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The Development Effectiveness Report analyzes the performance and impact of projects funded by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report finds that over the past decade, MIF projects have helped 5 million people gain access to microfinance and supported over 660 small businesses through $280 million in venture capital funding. Additionally, MIF projects trained over 235,000 youth and helped businesses increase annual sales by an average of 24% while creating over 2,400 jobs. Going forward, the MIF will focus on innovative projects in climate-smart agriculture, inclusive cities, and knowledge economies.
This document discusses the importance and opportunities of international entrepreneurship from a global perspective. It begins by noting how globalization has increased opportunities for international business ventures as markets become more integrated. It then provides examples of companies producing goods internationally. The document emphasizes that international entrepreneurship combines aspects of business with other disciplines like culture and geography. It states international entrepreneurship involves conducting business across national borders in ways such as exporting, licensing, or advertising abroad. The key difference between international and domestic entrepreneurship is the greater complexity of international decisions due to uncontrollable economic, political, cultural and technological factors across countries.
Research Proposal - Developmental Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africagueste31845
This document contains the preliminary research proposal for identifying developmental entrepreneurship opportunities that will generate both social and financial value. It includes a broad discussion of contextual factors associated with this research, and it proposes a methodology for developing a casual theory for predicting these social and financial returns a given entity would generate when addressing a given opportunity. Lastly, it delineates a range of benefits associated with the intended findings – foremost of which is enhancement of the alleviation of global poverty. Those living in embryonic markets, especially those in extreme poverty, will benefit from a powerful lever to improve standards of living, increase incomes and employment opportunities, and propagate a range of broader societal and developmental benefits. It is for these people – those in greatest need – that this work has the most value and why it is right that we undertake it.
Savan-Seno SEZ
- Located in Savannakhet province, it was Lao's first experimental SEZ approved in 2002.
- Focuses on industry, trade, services, and logistics.
- Considered one of the most progressed zones according to Lao authorities.
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The Development Effectiveness Report analyzes the performance and impact of projects funded by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report finds that over the past decade, MIF projects have helped 5 million people gain access to microfinance and supported over 660 small businesses through $280 million in venture capital funding. Additionally, MIF projects trained over 235,000 youth and helped businesses increase annual sales by an average of 24% while creating over 2,400 jobs. Going forward, the MIF will focus on innovative projects in climate-smart agriculture, inclusive cities, and knowledge economies.
This document discusses the importance and opportunities of international entrepreneurship from a global perspective. It begins by noting how globalization has increased opportunities for international business ventures as markets become more integrated. It then provides examples of companies producing goods internationally. The document emphasizes that international entrepreneurship combines aspects of business with other disciplines like culture and geography. It states international entrepreneurship involves conducting business across national borders in ways such as exporting, licensing, or advertising abroad. The key difference between international and domestic entrepreneurship is the greater complexity of international decisions due to uncontrollable economic, political, cultural and technological factors across countries.
Research Proposal - Developmental Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africagueste31845
This document contains the preliminary research proposal for identifying developmental entrepreneurship opportunities that will generate both social and financial value. It includes a broad discussion of contextual factors associated with this research, and it proposes a methodology for developing a casual theory for predicting these social and financial returns a given entity would generate when addressing a given opportunity. Lastly, it delineates a range of benefits associated with the intended findings – foremost of which is enhancement of the alleviation of global poverty. Those living in embryonic markets, especially those in extreme poverty, will benefit from a powerful lever to improve standards of living, increase incomes and employment opportunities, and propagate a range of broader societal and developmental benefits. It is for these people – those in greatest need – that this work has the most value and why it is right that we undertake it.
Savan-Seno SEZ
- Located in Savannakhet province, it was Lao's first experimental SEZ approved in 2002.
- Focuses on industry, trade, services, and logistics.
- Considered one of the most progressed zones according to Lao authorities.
The document provides an overview of economic cooperation within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. It discusses GCC adoption of new IT standards to control costs. Yemen aims to provide laborers to GCC to strengthen economic ties. Financial markets and banking sectors in GCC countries have grown significantly since the 1970s due to increased oil prices. However, GCC countries remain dependent on oil revenues and would benefit from further economic diversification and cooperation, particularly in petrochemical industries, to compete globally.
This document provides an executive overview of emerging giant companies in Asia Pacific:
- It analyzed 6,472 technology-focused start-ups across 12 markets in Asia Pacific and identified the leading 10 emerging giants in each market.
- Mainland China and India accounted for the majority (over 60%) of emerging giants, but other markets like Japan, Australia, and Singapore also had significant numbers.
- The average valuation of the top 10 emerging giants was over $300 million for 5 markets and over $100 million for 8 markets, showing high-value start-ups across Asia Pacific.
- Over 120 different technology-related industry subsectors were identified among the emerging giants, with blockchain/crypto sectors like NFTs
This document analyzes 5 projects that use a "market creation approach to development" which aims to both supply poor people with useful products to alleviate poverty and create viable businesses run by poor people as delivery channels. It discusses the key elements of need-based product development, marketing and promotion, and creating a market. The analysis looks at the impact, profitability, and roles of donors, NGOs, and the private sector in funding these types of projects. The goal is to understand how to scale up this approach through improved marketing strategies and appropriate institutional support.
