Case Study Country Case Study 8 February 2008 Systems for Verification of Legality in the Forest Sector, Malaysia: Domestic Timber Production and Timber Imports Adrian Wells (a.wells@odi.org.uk), Thang Hooi Chiew and Chen Hin Keong Contents 1. 2. Executive summary . . . . . . . pg. 3 . . . . . . . pg. 6 3. Law and policy governing forest management . . . . 3.1 Forests under the Federal
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to flower, and KPJ journeys from location to location, and strength to strength. Along the journey, it creates a legacy of warmth and caring, wellness and healing. KPJ has taken the journey from Johor to Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh, on to other states of Malaysia and further and beyond, to the other parts of the world. Along the way, KPJ has established its hospitals with similar commitment, providing the best of healthcare services. All these are the result of the Journey of Continuous Caring taken by its
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The gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the main indicators used to measure the health of a country’s economy. Economists measure growth with changes in real gross domestic gross domestic product (real GDP)---the market value of final goods and services produced in economy stated in the prices of a given year (McGraw-Hill 155). In plain simple terms gross domestic product is the economic report card of the United States. The parts that make up GDP are: Growth where when production
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engineer eats the bread. What is the value added by each person? What is GDP? Farmer’s VA = $1 Miller’s VA = $2 Baker’s VA = $3 GDP = $6 3. Suppose a woman marries her butler. After they are married, her husband continues to support him as before (but as a husband rather than as an employee). How does the marriage affect GDP? How should it affect GDP? GDP is affected because the husband is no longer employed and GDP will be reduced minus his salary. 4. Place each of the following
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Section 1 1.a) Units of Price of Nominal GDP Real Year Stuff Produced Stuff GDP Deflator GDP 2003 500 $20 $10,000 95.2 $10,504 2004 520 $21 $10,920 100.0 $10,920 2005 560 $24 $13,440 114.3 $11,759 Nominal GDP = (Units Produced in a Year) x (Price in a Year) Price Deflator = Ratio of Price in Each Year to Price in the Base Year, multiplied by 100 (Note: The Price Deflator for the base year is given to be 100.0) Real GDP = (Nominal GDP for Year t) x (Deflator in Base Year) /
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macroeconomic factors that impact both the automotive and health-care industries. Interest rates, consumer price index (CPI), consumer confidence, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), wage rates, and inventory levels impact the macroeconomic environment to influence these industries in the short run. Consumption as a percentage of the GDP depicted in table 1 indicates a continuous declined in consumer spending from 2005 through 2010 and suggests that consumers are becoming more conservative with disposable
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similarly of the past twenty years. The finding in his report shows that the government was doing a good job at controlling inflation and that productivity was higher than previously reported. Since our government uses index to adjust stats such as GDP per capita, a reduction in CPI shows our economic performance as improved. We cannot afford to take his report into consideration as there are many flaws and deceptions in his findings. The CPI is made up of many details below are a few key points
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contributes more GDP-the production of an economy car or the production of a luxury car? Why? The luxury car because the luxury car cost more and therefore increases consumption and it reduces the net port because the car is imported 4. Many years ago Peggy paid $500 to put together a record collection. Today she sold her albums at a garage sale for $100. How does this sale affect GDP? The sale from Peggy selling her record collection at a yard sale is not included in GDP. GDP measures the value
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Measuring the Cost of Living Overview: Last time we discussed the most important measure of economic well-being – real, per capita GDP. Further, if we want to see how our economic well-being is changing over time, we can calculate how real GDP is changing in percentage terms (for example, real GDP grew 4% last quarter). Now, we turn our attention to another important measure of the economy. We want to measure how the cost of living changes over time. The main intuition here is that
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. Assume that a typical consumer basket includes 50 bars of each type. Compute a consumer price index for each year and determine the percentage change in the index over the two years. Last year, Jimmy’s consumer basket was $100 worth of Snicker’s bars, and $50 worth of Butterfinger bars for a total consumer basket of $150. This year, Jimmy’s consumer basket is $75 worth of Snicker’s bars, and $87.50 worth of Butterfinger bars for a total consumer basket of $162.50. The percentage change in
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