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Armada International - Vol. 26 Num. 3, Juin 2002
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The Swiss government is blessed with roughly 18 billion francs in surplus gold reserves, and politicians in Berne have been engaging in ...... which calls for appropriating all the excess gold reserves exclusively for the country's public pension ...
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Swiss Social Security funds have had anything but luck on the stock market since the beginning of this year. The AHV/AVS reserves, which the federal government uses to invest in ...... Despite the losses, however, the Social Security Reserves Board President, Ulrich Grete, said they did not ...
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... The Swiss government has already passed legislation paving the way for the sale of 1,300 tonnes of the precious metal from its reserves. Five hundred tonnes have been allocated to a ...... Nevertheless, selling off excess gold (there is still 1,290 tonnes left) is, for the most part, an uncontroversial issue in a land that has the highest per capita gold reserves on the planet. ...
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... The rest will go to the accumulated reserves to pay for the next festival. Profitable though ...
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Swiss News - Num. 2009, Janvier 2009
... Penguins accumulate fat reserves during their weeklong feeding trips, during ...
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International Trade Forum - Num. 1, Janvier 2009
One of the reasons for the collapse of world trade is insufficient trade credit financing. The World Bank estimates that a fall in the supply of trade finance has contributed some 10% to 15% of the decrease in world trade since the second half of 2008. One clear lesson from the Asian financial crisis is that in periods prone to a lack of trust and transparency, and herd behavior, all actors -- including private banks, export credit agencies and regional development banks -- should pool their ...
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International Trade Forum - Num. 1, Janvier 2009
Farmers livelihood was threatened further by the growing amount of livestock being eaten by snow leopards; predators were reportedly taking 12.4% of livestock, resulting in an annual loss of US$23,250. Retributive killing of snow leopards was rife. A need to curtail this killing sparked the inception of the Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust, which led a series of brainstorming sessions with villagers, resulting in the idea that tourism could be a viable option to help supplement livelihood...
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Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen - Vol. 63 Num. 4, Décembre 2008
Prospects for Skills-Based Export Growth in a Labor-Abundant, Resource-Rich Developing Economy
In an integrated global economy, specialisation in trade is an increasingly prominent strategy. A labor-abundant, resource-rich economy like Indonesia faces stiff competition in labor-intensive manufactures; meanwhile, rapid growth in demand for resources from China and India exposes it to the 'curse' of resource wealth. This diminishes prospects for more diversified growth based on renewable resources like human capital. Using an international panel data set we explore the influence of resou...
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Although not at the center of the world's economy, developing countries are at its mercy dependent on trade investment and aid; never is this felt more than in times of crisis. A further concern, common among developing countries, is a lack of diversification in export markets. But the impact of the financial crisis isn't limited to export markets; national incomes are threatened on several fronts. Developing countries are being told to prepare for steep declines in aid donations and remittan...
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