IB Economics SL.Baron

This article discusses how foreign investment has helped save Spain's economy. Dow Chemical, a large firm not based in Europe, has been struggling in its new Spanish market; however, instead of downsizing, they have decided to invest further. This is attributed the to educated workers and high level of technology.

Peter Robinson attacks the 'negative media' The Northern Ireland media's "daily diet of negativity" and "trumpeting of bad news" is damaging the economy, the first minister has claimed.

A day after the rebel retreat, relief workers were said to be poised to enter the shattered Baba Amr area on Friday to bring badly needed food and medical supplies to civilians. But it was not immediately clear when they would be able to begin the operation.

This article discusses how China and other Asian countries have used export-led strategies to increase their economic growth. This article examines the notion that these countries, China mainly, have been using illegal practices to achieve economic growth. In reality they are using fair strategies that are working very well for them.

In Sri Lanka people are finally beginning to focus on export-led strategies (which historically have proven much more beneficial to a country's development) as their currency has deprecated compared to e.g. India's, giving Sri Lanka an advantage in exporting.

This article discusses a meeting that will go on amongst EU representatives. They feel that the economy is not doing as they'd hope and plan to use various strategies including inward investment and export-led strategies to improve economic development and growth.

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 considers most of those circumstances which talks about development, focused in Peru

This article show the extremely high rate of poverty in Nigeria. This poverty rate has increased by 6.3% in the past in the past 4 years. Efforts to decrease this poverty have all but failed and the gap between the rich and the poor continues to increase.

This article discusses how poverty in Nigeria is leading to a lack of education and thus many young people are turning towards extremism. There has been an increase in violence between different religious groups, which is keeping Nigeria from economic development.

The article, an op-ed, speaks of how a reason for the excessive poverty in the majority of Africa (except for SA) can be blamed on a lack of education and patriotism. The advise given is that countries like Malawi should learn from the Western World and then adapt it to their own culture and identity.

In 2010, one in every five kids lived in poverty in Illinois. The numbers are worsening, and something must be done. This article explains how a budget gridlock is preventing measures from being taken against poverty, especially when children are involved.

This article is about how Pakistan is back into its state of crisis. Pakistan is using their resources but there are obstacles on the way to development. One such obstacle in this article is the government which leads to corruption. The Pakistani government cannot be relied upon as it is because of them that the economy is in such a bad state. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The TOT has improved for the agricultural sector in the rural areas but in the urban areas the poverty rate is increasing by a lot. This is another obstacle. The government is spending much more than what it is able to collect by way of taxes. In 2011 the tax rate dropped significantly and is the lowest among all developing countries, but this did not stop the government to reduce their expenditure. 

This article describes the economic development index and highlights the use for it.

Climate Change will have disastrous effects on developing countries in the next few decades. In the last 30 years the lowest 25% countries have improved so much that in the next 40 years they will be on the same level as the top 25% are now.

This article discusses the human development index (HDI) of Shravasti. Shravasti has the 6th lowest literacy rate in the world and this makes it hard for the country to develop. This is because literacy leads to better jobs, which would therefore improve development.

Because a lot of companies and countries have chosen to stop donating to the country's further development which is tough as Burundi is in the bottom of the HDI ranking.

This article presents the paradox of plenty in the Equatorial Guinea, a small country off West Africa which has recently struck oil and which is now being cited as a textbook case of the resource curse.

This article discusses how the M-East Ward is struggling due in part to one of the dumping grounds in its area. This dumping ground is a big problem since it causes many illnesses and other negative externalities. This article shows how a poor group has a very hard time influencing any political figures in making change happen in their community and thus one of their few chances at improvement is not available.

This article is about the rapid economic growth that New Delhi (India's capital city) had undergone. India's economic indicators are very poor such as life expectancy rate, education and per capita income. Majority of the population of India is illiterate and may children drop out of school in order to earn money for the family. The average number of years a person spends in school in Indian is 4.4 years whereas the global average is 7.4 years. The PPP in terms of Indians was less than a third of the world average. Life expectancy rate has increased in Indian by about 9% which is a big development.