independence. The end of the Cold War, however, led to a major expansion in the late 1990s. Vietnam became a member of ASEAN on 28 July 1995; Laos and Myanmar on 23 July 1997; and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. The Bangkok Declaration of 1967 adopted seven aims and purposes for the organisation. These are: a) economic growth, social progress and cultural development; b) regional peace and stability; c) economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative collaboration; d) mutual assistance
S.S. Cold war INTRODUCTION The Cold war was a period after WWII when the USSR and the United States engaged in close political and military confrontation when the threat of global nuclear war was imminent constantly. The Cold War essentially started on the first of January 1947 when the United States and its allies disagreed with the USSR over how to divide Germany and escalated into several proxy wars in southeast Asia such as the Vietnamese and Korean Wars. The Cold War is called the Cold war
1. Concept of armed conflict. Conflict is one of the things that occur with the highest frequency in human’s life. It can be the struggle or the opposition in the needs, interests, thoughts… In daily life, in a definite family, a son can clash with his father only because of the fact that he hates being forced to take care of his younger sister. This is only a small and low level of conflict example. Besides, it can be concluded that conflict is likely to escalate to a higher stage which means for
of them. An example of such imperialism happened in Southeast Asia, with countries from Myanmar to Indonesia having struggled to cope with colonization rule and later fight for independence. Background Europe’s interest in Southeast Asia began as early as the 16th century, when the Portuguese, led by Ferdinand Magellan, first discovered the Philippines in 1521. (Zaide, 2006) Slowly, interest in that country
Runaway inflation, shortages of raw materials and lack of capital blocked economic recovery. There was large difficulty for Japan to pay for import resulting in deficit, which situation did not stop until 1960s. From 1950s to 1970s, Japanese economy recovered very fast because of various policies devised by the government. Among those policies, there was a system of industrial policies established during that time, whose goal was to improve and promote the industrial
International Monetary System before Bretton Woods: When the World War 1 took place, the standard of 190 countries were greatly affected and suffered in exchange rate flexibility. In the ongoing decade, the Britain tried to fix the situation by restoring the gold backup, making efforts to improve the standards by adopting the old prewar (before World War 1) par value of its pound. However, the par value of the Britain pound kept increasing and became overvalued which started to cause problems for
countries that are mainly suffering from poverty Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. These countries account for about 72% of Southeast Asia’s total population and roughly 50% of the poor. One of the main reasons for poverty is malnutrition. Malnutrition slows down the process of poverty alleviation. It limits human capital accumulation, reduce labor productivity growth, causes later adult disability, chronic disease, and early mortality which affects the society negatively. In the four countries
parts of the world, it's a standard practice to breastfeed daughters for less time than sons so that mothers can get expectant again with a baby boy as early as possible. As a consequence, girls are denied a fundamental right of life-giving nutrition during the phase of their growth, which reduces their development and weakens their immune system. The neglecting attitudes continue as the girls grow up. Not much is changed as they grow into women.
WORKERS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN In its sustainability report the company clearly states: “low price - but not at any price”. As we all know, the price is a fundamental trait of IKEA, which has always aimed at distinguishing for its convenience from competitors. At the same time, they want to take care of the “human” aspect of the production, having as objective the improvement of lives of people working at their suppliers. The vision is “to create a better life for many people” and this refers not only
Kakizaki (2005) which conclude that the newly-built railway system was concomitantly a tool of the Thai state in centralizing power and a catalyst for expansion of commercialized commodity productions. Politically, the monarchical elites in Bangkok, who completely controlled the state, used a railway, as one of the coercive apparatuses, to consolidate their political powers (Chaiyan,