This document provides an overview and analysis of a plan for economic growth and jobs in the Chicago region. It begins with establishing the foundations for economic growth planning by outlining the characteristics of the emerging "next economy" which is driven by knowledge, dynamism, and globalization. It identifies that metropolitan regions have become the key units of economic competition in this new global environment. The document then provides an analysis of the Chicago economy across various industry clusters, human capital, innovation, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on this analysis, it proposes 10 transformative strategies for growth in areas such as advanced manufacturing, business services, transportation/logistics, tourism, exports, workforce development, innovation/entrepreneurship, and infrastructure investment. It
This document discusses entrepreneurship in Pakistan. It begins by defining entrepreneurship as undertaking innovation and bearing risk. Entrepreneurship is important for economic growth as it drives productivity gains through competition and "creative destruction". However, entrepreneurship can also take the form of rent-seeking, where individuals focus on gaining wealth through manipulating government policies rather than genuine business activities.
The document then analyzes how Pakistan's policy environment has historically discouraged productive entrepreneurship and encouraged rent-seeking. Policies such as subsidies, import protections, and cheap public land allocated to elites diverted entrepreneurial efforts away from innovation and toward seeking government favors. As a result, Pakistani cities and businesses developed in a way that is unfriendly to small
The document discusses different aspects of global economic power, including influential international organizations, large multinational corporations, important world cities, and wealthy individuals. It provides information on the membership and role of the OECD and G20. Data is presented on the largest companies and number in different world regions. A ranking and map of influential global cities is examined. Finally, details are given on the wealthiest billionaires, their locations, and how their residence patterns relate to global economic dominance.
World Development Report 2024 (“WDR2024” or “the Report”) will examine the difficulties of economic
growth in middle-income countries and propose practical policy recommendations. Constituting about 75
percent of the world’s population, the 108 middle-income countries today account for about 40 percent of
global economic activity, 50 percent of the world’s extremely poor people, and 60 percent of global carbon
dioxide emissions.1
The Report will summarize the growth record of economies at different income levels. The recent record
suggests that middle-income countries have experienced a sharper slowdown during the last decade (Kose
and Ohnsorge 2023).
2 It will assess the evidence for and against the existence of a “middle-income trap,” a
notion that many countries remain in a narrow income band over long periods of time (Spence 2011) and
their policies and institutions do not adapt to structural characteristics of middle-income economies (Gill
and Kharas 2015). The term “middle-income trap” is popular in policy circles as a mechanism to galvanize
countries into action and recalibrate their growth strategy and economic institutions to make them as
dynamic collectively as their firms and entrepreneurs are individually.
The Report will then analyze the determinants of structural change using the insights of advances in
Schumpeterian growth theory to bear on the problems faced by middle-income countries today. The main insights are related to competition among enterprises, social mobility among households, and the structural transformations needed for steady energy transitions. By itself, each of these insights is not novel; taken together, they have the potential to provide a framework to guide policy makers concerned with boosting economic growth.
Perhaps the most useful part of the Report for policy makers in emerging markets and developing economies
will be the third section, which will present specific remedies based both on development successes and struggles during middle-income transitions. Figure 1 outlines the proposed structure of the Report. Box 1 outlines how this Report builds on previous World Development Reports that have examined various dimensions of economic growth.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2024 - Economic Growth in Middle-Income Countries.Christina Parmionova
The Report will summarize the growth record of economies at different income levels. The recent record suggests that middle-income countries have experienced a sharper slowdown during the last decade.
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PaperSelect one of the quality topics in healthcare from th.docxhoney690131
Paper:
Select one of the quality topics in healthcare from the list below. Prepare a summary document using the table format below (be sure your assignment is submitted in a table). The table should be single spaced and no more than 3-4 pages in length (11 to 12 point font). Except in the case of titles, use complete sentences, i.e., write using narrative format. Include a cover page and a list of references (this is separate from the summary pages).
Select from the following quality topics. NOTE: If there is another related topic that you would like to write on, please get approval from Prof. Powell.
1. Medical Errors
2. Quality and Disparities
3. Patient Safety
4. Quality/Core Measures
5. Value-based Purchasing
6. Pay for Performance (P4P)
7. COVID-19's Impact on Quality
HGMT420 Quality Topic Research Summary
Student Name
Type your name here.
Quality Topic
Provide the name of the quality topic chosen.
Quality Topic Description
Provide a detailed description and origins of the quality topic chosen. Indicate in detail who is affected (and how) by this topic (healthcare providers, patients, healthcare organizations, etc.).
Legislation
Research legislation and/or policies related to the quality topic chosen. Provide a detailed description of the policies/legislation. Describe the scope of the legislation and how it impacts the organization, providers, and patients.
Regulatory
Research Regulatory Agencies that implement policies and enforce legislation related to the quality topic chosen. Discuss in detail at least three (3).
Conclusion
Indicate any upcoming changes, regulations, etc. that will impact the quality topic chosen. What does the future hold for this issue? How should healthcare leaders manage this issue in their organizations?
The grading rubric for this assignment appears below, if you opened the Assignment in the Assignment Folder, or can be opened by clicking on the 'Written Assignment Rubric' tab in the lower right corner of the screen, if you opened the Assignment in Content.
.
Part 1 - Microsoft AccessView GlossaryUse Access to create a.docxhoney690131
Part 1 - Microsoft Access
View Glossary
Use Access to create a database in which you can store and retrieve information about the Rio Salado Theme Park operating departments, their managers, and their employees.
Create a
new blank database
.
Save the database with the filename
RSC_Theme_Park_Database_MEID.accdb
. Replace “MEID” with your actual MEID.
Structure of the Database
NOTE:
Read the requirements for the database and be sure you understand how it should work before creating your design.
You will need to complete the following:
Create two tables.
Establish table relationships.
