Archive for the ‘Economic Development’ Category
Monday, January 4th, 2010
For some time now I have been thinking that the NZ dairy industry is in fact a case of profitless prosperity - i.e. there is no money in cows.
The NZ Listener (12/12/09) ran a story on just how marginal the NZ dairy industry really is:
56% of income is spent on ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/farming/3131143/Indoor-cubicles-for-cows-planned
I am amazed this irresponsible idea is even getting airtime.
Our “clean-green” image is already compromised.
* Lake Rotorua is a cesspool.
* 70%+ of the Waikato waterways are unfit for animals to drink.
* Taranaki waterways remediation is way behind schedule.
* Manawatu River was the most polluted river in a recent study of ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Gordon Dryden’s recalculation (NZ Herald Letters, December 4th, 2009) of the Brash “2025 Taskforce” report are frightening. Gordon Dryden’s numbers also appear accurate.
So when the Brash report says “an average New Zealand family of four is worse off than their Australian counterpart by around $64,000 ...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Some interesting Search Engine statistics (well I think they are interesting!).
The exact phrase "New Zealand" gets 18000 searches a day on Google. The exact phrase "Lord of the Rings" gets 27000 searches a day - 50% more. (There are 164,000 searches a day that contain the words "lord of the ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
My personal view is that when considering job creation we need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
So what is the worst...
As far as our New Zealand economy goes I think we are looking at 3-4 very rough years and probably 15%+ unemployment, followed by 10 ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
The NZ Government Job Summit this coming Friday seems to be a step in the right direction when it comes to creating work opportunities for New Zealanders in these changing times - or is it?
Some things to consider:
1. The viewpoints may be too narrow
There has been some criticism of the ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
bad gambler asked: Pleas give me the answer. Bcause English is not my first language, it is hard to me.Mariquita
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
shri n asked: how arise in fuel prices going to effect the economic development.give your view and reasonsNatalia
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
chijioke c asked: concerntration should be on developing countries and Nigeria in particular.Vespera
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
worldpeace asked: I'm speaking specifically of economic development in the "developing world" (i.e. poor countries).
Most people would probably agree that economic development is a good thing.
But I am looking for critiques of economic development. Please give me your thoughts if you can think of reasons why development is not ...
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