International development

RURAL AREA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: SENTOSA, SINGAPORE BY: ASMA AMIRAH BT MD KHATIB (114598) DATE SUBMITTED: 31 MARCH 2015 ADVISOR: PROFESSOR DR BADARUDDIN MOHAMED ABSTRACT This paper aims to offer a tool for discussion about tourism, the environment and development. The first section sets out principles for sustainable tourism development and is intended primarily at the tourism industry in Sentosa. It assumes that tourism…

Robert Bates explores the connection between politics and economic ways of transformation in his book “Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development”. According to Bates political structure and economics of transformation is equal to the study of prosperity and violence, hence the name. Bates claims that for states to advance from a poor agrarian state to a wealthy industrialized society, they must go through what is called the “great transformation”. While all wealthy states had…

This literature review will address the idea of World Bank’s Anti-Corruption policy in order to address whether it can be improved through the adoption of a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) framework. In 1996, the President of the World Bank, John Wolfensohn addressed the ‘cancer of corruption’ as a major impediment to growth. Since then the World Bank has had a mounting concern over corruption. Today, the Bank’s anti-corruption strategies incorporate concerns over ‘good governance’,…

One of the major reasons of this liberal inclination is that major international institutions founded on liberal principles, like the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme “offered valuable consultation and guidance” according to the Commission report. The Commission identified three major “roots” of the Central American Crisis: 1) political institutions…

to poverty. Globalization can be thought of as the process of integration and interaction among people, nations, and governments through trade liberalization, international technology exchanges and mobility of capital and information (Kaplinsky, 2013). It has an impact on the culture, environment, political systems and economic development of societies globally. Poverty, on the other hand, refers to the scarcity of resources or a situation where a country or a person lacks a given amount of…

number of participants grew from under 100,000 to 250,000. Participants of study abroad programs continued its growth in 2011-2012 grew to 283,332. By following this trend in the amount of participants is expected to increase and the Institute for International Education Generation Study Abroad, established in 2014, has predicted the number to be 600,000 by the 2017- 2018 academic year. The purpose of this Literature review is to signal to the reader how study abroad is beneficial to all college…

Colonialism and globalization are two terms, which are frequently mentioned in the field of international events. They are both very important in the study of humanity progress and social progress. There are a lot of studies and debates about if globalization is the repetition of colonialism. This essay will focus on comparing and contrasting differences and similarities between colonialism and globalization. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, colonialism is defined as:…

hurry along their economic development with the help of these reforms. China used foreign investment, a more open market, access to advanced technologies and management experience. Deng was basically making all of the decisions for China, himself; The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party chaired by Deng Xiaoping is when the idea of having superpowers…

Influencing factors depict the importance of entrepreneurship in the development and growth of a country, namely: the role of an entrepreneur, the relationship between entrepreneurship and development. (users.ipfw.edu, 2007) The Importance of entrepreneurship in economic development and growth can be seen with regards to the role of an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is important in an economy as it bring innovation to the development and growth of a country. Entrepreneurs find a need for a…

of the United Nations. The United Nations was an organization created in 1945, composed by various countries around the world. Its initial purpose was to maintain international security and foster social co-operation. Joining the United Nations was a defining moment in Canadian history because it enabled Canada to reform international interactions by supporting the UN, develop a more asserted identity, and to establish Canada’s reputation to the world. Essentially, the United Nations allowed…