Create one form.
Create two queries.
Create one report.
As you work on the project, remember to follow best practices for creating databases as described in your TestOut materials and the online lesson content.
Create the Tables
Tables and their relationships form the backbone of a relational database. In this database, you will create a table for the Rio Salado Theme Park operating departments and their managers, and a table for employees in each department. When creating fields for your tables, it is important to break down your data into the smallest chunks you can (fine granularity) to make it easier to extract data from the database later. Remember to assign the most appropriate data type to each of the fields and that one of the fields in each of your tables must be set as the
Primary Key
using the
AutoNumber
data type. You do not need to enter data records into your tables at this time; you will create a form later in this project for data entry.
Department Table
Create a
table
named
Department Table
. At a minimum, your table should include the following fields:
Department ID
Department Name
Manager First Name
Manager Last Name
Manager Email Address
Manager Phone Number
Employee Table
Create a
table
named
Employee Table
. At a minimum, your table should include the following fields:
Employee ID
Department ID
Employee First Name
Employee Last Name
Employee Date of Hire
Employee Rate of Pay
Establish Table Relationships
Once the design of the tables has been completed, the next step is to
establish relationships
between the tables. You will join the Department Table with the Employee Table on common fields through the following tasks:
Join the
primary key
of the Department Table with the
foreign key
of the Employee Table in a
One-To-Many
relationship.
Enforce referential integrity.
Cascade update related fields.
Cascade delete related records.
Create a Form
Once the tables have been designed and the relationships have been established, it is time to enter data. You will use
one form
to enter and edit data in the two tables:
Create
one form
named
Department Form
that can be used to enter data into both tables.
Insert a row
below the Employee Table subform. Add a
button
in the new row to perform the
Add New Record
action with the text:
Add Record
.
Use the form to enter
a m.
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paper should be between 750 – 1500 words. APA formatting is required
find two advertisements from any source (newspaper, magazine, tv, etc). One will be an example of the ways that the advertisement perpetuates ideas about race and/or ethnicity in a negative, prejudicial, or stereotypical way. The other should be an advertisement that challenges those prejudicial and stereotypical ways. Compare and contrast the advertisements. What ages, genders, races, etc are present in each advertisement (think back to the discussion of social statuses from chapter 5). What message do those statuses send? What key message is being sent by each advertisement? Summarize a thesis statement of 1-2 sentences that wraps up succinctly one message that can be gleaned from each of the advertisements about race and ethnicity. This will be presented as part of your main body, and the discussion should include discussion of many of these topics: socialization, race and ethnicity, prejudice, discrimination, us/them, and norms and/or values. You will need to bring in the social construction of reality, as well.
Then, find two more advertisements. One should include white models, and one should include individuals of color as the models. Challenge yourself to pick them at random without trying to find the “perfect” example, as we want to see what the average ad does. Explain how this example from the media adds to the social construction of our perceptions of race and ethnicity. Be sure to provide ample evidence of how this process occurs, and the role that the social institution of the media plays in the construction of race and ethnicity. Your discussion should include a clear explanation of what the social construction of our perceptions of race and ethnicity is, and how cultural transmission occurs through the media. This will be presented as part of your main body.
For your concluding paragraph, you will bring together a solid conclusion about race and ethnicity, giving a nice sociological analysis.
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The document outlines the requirements for a 4-page paper including a title page, 2 pages of content, a reference page, 1 inch margins, a running header, 12pt font, double spacing, references from the text, use of outside references, and questions to consider when drafting the response such as the main lessons learned, why they resonated, easy and challenging concepts, how it could be used now and in the future, and lessons with direct experience.
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Paper Requirements:
Required topic headings for your paper should include the background surrounding the issue, a historical perspective, current issues that are applicable, legislation dealing with this topic, examples, global dynamics/impact (such as issues, processes, trends, and systems),personal impact from a global perspective, and a summary. These are the topics to be discussed in the term paper
Each paper should contain a reference list of at least five (5) different substantial and quality references. The references and reference citations for the term paper must be to a current event less than 3 years old (a reference with no date (n.d.) is not acceptable). This requires a reference citation in the text of the paper and a reference at the end of the paper to which the reference citation applies. You must include some information obtained from the reference in your answer. The references must be found on the internet and you must include a URL in your reference so that the reference can be verified.
You cannot use information from the text book or any book/article by the author of the text book as a current event. Make sure that your reference has a date of publication.
The body of the paper should be a minimum of six typed double spaced pages. Your cover page and reference page cannot be counted in this number. You should use the APA format for your reference citations and the reference page.
Grading Rubric for Term Paper
Grading criterion Unit Points Total Points
Uploaded to correct Dropbox 4 4
Submitted on time 15 15
Document Filename:
Your Last Name,first and middle initial with correct quiz number 4 4
Documentation that you placed the term paper in your ePortfolio in Mane Sync 10
Minimum of 6 typed, double-spaced pages 5 15
(excluding cover and reference pages - use APA style)
Rationally expressed opinions, experiences (personal or observed), 8
arguments and premises (where appropriate) to support responses
(did not simply restate/summarize author/textbook/article)
Clearly presented classical ethics theories relative to topic 5
Included ‘URL’ for appropriate verifiable current event 10 23
(i.e., example of topic being discussed WITH EXPLANATION)
NOTE: Must be less than 4 years old
Grammatically correct and appropriate tone 7
(professional, non-offensive language)
Typographically correct 7 14
Included a minimum of five (5) 7
different substantial and quality references
full citations as needed 3
Used correct APA format 5 15
Used required and appropriate headings 10 10
Maximum grade 100 100
PUB 407 ML
Productivity Improvement in the Public Sector
Class 1
Chapter 1
· What is a government’s role and purpose?
