If a country’s per-capita GDP is growing with a stable population level, for example, it could be the result of technological progressions that are producing more with the same population level. Some countries may have a high per-capita GDP but a small population, which usually means they ...
Investing in farming can be a good strategic move. No matter what is happening in the overall economy, people still have to eat. Because of this, many investors regard agriculture and farming investments as being relatively recession-proof. Further, as the world's population increases, farming w...
There is a huge quantity of coal resources available, but the price never seems to rise high enough for long enough for producers to truly ramp up production, especially relative to the ever-growing world population. Coal is especially needed now, with intermittent wind and solar leaving large ...
Population structureSeagrassEstuaryCaliforniaSeagrass populations are in decline worldwide. Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), one of California's native seagrasses, is no exception to this trend. In the last 8years, the estuary in Morro Bay, California, has lost 95% of its eelgrass. Population ...
Why productivity growth is declining in advanced economies Two waves have dragged down productivity growth by 1.9 percentage points on average across countries since the mid-2000s (Exhibit 3). The waning of a boom that began in the 1990s with the first information and communications technology (IC...
This suggests that linguistic heat acclimatization exists on a cognitive level for Indonesians and is preserved in the words of thermal descriptors. Studies with similar interests have been reported. In 2016, Damiati and colleagues conducted a survey in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Japan ...
Brazil, Indonesia and Japan will each lack 18 million people If organizations don’t do anything to address this talent shortage, it could result in a colossal $8.5 trillion of lost annual revenues. Just in the tech sector alone, the USA could lose $162 billion in revenues every year, unle...
Another consideration is the undergraduate degree program that interests an international applicant. Adler works with students to identify which schools to apply to, encouraging them to consider other factors such as the international student population. She adds that "location is...
Finally, with respect to immigration, countries have adopted very different policies. Canada and Australia have been in favor of a high volume but somewhat planned immigration regime. Japan has greatly increased its provision of multi-year temporary work permits, while South Korea has eased the prov...
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