This paper presents the dynamics of environmental problems in Mumbai city. An evolution concept is applied to study the present environmental status of Mumbai. In order to study its dynamics, the entire process of environmental evolution is divided into four types viz. poverty-related environmental issues, industrializationand urbanization-related environmental issues, rapid economic growth-rel...

The Australian financial system is undergoing a period of rapid change driven by the introduction of new technologies, changes in regulation and the emergence of new competitive forces. Consumers of financial services are being faced with an array of new products and charges as individual financial institutions respond to these challenges. Some consumers in smaller regional centres have experie...

A decade ago, in July 1990, the Australian economy had just entered a severe recession. Real GDP slowed in the first half of 1990, and then began to fall in the second half of the year. The rate of unemployment in mid 1990 was around 63/4 per cent but rose sharply in the following year. The rate of inflation was around 6 per cent, but was about to decline quickly, to levels not seen since the e...

The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 sparked a wave of economic and political liberalization all over the world. Main beneficiaries of this development have been countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia, whose societies and markets have embarked on a reform path to a democratic society and market economy. Economies in Latin America and Africa have also been forced to reconsider their ec...

In the paper, information on economic development trends in developed countries are analyzed. The current status of information society and economy of the country is reviewed and some recommendations are given for future development. The problems of Information Society and establishment of its innovative economy are studied. In this turn, development trends information economy in developed coun...

Health, nutrition and population policies play a fundamental role in economic and human development and poverty alleviation. Better health outcomes of individuals and populations can contribute to economic growth, which in turn can contribute to better health and again have a positive impact on economic growth, and so on. The ultimate objective of World Bank work in Health, Nutrition and Popula...

The current paper investigates the existence and nature of the Granger causality between electricity consumption and economic growth for 17 industries in Taiwan. Empirical results over the period 1998–2014 suggest that a panel cointegration test shows a long-run equilibrium relationship and a bi-directional Granger causality between electricity and economic growth has been found. The result ind...

The discussion focuses on three themes. One is the divergence between positions of business associations and concerns of individual entrepreneurs regarding several determinants of investment. Another issue is under what conditions economic growth can be achieved under democracy; why market reforms have generated little private investment in many cases, and which government policies and politica...