· To provide services to their citizens.
· Name some types of governments
· Federal
· State
· County
· City
· Special Districts
· Name some services:
· Police
· Fire
· Military
· Water
· Sewer
· Electric
· Emergency
· What else?
· The public’s, often negative, perception of government is sha.
Paper must be double spaced, with 12 point font and include section .docxhoney690131
Paper must be double spaced, with 12 point font and include section headers for each of the paper sections noted below (Three Representational Roles and Role You Choose, Influence of Legislative Leaders, Rank and Explain Influences of Institutional Factors, and Explain Your Vote)
Objective: The objective for this assignment is for students to understand and critically analyze the multiple pressures on policy makers in Texas as they most listen to their leaders, the governor, the voters (social responsibility) and their own conscience (personal responsibility) in deciding how to cast their vote on a controversial issue.
Assignment: You have recently been elected as a Republican to the Texas Senate from a competitive district (even number of Democrats, Republicans and Independents) just outside of Dallas. One of the first bills that you must vote on is House Bill 3- a Bill to forbid the creation of sanctuary cities (protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation). Your constituents support the bill as does the Governor your party, but you oppose it on grounds that most undocumented Texans are hardworking people who want to become legal citizens. The Speaker of the House opposes the bill as well.
In explaining how you will vote on the bill, be sure to explain the following:
What Representational Role you will adopt (trustee, delegate or politico). (Unit 4 Written Lectures, Slide 4-25). Be sure to discuss all three representational roles.
How will the Speaker of the House, the Lt. Governor and Governor of Texas influence the fate of the bill? (Unit 4 Written Lectures, Slides 4-9, 4-10, 4-18 & 4-22 )
How do you think constituents might try to influence your vote? (Unit 4 Written Lectures, Slide 4-20)
Which factors noted above and in your notes (constituents, governor, party leaders and your own opinion) will influence your vote? Rank them in importance. (Unit 4, Written Lectures, Slide 4-20, 4-21)
Will you vote for or against the bill? Please explain your answer thoroughly. You should refer back to the representational role here. (Unit 4 Written Lectures, Slide 4-25)
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Paper OrganizationStart with a title page and organize your pa.docxhoney690131
Paper Organization
Start with a title page and organize your paper with the following guidelines: 5-7 pages
· Title Page: Include a title page with the following title: Ethical Behavior, Diversity, Civil Discourse, and Educating Adults: A Literature Review.
· Introduction: The opening content should directly follow the title of the paper (repeated from the title page). In this section, list or summarize the issues you selected from the literature related to ethical behavior, diversity, and civil discourse, and provide a summary or road map for the content included in your paper.
· Overview of Issues: Begin the body of your paper with an overview of the issues related to ethical behavior, diversity, and civil discourse you chose for this review. Describe connections among these issues and their significance to adult education. Write in third person and include literature support.
· Diversity Issue Related to Specialization: Provide detailed descriptions and examples of how the issues you chose to review specifically relate to educating adults. Write in third person and include literature support.
· Ethical Behavior Issue Related to Specialization: Provide detailed descriptions and examples of how the issue you chose to review specifically relates to Adult Education. Write in third person and include literature support.
· Civil Discourse Issue Related to Specialization: Provide detailed descriptions and examples of how the issue you chose to review specifically relates to Adult Education. Write in third person and include literature support.
· Review of the Literature: The literature review should include a minimum of six references from peer-reviewed journal articles related to Adult Education. Analyze this scholarly literature, focusing on the connections between Adult Education and the issues of ethical behavior, diversity, and civil discourse you chose to research. Continue writing in third person and cite the literature for support.
· Conclusion: Your conclusion should emphasize the main themes in your paper and provide a synthesis of the literature reviewed, with special attention to the connections and relationships among the issues you chose to research and your educational specialization.
· References: Include a minimum of five different scholarly, peer-reviewed journals (related to your field of specialization) that are also cited in the paper. Your citations must have references and your references should be included within your paper as in-text citations.
Ethical Behavior, Diversity, and Civil Discourse Scoring Guide
Due Date: Sat 5/30
CRITERIA
NON-PERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Describe connections among issues of ethical behavior, diversity, and civil discourse and a given educational specialization.
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Does not identify connections among issues of ethical behavior, diversity, and civil discourse and a given educational specialization.
Identifies connections among issues of ethical behavior, diversity, a.
Paper on topic Date visualization A critical evaluation of its ar.docxhoney690131
Paper on topic: Date visualization: A critical evaluation of its art & science.
Abstract (1 page)
Introduction ( 1 Page)
Literature Review (3 pages)
Methodology (3 pages)
Interpretation (3 pages)
Conclusion (1 page)
Recommendation (1 page)
References - 8
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PAPER EXPECTATIONSFollow the instructions.Make your ideas .docxhoney690131
PAPER EXPECTATIONS
Follow the instructions.
Make your ideas concise.
Use as few words as you can to make your statements. This will allow you more room to develop your great ideas!
Avoid repetition and redundancy
of both ideas and words. This is the issue that I usually subtract the most points for, so take care.
