Showing posts with label Small States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small States. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Photo Blog of the Day- Island Hopper's Diary

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via Island Hopper's Diary
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Income of an escort in Singapore

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Friday, March 6, 2009

A fisherman turned banker, now back to Fishing

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Lean and hungry-looking, wearing genuine rather than designer stubble, Alfsson still looks more like a trawler captain than a financier. He ...

A unique way to catch Tuna

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Catching tuna Maldivian style
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Economic Gangsters from Paradise

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The lavish lifestyle of the former head of the tiny island nation of Maldives ; Gold Plated Toilets Over 8 million dollars! Private island r...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Singapore debate legalising organ trading

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Assorted Olympics

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China 2008 olympic medal tally by population Olympics at Sports-Reference.com The Glory of Just Showing Up
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Latest IMF Survey

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IMF Survey - July 2008 Commodity Price Surge Impact Impact on African Economies Factors Behind Oil Price Surge Jeddah Meeting on Oil Policy ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Mauritius Economic Update

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Recently from the Fund; Mauritius: 2008 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report Mauritius: Selected Issues I'm waiting to see Fazeer's ...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Econ Talks

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India: The Emerging Giant Featuring the author Arvind Panagariya, Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia Universit...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Memo to Self- Books to Read

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The Practice of Economic Management: A Caribbean Perspective by Courtney Blackman African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Guess the following oil producing country

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The economy contracted during the first half of 2007 . This was driven by a drop in oil production following a strong outturn in 2006, refle...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Nauru's Australian national sport

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Aussie Rules - the national sport of the smallest country in the world
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Fire on Ice

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Iceland’s current woes teach a useful lesson about the interconnectedness of global markets: trouble can come from anywhere. Homeowners defa...
Friday, April 4, 2008

Doing Business in Small Islands

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Interesting post from World Bank's Doing Business blog ; In Mauritius, it takes only 7 days. Mauritius, the best performing SIDS econom...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Darling of IFI's- Bhutan

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Bhutan hopes to cash in on hydro-electric power Fed-Up Money Treks to Bhutan to Grasp Gross National Happiness ; Tshering Jamtsho uncoils th...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Climate Change- a human rights or a foreign aid problem?

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The island nation of the Maldives said it made a big step forward Friday toward protecting its very existence, which it fears is threatened ...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Would Gross National Happiness increase under democracy?

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The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by electing a staunch royalist as its first prime minister. The ...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Mauritius Budget Reforms

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IMF's PFM blog has an interesting post on budget classifications . Just skimming through Mauritius' Ministry of Finance found the fo...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Challenges to Mauritius

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According to IMF ; "The economic recovery is accelerating with strong growth in tourism, construction, finance, and services. Foreign i...