International political economy

Tourism is one of the major contributors in the growth of a country, it not only adds to the GDP but also create employment for different sections of society. The Indian tourism has contributed enormously to GDP; around 6.2% in 2013 this includes both foreign and domestic tourists. The Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) increased by 9.1% in June 2014 over June 2013. India is still ranked 14th among Asian countries in terms of FTA, and has a huge scope for growth in the industry. With new…

The world consists of various economies with their different growth margins. These economies have been classified based on level of development, growth stages and emergence. These classifications are inspired by GROWTH THEORIES/MODELS. Growth theories are speculations used overtime to classify economies or determine development in an economy. Under Growth theories we have:  Endogenous Theory/ New Growth Theory  Exogenous Theory/Solow Growth Theory The above theories are used in illuminating…

1.3.1. From Welfare to Empowerment Approach in Poverty Conceptualisation: - Having conceptualized poverty it is important to note two distinctions in understanding poverty concepts. The first is between extensive and intensive growth. Extensive growth has occurred for millennia in most parts of the world with the aggregate output rising, with the expansion of the population that has taken place over the period of time. Per capita income was however relatively low and stagnant during this phase.…

Introduction From time to time, the relationship of economic activities and environment are being concerned since the industrialize and modernize activities are flourishing. There is no doubt that human are taking advantage of the environment for commercial purposes directly or indirectly. The harm of these activities are unavoidable such as air pollution, waste pollution and land overused. Green logistic are build on the awareness of balancing the negative impact of logistics activities and…

and analytical history of the Irish economy, 1800-1850” the author Joel Mokyr tries to assess why the Great Famine of Ireland from 1845-1852 was so disastrous. Mokyr is an economic historian and as a result, the book is from an economic perspective and does not consider other factors outside of the economy as causes tot the famine. The majority of the book focuses on the lead up to the event and it is not until the last chapter when Mokyr discusses the economy during the famine. The layout of…

manufacturing and education. The South’s inability to keep pace with the North when it came to industrialization was the main concern of Fred Bateman and Thomas Weiss’ 1981 book, A Deplorable Scarcity: The Failure of Industrialization in the Slave Economy. Drawing from census information gathered in the 1850s and 1860s, they attempt to reason an explanation via economic analysis for why the South fell behind the North in industrialization as well as many other qualitative measures such as…

The United States has a lot of economic history dating back to the late 1700s. In the 1700s, the colonial economy was pre-industrial. The economy consisted of farming. The market economy was based on agricultural products. Now, the colonies did depend on Britain for many finished goods, mainly because laws prohibited making many types of finished goods in the colonies (). But American shippers were able to offset half of the goods trade deficit with revenues earned by shipping between ports…

The political debate over economic globalization is whether increasing economic activity leads to environmental degradation or if environmental problems are more readily addressed through economic growth. This debate surrounding economic globalization breaks down into three main points of discussion; climate change, free trade, and environmental international…

of a role, the economy cannot grow. If women do not have the power to work, the market will lose potential workers, which will not allow the economy to…

do anything they desire.But, the rural Americans had a feeling that behavior was appalling and inappropriate, toward their traditional beliefs. Vaguely, they responded to the cultural changes of the other side by restoring the Ku Klux Klan in a political recoil. Also, rural Americans lived a life of falling wealth, during the time their counterparts were living a simulating lifestyle. They responded to the situation of their failing wealth, by competing for jobs and trying to maintain a…