For example, when you edit your papers, make sure that you don’t say “Cool Herc is widely accepted as the originator of hip hop”, and then two sentences later, “As Cool Herc is the originator of hip hop…”. See how these two are the same idea? If the reader already has the information, repeating it just takes up space. Another thing to avoid is using the same word multiple times in quick succession. For example: “I found it exciting to listen to the this music. Eri B. has an exciting tone to his voice. When I hear how he flows when he strings words together, I feel excited.” See how ‘excitement’ occurs three times in three sentences? Here’s another more subtle example: “He used the turntable as a way to switch songs seamlessly, using the scratch method to cover up the different beats that were used in each song.” In this example, the word ‘use’ occurs three times in the same sentence! Because it’s a less emotional word, it might be harder to catch, but it’s just as problematic.
I like to see ‘I’ statements.
I find that turning the focus on yourself (especially when we are dealing with sensitive issues and incorporating personal experience, as I encourage) is a great way to avoid generalizing groups and ideas. If your statement is clearly from your perspective, then I as a reader can empathize with your position. If you use lots of ‘we as a generalized group of people act and feel this specific way’, it makes me wonder what research you’ve done, what data points you have, and how many people you have interviewed in order to have that knowledge.
Going off of the previous expectation:
BE SPECIFIC!
If you do make a generalized statement about a situation, back it up with details. Show the research. Reference or quote the authors who initially made the observations and put their work into context. If you tell me that Cool Herc is largely agreed to be the originator of hip hop, tell me why and give examples.
For example, something with detail and context would be: “Although Jamaican soundsystem culture is at the roots of hip hop, Cool Herc was the first to create tracks sourced from James Brown, using the funkier, harder beats that we’ve come to associate with hip hop today.” See how this gives specific details and context on either end of the statement that Cool Herc was the first person to make hip hop?
Make sure you include proper internal references, and construct your bibliography following MLA format
. In your paper, I like to see at least (Author, Date of Publication). For example: “Cool Herc is widely agreed to be the originator of hip hop(Babin 2020).” This tells me you got the information from the .
Paper Instructions 5) Paper should be 5-7 pages (excluding title pag.docxhoney690131
Paper Instructions 5) Paper should be 5-7 pages (excluding title page and references). APA format is required. There should be headings for each question answered. Be sure to review the rubric prior to writing your paper. Be careful to answer each section of the question asked. https://excellentwriter.xyz/education-homework-help/for-this-assignment-you-will-conduct-a-taste-test-using-at-least-7-participants/ This is a formal paper, so formal, professional language should be used, rather than conversational language.
Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities Social workers understand that engagement is an ongoing component of the dynamic and interactive process of social work practice with, and on behalf of, diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers value the importance of human relationships. Social workers understand theories of human behavior and the social environment, and critically evaluate and apply this knowledge to facilitate engagement with clients and constituencies, including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers understand strategies to engage diverse clients and constituencies to advance practice effectiveness. Social workers understand how their personal experiences and affective reactions may impact their ability to effectively engage with diverse clients and constituencies. Social workers value principles of relationship-building and inter-professional collaboration to facilitate engagement with clients, constituencies, and other professionals as appropriate. Social workers: apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to engage with clients and constituencies; and use empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to effectively engage diverse clients and constituencies. VIGNETTE Billy Brown Case Billy Brown is an 11 years old, and referred to you because it has been determined that he has been abused by his mother. Billy’s teacher reported the situation to protective services when she saw unexplained bruises on Billy’s arms and the intake worker who responded, founded a case of abuse. You are employed by Child Protective Services and will manage the case, which has been transferred to you from the intake emergency worker. Lorene Brown is Billy’s Mother. She is 28 years old, unemployed, and did not complete her high school education. She receives welfare benefits and lives in a small apartment she shares with a man whom she calls her boyfriend. Lorene is divorced and Billy’s father has shown no interest in him since he was born. Lorene is uncertain if he is incarcerated or not, and doesn’t know his whereabouts. Lorene and her boyfriend often engage in sexual behavior in the presence of Billy, who pretends not to see it, as their apartment is a studio. Lorene knew her boyfriend for 2 weeks before he moved in.
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Paper format and information4-5 pages in length.Papers mu.docxhoney690131
Paper format and information:
4-5 pages in length.
Papers must thoroughly explore the notable contributions of each performer.
Double spaced.
Use an easily readable font like Arial. Also use 12 point type.
Include sources in a bibliography at the end of your paper: Books, periodical articles, internet articles, etc.
EXAMPLE:
Follow the guidelines for writing as presented in one of the following style manuals:
A Pocket Style Manual
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(2016), by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers (7th edition) Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's: ISBN-10: 1319083528
The MLA Handbook (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
(Eighth edition)
, by Joseph Gibaldi. New York: Modern Language Association. 2016 ISBN-10: 1603292624
Note: At least 4 different sources for your information!
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Paper in Health care quality management strategies - recent arti.docxhoney690131
Paper in Health care quality management strategies - recent articles it could be in Quality risk factors, Management strategies, Risk management patient, quality management in health care.. Use previous articles compare one disease for two countries then analyze and develop their strategies Make Saudi Arabia one of them or compare Saudi Arabia with other health care system such as European or America.
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Paper 2 Assignment POT 2002.Assignment Write a 1000 wor.docxhoney690131
Paper 2 Assignment
POT 2002
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Assignment: Write a 1000 word paper (= 3-4 pages, double-spaced) on one of the
following topics:
1.) In The Prince, Machiavelli writes: “And let no one resist my opinion on this
with that trite proverb, that whoever founds on the people founds on mud.”
According to Machiavelli, how should a prince “found on the people”? How does
his advice ultimately benefit the people?
