduction The simplest definition of development is “good change” (Thomas, 2000). However, what represents “good” is subjective. Traditional views saw development in a purely economic sense, in terms of an increase in Gross National Product (GNP). In other words, economic growth and development were synonymous. Recently, more inclusive and humanist definitions have been put forward, which focus on the improvement of people’s living standards and lives. This includes issues such as health,…

How important has government direction and policy been in the economic development and export success in countries of the Asia-Pacific region? The level of economic development and export success in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region is a phenomenon which many theorists have attempted to explain. Concerning whether or not there exist a significant relationship between government policies and such regional economic success, I argue that government direction and policy has been critically…

Development studies is a discipline that seeks to answer big questions surrounding the way countries develop over time. One of these questions is the question of poverty; how it is caused and more importantly what can be done to solve the issue of poverty. According to the United Nations (UN) (2010) 2.8 billion people survive on less than $2 a day which is nearly half the population. Thus development studies seek to find solutions to this issue in order to assure that all people have equal…

Lennox was born on June 16, 2014. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz. He lives in Tallahassee with his mother and sister. He was born at 39 weeks gestation. He had the diagnosis of albinism and nystagmus. He is now a physically healthy young boy. He attends Bud Bell Early Learning Center five days a week. He receives monthly services from a vision coach. Vision coach uses the Oregon Assessment and reports he scored at or slightly above his age level on all measures. He has seen his physician for well-baby…

contribute or affect world development nowadays. Furthermore in the discussion, I will focus on a single NGO, which is the Amnesty International by tracking its developmental path over the years, and to analyze whether it has been able to fulfill the objectives that it has set up for the future and the changes that it contributed to have. Non-governmental organizations are any non-profit groups, run by voluntary citizens and they can be organized on a local, national or international level.…

The concept of Sustainable development explores the relationship among economic development, environmental quality, and social equity (Rogers, Jalal & Boyd, 2005). The terms of Sustainable development has been evolving since 1972, when the first international community determined the correlation between quality of life and environmental quality at the “United Nations Conference on the Human Environment” in Stockholm. Gladwin et al. (1995) had stated that it was hardly possible to require a…

Comparative and Absolute Advantage This paper analyzes and compares the economic, political and cultural development of three countries; Australia, USA, and Canada. Further presents on measures of economic growth, comparative and absolute advantage in international trade. Economic statistics of the country, and reasons why their economy varies, and effects of international trade on their economic strength. Finally, analyze products that give the countries absolute and comparative advantage as…

current Minister for Resources and representative of Queensland, I understand the importance of preserving the full strength of this bill, as it targets key rural areas, and establishes robust economic development in those constituencies hardest hit by the global financial crisis. Sustainable development is what is at the heart of this act with one of the key provisions of the act being the commitment to increasing plantation forestry cover from 2 million…