O que SDR?

The SDR is a monetary IMF instrument used mainly to estimate interest

rates on loans granted by the institution.

Fases da Integrao Econmica entre pases

a. free trade zone
b. customs union
c. common market
d. economic union
e. total economic integration

Diferena FDI e Portefolio Investment

FDI and FPI are types of investement by foreign investors, but the main
difference is the level of control exerciced by the foreign investor. FDI
investors take control position and are actively involved in their
management. FPI investors generally are not involved in the day-to-day
activities. Basically FDI take the ownership and managment rights, and FPI
take just the ownership and not the management rights.
Both type of investments are necessary for a developing country.

China pertence WTO? (V/F)

yes. since 11 December 2001

Martin Schulz

European Parliament president

Role:

Ensures parliamentary procedures are properly followed

Oversees Parliament's various activities and committees
Represents Parliament in all legal matters and in its international
relations
Gives final assent to the EU budget

Qual o rgo responsvel pela reunio dos ministros

na Unio Europeia?
European council

China dos pases menos desenvolvidos? (V/F)

Verdade

Eslovquia pertence ao IMF? (V/F)

yes, since 1993

Descreve o ciclo vicioso de pobreza

cycle of poverty is the "set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to
continue unless there is outside intervention"

Qual a idade mdia dos migrantes?

39

What is Joint Venture and Green Field Investment?

A green field investment is a form of foreign direct investment where
a parent company starts a new venture in a foreign country by constructing
new operational facilities from the ground up.
A joint venture (JV) is a business arrangement in which two or more
parties agree to pool their resources for the purpose of accomplishing a
specific task, during a limited period of time, each of the participants is
responsible for profits, losses and costs associated with it.

Advantages of home country?

Repatriation of profits Good influence on the balance of payments New
skills obtained abroad bigger competitiveness of domestic enterprises

Aspectos negativons e positvos da migrao?

Impacts on host countries

Positive
Economic growth.

The pension gap can be filled by the contributions of new young

workers and they also pay taxes.
Immigrants bring energy and innovation.
Host countries are enriched by cultural diversity.

Negative
Having workers willing to work for relatively low pay may allow
employers to ignore productivity, training and innovation.
Migrants may be exploited.
Increases in population can put pressure on public services.
There may be integration difficulties and friction with local people.
Ease of movement may facilitate organised crime and people
trafficking.

Impacts on countries of origin

Positive
Benefit from remittances (payments sent home by migrants).
Unemployment is reduced and young migrants enhance their life
prospects.
Returning migrants bring savings, skills and international contacts.
Negative
Economic disadvantage through the loss of young workers
Loss of highly trained people, especially health workers

Push e pull e factor?

O que Statelessness?
A stateless person is any person who is not considered as a national by any
state through its nationality legislation or constitution.

Em que data foi a crida a OECD?

1961

Something about world bank?

stablished 1. july 1944
Seat: Washington, D.C.
188 member states
president Jim Yong Kim

Is Luxemburgo an autarchy country? (V/F) falseparliamentary constitutional monarchy

Open economy vs. autarchy

Open economy - its development is determined by the development trends
in the global economy
Autarchy = the economy based on the use of internal resources. Not
affected by the processes occurring in the global economy

The WORLD BANK GROUP

IBRD 188
IDA 172
IFC 184
MIGA 179
ICSID 149

Origins of capital
Public capital governments, international organizations
Private capital banks, investment funds, pension funds, transnational
corporations, persons..

Why exist differences between countries?

natural conditions social conditions historical conditions political
development economical development

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite

measure of health, education and income that was introduced in the first
Human Development Report in 1990 as an alternative to purely economic
assessments of national progress, such as GDP growth.