2.) Take a look of the foundations of the social contract in both Hobbes and
Locke. How do their different assumptions about human nature and the state of
nature inform their theories? How does this result in their different conceptions
of civil society/government? Identify and analyze at least two different
assumptions and speak about the implications for their theories.
Papers cannot be submitted by email under any circumstances
Guidelines for Papers
1. Your paper is supposed to be an interpretation of some aspect of the
work(s): in other words, an argument concerning some aspect of the work
based on analysis of relevant textual evidence. Your paper is not supposed
to be a summary of the work, a statement of your opinion about the work, or a
discussion of its historical significance or relevance. Frame your paper as an
investigation of why and how the author makes the argument he or she does
rather than simply saying what is said. Turn your topic into an argument.
2. Give a clear statement of your argument at the beginning of your paper.
3. Unify your paper with a single argument with a logical development from one step of
the argument to the next. Do not make your paper a collection of separate points or
examples.
4. Every time you state that the author states or argues something you should
have evidence to support your statement, either in the form of a quotation or a specific
textual reference. Only quote what you need for your purposes. Try to look at your
quotations as something more than mere evidence, and instead as material that you
can analyze (break down into its parts in order to interpret it) in order to make your
argument.
5. Use clear and simple language, but a formal style. Obscurity is not profundity. Make
sure that you know the meaning of the words you use. You are writing a formal paper,
not an email message. Avoid colloquial or chatty language. Do not use contractions:
not using them reminds you of the appropriate level of discourse for your paper.
Criteria for assessing your work:
1. Do you have a clear statement of your argument?
2. Do you provide relevant evidence?
3. Are your reasoning and writing clear and effective?
4. Do you demonstrate understanding of the work(s) you are analyzing?
5. To what degree do you address the most important questions and problems
posed by the work(s) you are interpreting?
Warning: If your paper is effectively a summary of the work rather than an interpretation
of it, then the best grade you can possibly receive .
Paper detailsUnit 4 Discussion Prompt1. What is the .docxhoney690131
Paper details:
Unit 4 Discussion Prompt:
1. What is the primary distinction between early management theories and contemporary theories?
2. Discuss how management differs from leadership and give an example contrasting the two functions.
3. How do you define personal power? Of the power bases described, what resonates most with you?
4. Do leaders always need to be team players? Why or why not?
Participation Requirements:
Consult the grading rubric for the grading criteria.
Original discussion board posts:
• Create a thread for your original post identified with your name.
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The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
How to Manage Your Lost Opportunities in Odoo 17 CRMCeline George
Odoo 17 CRM allows us to track why we lose sales opportunities with "Lost Reasons." This helps analyze our sales process and identify areas for improvement. Here's how to configure lost reasons in Odoo 17 CRM
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Your Skill Boost Masterclass: Strategies for Effective Upskilling
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11
Nothing has been more important since the beginning of my
reign
than increasing the prosperity of my people. The introduction of
certain new manufacturing industries … enables thousands of
my people to gain their bread honorably, the raw material stays
in
the country … and my subjects can easily pay their taxes. While
previously money left the country, it now stays within, making
the
country richer and more populated. Leopold I, Emperor of
Austria
(1640–1705)1
We quote Emperor Leopold here because his touching concern
for his
subjects’ welfare (and their ability to pay their taxes)
communicates
a clear message: the government needs to play a big role in
expanding
his country’s economy. Instead of issuing a proclamation
encour-
aging local entrepreneurs to innovate, he instituted an active
policy,
backed by state funds, to create important new industries. The
11. idea
of depending solely on local entrepreneurs to build such
industries
would not have entered his head.
Leopold was neither the first nor, certainly, the last head of
state to hold such views. Rulers of his era were well aware that
build-
ing a country’s economic prosperity had the desirable side-
effect
of increasing its power in international affairs, and many acted
on that realization. In the late 1600s Sir Walter Raleigh
observed,
“Whosoever commands the sea, commands the trade, whosoever
commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the
world
and consequently the world itself.”2 As a result, the competitive
race
1 Government: Boss, financial
partner, regulator – Entrepreneurs
in mixed economies
1 J. Berenger, Histoire de l’empire des Habsbourg 1273 –1918
(Paris: Librairie
Arthème Fayard, 1990), p. 331.
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to industrialize and sustain national trade advantages was a con-
stant source of international friction, sometimes leading to war.
Statesmen have been involving themselves in their countries’
economies for centuries. They know that building and
maintaining
a healthy industrial base is the key to growing national wealth
and
sustaining prosperity. They are not about to leave the outcome
of
this high-stakes game to chance. Naturally, the economic purists
who advocate totally free markets are perpetually distressed by
this
state of affairs.
But these purists ignore the lessons of history. Free enterprise
cannot prosper without the infrastructure, investments, and rule
of
law that government provides. Likewise, governments sabotage
19. eco-
nomic growth – and their global influence in the bargain – when
they try to impose too many controls on business, or establish
rigid
plans for its direction.
In other words, government and entrepreneurs need each other.
This does not imply that Emperor Leopold’s command-and-
control
mode of economic planning is a model for our times. Economies
have evolved toward more open, mixed systems with complex
inter-
play between the public and private sectors. Entrepreneurs may
exploit opportunities to build new companies or industries, but
gov-
ernments still play a major role in charting the overall course of
an
economy and supporting its growth. The only “pure” systems
are
failed systems. Plenty of evidence is available to back this up.
