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An Overview of the Economy of Jamaica

A sizeable percentage of the population of Jamaica could be described as 'poor and powerless'. Poverty can be understood as a state of relative deprivation; people are 'poor' when they cannot obtain the resources to acquire the type of food and other necessities of life, and cannot maintain the living conditions, which are customary in their societies. T ...

Innovation in Israel 2017 Overview

Israeli innovation is a role model for the entire world. Delegations from around the globe frequent Israel on a regular basis to learn about the wonderful local innovation eco-system and to understand how a small country of only 8.5 million people has succeeded in becoming a world leader in this field. Pioneering Israeli technological innovation, the dim ...

Economy Profile Iraq

The project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. Doing Business The project, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle. Doing Business capture ...

The Future of Banking Hong Kong Banking Report 2019

Hong Kong’s banking sector showed resilience in 2018, with stable capital and liquidity performance and strengthening profitability. Subsequent to the strong global economic environment which brought growth to Hong Kong’s banking sector in 2017, the pace of global economic growth in 2018 moderated as challenges arising from international trade tensions c ...

The Azerbaijani Economy in the First Half of 2018: Brief Overview

CESD – the Center for Economic and Social Development – concluded its macro-economic survey results for the first half of 2018. According to the State Statistic Committee of Azerbaijan, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 1.3 % in January-June 2018 compared with the same period of previous year: The CESD’ figure for the same period was 1.0 %. Meanw ...

How to Invest in Ipos

The fact is, most IPO stocks underperform the market for several years after going public. That's not surprising. After all, when a company sells stock to the public in an "initial public offering," its goal isn't to give you a quick profit. Its goals are more often to: help its early, private shareholders cash out (a strange move if they expect the sto ...

Economic Impact and Urban Decay Analysis

The section incorporates the information contained in the Rocklin Crossings Revised and Updated Economic Impact and Urban Decay Analysis, Rocklin, California (Economic Impact and Urban Decay Analysis) prepared for the proposed project by CBRE Consulting, Inc. on August 2, 2010. The complete analysis is included as Appendix C in this SPRDEIR.

Port of Brisbane 2018-2048

The Port of Brisbane has a long and proud history of facilitating trade-related economic growth in Queensland and Australia. From its origins exporting logs in the 1850’s to today’s recognition as Australia’s 2017 Port of the Year, the Port of Brisbane has always relished its role in maximising economic opportunity in the region, in a stable and sustaina ...

Haiti Health Financing Profile

Since the 2010 earthquake, the government of Haiti has worked to rebuild the country’s health system and ensure sufficient mobilization and allocation of funds for the health sector. However, while total health expenditure (THE) per capita has increased in recent years, government health expenditure (GHE) per capita has decreased. THE in Haiti was US$160 ...

Western Sydney: an Economic Profile Briefing Paper No 6/2012

This paper identifies key economic facts and figures for Western Sydney, one of NSW's most significant economic, social and political regions. These facts and figures are contextualised by demographic statistics, research on projections for the NSW economy and relevant NSW, Commonwealth and Local Government policies. Defining Western Sydney Defining West ...

Australia March 2017 OVERVIEW

This Overview is extracted from the 2017 Economic Survey of Australia. The Survey is published on the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC) of the OECD, which is charged with the examination of the economic situation of member countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or s ...

Taxation in Gibraltar the Budget 2019

The Chief Minister announced the following increases to allowances with effect 1 July 2019: • The low income earners allowance so that any taxpayer with income of £11,450 or less (2018/2019: £11,200) will not pay any income tax; • Personal Allowance and Spouse/Civil Partner’s Allowance from £3,385 to £3,455; • One Parent Family Allowance from £5,575 to £ ...

Ghana’S Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and Accompanying Explanatory Note

In preparing and submitting its INDC, Ghana is mindful of its international obligations as a Party to the UNFCCC while simultaneously pursuing a national development agenda that seeks to achieve the long-standing objective of becoming a fully-fledged middle-income economy. Ghana’s response to the threats posed to this objective by the impacts of climate ...

Economy Profile El Salvador

The project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. Doing Business The project, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle. Doing Business capture ...

OECD Economic Surveys Costa Rica

Economic and social progress has been impressive Costa Rica has achieved strong well-being and robust economic growth. Almost universal access to education, health care and pensions have contributed to high levels of life satisfaction. This has been facilitated by robust economic growth and continued convergence towards OECD living standards. Poverty, in ...

Central African Republics

The Central African Republic (CAR) has suffered from many decades of political upheaval and military crises that have had serious consequences on all sectors of the country. There is a chronic lack of infrastructure, with very little effective government presence outside the capital, Bangui, posing serious logistical and administrative challenges to oper ...