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This article describes and defines several different types of different economic growth including export-led growth, import-substitution and a new model based upon economic demand which was formulated for the current economic troubles.

This article talks about the importance of foreign aids given out by the US. The author of the article mentions that, the US should be smarter about the aid they send overseas. The type of aid that is mainly discussed in the article is humanitarian. It also features Bill Gates' ideas about foreign aid. Bill Gates uses statistics to explain how important it is to send foreign aids to developing countries.

This article discusses the benefits of foreign aid from the perspective of Bill Gates who has donated a large portion of his wealth to foreign aid and has also set up his own foundation. One of the points this article makes is that if aid is sent as vaccines or food rather than just money, it is harder for a corrupt dictator to use the aid for his own good.

this is a very interesting article about the fact of why foreign trade is hurting africa in our todays world it is very important issue to consider

The Indian rupee hits a record low, and this widens their losses in terms of oil import.

The article that I bookmarked for this week is about how exchange rates and bad climate are affecting Brazil's melon shipments. Brazil is a large exporter of melons and Europe is their biggest importer of melons. Because of the recent financial problems in Europe the exchange rates are not in Brazil's favor for exports. Due to these bad exchange rates for an exporting industry and the bad weather also hurting the melons, Brazil's melon farmers are facing some problems.

As a result of the natural disasters the last year on top of the global financial crisis, Japanese exports have fallen substantially, while imports were necessary after big parts of Japan were hit by the tsunami and earthquake in 2011. This has resulted in deterioration and a trade deficit.