Historical antecedents
National economic development programs have historically
relied
20. on several stratagems:
investments in education and infrastructure;•
subsidies for exporters;•
state funding to help or even create new companies;•
erection of trade barriers to limit imports;•
establishment of local monopolies or cartels to reduce domestic
•
competition and increase the ability to export.
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This is as true for free-market countries as for nations with con-
trolled economies. A nation’s official commitment to free
enterprise
has never stood in the way of a little cheating to help its
preferred
industries.
For entrepreneurs, such government involvement – or “med-
dling,” as the purists would have it – is a decidedly mixed
blessing.
Government influence over the economy can have a decisive
21. impact
on the success of individual ventures, and decisions made at the
highest levels can foster or stifle entrepreneurial efforts.
Problems usually start for entrepreneurs when political leaders
are looking to jump-start their country’s industrialization
process.
Politicians typically believe that national programs to promote
rapid
industrial development (and exports) work faster than independ-
ent entrepreneurial enterprises acting in their own perceived
best
interests.
It follows that the establishment of state-owned corporations
to address critical industrial needs has been a recurring theme in
countries that are seeking to accelerate their industrialization.
Clearly, the heads of these state-owned enterprises are
bureaucrats,
not entrepreneurs, in the context of our discussion.
But real entrepreneurs who build new industries with direct or
indirect state help have also emerged in most industrializing
coun-
22. tries. Entrepreneurs have learned to live with whatever hand the
government deals them and find ways to prosper, which is part
of
the definition of being an entrepreneur.
For example, during Leopold’s reign Austria began producing
textiles and arms in privately owned factories. At the start of
the
process, the country lacked the knowledge and expertise to
build
and operate these industries. So it set about attracting the talent
it
needed.
Its appeal was simple. The government promised to grant local
monopolies, place import restrictions on competitive products,
and
give business people access to some state capital to establish
their
industries. These incentives lured experienced entrepreneurs
and
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skilled technicians from elsewhere to set up shop in Austria. If
you
were an entrepreneur, seventeenth-century Austria was a good
place
to be, not in spite of government meddling, but because of it.
England, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, may have
led
the way in the race to industrialize in the seventeenth and
eighteenth
centuries, but over the next 200 years its increasing prosperity
encour-
aged others to follow its example. France, the US, Germany,
Russia,
Japan, and other countries industrialized in turn, each at its own
pace,
and with varying degrees of government oversight and support.
Since the 1960s it has been the turn of Asian countries to join
the ranks of industrialized nations, and they have done so with a
high level of government involvement. These newcomers have
learned from history, and have no hesitation in using aggressive
24. national economic strategies to hasten their growth. China,
India,
South Korea, and Taiwan have all emerged as industrial powers,
with exports that compete successfully with the most
sophisticated
products of the developed world. Their emergence has
revolutionized
the world economy and trade patterns.
China has been the most closely watched of all the Asian suc-
cess stories, because of both its size and its extraordinary
industrial
progress. It launched its industrial program in earnest only in
the
late 1970s, but by 2010 it moved from the back bench to second
place
in the world economy, displacing Japan. It now has prospects of
sur-
passing even the US.
China’s industrialization process has been a forced march, con-
trolled by an omnipotent Communist Party. Individual
entrepreneur-
ship has played a minor role. The term “state capitalism” has
25. been
applied to the current Chinese model because of its combination
of
state and private capital. But this policy is actually a modern
form of
an old system called mercantilism. It should be seen in that
context.
Early mercantilism
Mercantilism has a long history. The term is commonly applied
to
national economic policies that encourage exports and
discourage
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imports. The ultimate goal is to produce a trade surplus. Such
pol-
icies were roundly condemned as long ago as 1776 by Adam
Smith in
The Wealth of Nations.
26. Smith advocated free trade of complementary products among
nations. But as we have already noted, very few statesmen are
will-
ing to leave economic development hostage to the vagaries of
the free
market when vital national interests are at stake.
Mercantilism as a policy was widely practiced from the seven-
teenth to the nineteenth century, particularly as countries with
agrarian economies sought to industrialize. It protected
fledgling
domestic industries from being crushed by outside competition.
Governments would provide state support to build locally
important
industries where the market risk was very low and the
technology
well established. Once these industries had succeeded in
replacing
imported products, the state could then promote exports and
hope-
fully generate a trade surplus.
Does this sound familiar? It should. Classic mercantilism
bears a striking resemblance to policies being pursued by
27. developing
countries to this day, including China.
Colbert launches modern French industry
Mercantilist policy was first deployed on a large scale by Jean-
Baptiste
Colbert (1619–1683), finance minister of France for twenty-two
years
under Louis XIV.
Leopold I expressed pride in the growing prosperity of his
Austrian subjects. Whether Colbert worried much about the wel-
fare of his fellow Frenchmen is highly debatable. What is
certain is
that Colbert’s big problem was financing the aggressive wars of
his
king.3
Four years after Louis XIV personally took over the reins of
government in 1661, he chose Colbert to rescue France from
near
3 For a summary of Colbert’s career and influence, see I. Murat,
Colbert (Paris:
Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1980), pp. 225–263.
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bankruptcy, mostly brought on by previous military adventures.
But
this did not stop the “Sun King” from enmeshing France in
conflicts
of his own making. In the succeeding fifty years of his reign
France
was involved in three major and two minor wars, creating a
nearly
constant need for cash.
During this era soldiers and foreign allies had to be paid in
gold and silver. Since France lacked mines for precious metals,
the
only way to accumulate bullion was by building a trade surplus,
and
the structure of the economy made that impossible. French
industry
was underdeveloped and backward, in the hands of small craft
enter-
29. prises that simply could not compete in international markets.
