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hegemonic position and won with an absolute majority the state election in 19453. That same year Norway became member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was the first involvement for Norway in foreign policy. 1.1.1. Norway and the Foreign and Security Policy By becoming a member of the NATO, Norway stopped being a neutral state. At the beginning, the aim of this organisation was to ensure the protection and the security of Europe against the Soviet Union: “To keep the Russians

conferences for academics and for the wider community to publish and promote research results to provide specialised consulting services to improve public understanding of international economic issues, especially among policy makers and shapers Both theoretical and empirical, policy-oriented studies are emphasised, with a particular focus on developments within, or of relevance to, the Asia-Pacific region. The Centre’s Director is Professor Kym Anderson (kym.anderson@adelaide.edu.au). Further

globalisation, et donc comment la globalisation des objectifs de lutte contre la pauvreté conduit-elle à la mise en place de politiques non soutenable ? Introduction Definitions: development aid; sustainability; social capital; poverty reduction policy; Millenium development goals as the globalization of poverty reduction policies.  Concentration of aid on poverty reduction  Sustainability: Brundtland commission SD “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future

promote a sustainable future. Fig. 1.- CEMEX have presence in over 50 countries around the world [pic] Source: www.cemex.com/CEMEX_AR2009 1. Strategic Expansion Two events marked the beginning of what would be CEMEX: the import substitution policy implemented by the various Mexican leaders during most of the twentieth century, and a growth strategy based on the acquisition and integration of national competitors. But at the end of the 80s, as a condition for access to the GATT and in preparation

Paul BASCHET European banking system In the last six months, the euro zone has faced its biggest economic crisis. One sparked by the Greek debt crisis which has migrated to the rest of the monetary union. But well before the sovereign debt crisis, Europe was facing a full-blown banking crisis that did not seem any closer to being resolved than when it began in late 2008. With investors and markets focused on European governments' debt problems, the banking

mainly like this:”I believe in this, follow me”. She was not a woman for compromise, she had strong opinions. Her first action was to appoint a team that was largely on the same political line as her and to start implementing a basically monetary economic policy. Her main aim was to bring down inflation, which meant unemployment, and thus, for Margaret Thatcher it meant taking on the Trade Unions and implementing Trade Unions reforms. She made picketing illegal. (First picketing was when you blocked

ratio of less than 60% of MS GDP _ Low inflation _ Interest rates close to the EU average (Creation of a « pillar structure » in the EU _ European Community (most integrated pillar) _ Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP – IG policy) _ Justice and Home affairs (JHA – IG policy) Treaty ofAmsterdam (Treaty of Amsterdam amending EU and EC treaties: signed on 2nd Oct.1997 (This Treaty put an emphasis on: _ citizenship and the rights of individuals, _ greater democracy (increased powers

Meltzer de ne voir dans ces trois tomes qu’une somme historique regorgeant d’informations et d’analyses utiles. Il faut tenir A History of the Federal Reserve pour ce qu’elle est : la deuxième grande œuvre historique du monétarisme. La première, A Monetary History of the United States, écrite en 1963 par Milton Friedman et Anna Schwartz, a fourni une justification historique aux théories monétaristes de Milton Friedman et de ses disciples. Meltzer n’aurait pas écrit son livre sans ce dernier : il situe

Introduction The globalization permits to companies more business possibilities, access to new technology and sale products all around the world. Which obstacles companies will met during international trade ?  Protectionism   Economic policy of restraining trade between states. Conducted by a state for protecting its producers against competition from producers in other States Some Goals :  job retention  reducing the trade deficit  defense of living standards Trade barriers

focus on getting the facts first:Like his predecessor, New York City's former mayor, Rudy Giuliani, Mr, Bloomberg is eager to solve an issue that is a matter of considerable public concern. While Mr. Giuliani fought urban crime by instituting a new policy of zero tolerance, Mr. Bloomberg wants to come to grips with the notoriously low standards of education in New York City's state schools by using new as well as unexpected methods.Although, the current mayor shunned the most radical option – vouchers