In many circumstances, remittances are so large that they can carry the po- tential for a "Dutch disease" type of phenomena; however, it appears that Morocco is not experiencing Dutch disease effects (Bouoiyour 2013). At the microeconomic level, these results are consistent with remittances ...
To address accessibility issues, starting March 2025, all tours in Filipino will be offered for FREE! For our ‘why,’ please seethis post. Please bear with us as we slowly, but very surely, reproduce each tour in the local language. ...
Philippine wheat, then, presents two contradictions. First is the long delay in its initial cultivation, despite its importance to the colony. Second is its lackluster reception and ultimate rejection as a cultivar, despite its ritualistic importance to an increasingly Christianized colony. To understan...
GORDIN: The reason why English is so popular around the world, or so widely used, has to do with the British Empire. Michael Gordin again. GORDIN: Otherwise, it’s the language of a small island in the North Sea that happened to spread fairly globally. Whereas Chinese is the language of...
They are just used to one nation; one race; one culture. That’s the exact reason why I’m having a hard time as a traveler. They teach you not to be different; just go with the flow. If you are not going to be THE BEST of whatever you do, it doesn’t really mean anything....