Colbert decided to fix the problem by building industries such
as glass and textile manufacturing. His plan was to restrict com-
petitive imports and promote exports of exceptionally fine
products.
In this way he could generate a trade surplus that would bring a
net
inflow of foreign gold and silver into France.
Ruthless, determined, able, and in full control of the finances of
France, he poached craftsmen and entrepreneurs from various
coun-
tries by offering highly attractive incentives to set up shop in
France.
Many of the resulting businesses were granted “Royal
Privilege,”
which meant that they received state funding, paid no taxes, and
were guaranteed government orders for their products.
Colbert expected that such new businesses would become inde-
pendent of state support as their products became commercially
suc-
cessful. But this was a slow process. He was known to complain
30. of
continuing demands by entrepreneurs for new funds to cover
operat-
ing losses. If you were a favored entrepreneur in Colbert’s
France, you
did very well. Why not hold onto your perks as long as you
could?
The new companies built large factories with over 1,000 work-
ers – something new in France at the time. Their workers lived
in
dormitories and were paid minimal wages. The working day was
between fourteen and sixteen hours, and the only days off were
reli-
gious holidays. Colbert complained to the Roman Catholic
author-
ities that there were simply too many of those.
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Labor was cheap because France was blessed, if that is the
31. word, with a large population and significant unemployment in
its
rural economy. Colbert had enough foresight to ensure a
continued
supply of cheap labor by encouraging early marriages – women
were
expected to marry before the age of twenty.
Having pirated technical expertise from other countries,
Colbert worried about losing what our era calls “intellectual
prop-
erty” by the same means. He took draconian steps to prevent it.
Once
in France, skilled craftsmen could not leave the country. Severe
pun-
ishments awaited those caught fleeing – from a sentence of
rowing
in one of the King’s galleys to the death penalty.
For Colbert’s program to succeed, French products had to win
international customers. To ensure that the new industries
produced
the highest quality goods, Colbert established a corps of state-
funded
industrial inspectors who were tasked with checking the quality
32. of
products. Delinquent producers were penalized and publicly
pun-
ished for repeated lapses in quality.
At the same time he made sure that the industries he was build-
ing were protected from outside competition until they were
ready
to compete in the international market. For example, the
importing
of Venetian glass was forbidden in 1672. And woe to the
entrepreneur
who attempted to evade his trade and quality controls. His
techno-
crats were said to have had over 15,000 small entrepreneurs
executed
for the crime of importing or manufacturing cotton cloth in
viola-
tion of French law.
Colbert did not limit his attention to manufacturing. He was
also anxious to compete with the Dutch in international trade,
which they dominated. To that end Colbert promoted the
construc-
33. tion of a merchant navy, and gave preference to its ships for
French
trade. To discourage competitive transport, high fees were
placed on
foreign vessels visiting French ports.
By most measures Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a thoroughly
nasty man, widely hated within and outside France. But he
launched
the country on the path of large-scale industrialization. Under
his
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compulsion French industry became renowned for its quality,
par-
ticularly in such luxury products as silk fabrics, tapestries, and
fine
glass. In these areas French products came to surpass any goods
pre-
viously available on the international market.
Many famous company names in France date from this era,
34. including the tapestry maker Gobelin and the glass maker Saint-
Gobain. In 1688 a Venetian ambassador wrote that “such is the
qual-
ity of the French products that they are the best in the world and
attract orders from all countries.” Colbert’s policies were
successful
in at least sustaining the finances of France in spite of the
country’s
being in an almost continuous state of warfare.
Colbert’s basic approach held sway in France for some time
after
his death. In the eighteenth century French industry benefited
from
government attempts to attract English technicians and entrepre-
neurs. France sent agents on undercover missions to England to
recruit
people and collect commercial secrets, particularly those
dealing with
production machinery and metallurgical processes. For example,
the
first English steam engines were secretly imported into France.
In 1779 the ice between France and England thawed consider-
35. ably as the two countries signed agreements allowing the French
to
import steam engines openly. Bilateral agreements covering
other
products were also negotiated, but true free trade was far in the
future. Entrepreneurs who followed the rules had done well
under
tight government control, but free trade was something better to
look forward to.4
In fact, it was in 1846 that England led the way to a national
free-trade policy by removing the restrictive Corn Laws and
easing
its control of the export of advanced technology. By the 1860s
prac-
tically all restrictions on imports were gone. At that time
England
4 This presentation draws on the wealth of historical
information found in J.-C.
Asselain, Histoire économique de la France du XVIII siècle à
nos jours (Paris:
Éditions du Seuil, 1985), pp. 77–105; A. Malet and J. Isaac,
XVII and XVIII Siècle
(Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1923), pp. 190–194; and Murat,
Colbert, pp. 249–261.
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had such a huge industrial lead on other countries that it could
afford
to be generous and open its market. It did not anticipate that
imports
would ever threaten domestic industry. Other countries trying to
catch up continued to play by more restrictive trading rules –
and
are doing so still.
Modern mercantilism
You might ask why we are spending so much time on mercantil-
ism and its history in a book on the modern global entrepreneur.
The simple answer is that today’s entrepreneurs operate in a
world
where governments increasingly control economies, a defining
fea-
ture of mercantilism over the centuries and one that will not
dis-
37. appear quickly.
This reality shapes the economic decisions made by business
people and entrepreneurs as they seek markets and business
partners
in countries with diverse economic agendas. To fully understand
its
implications, it is necessary to see it in a historical perspective.
For the same reason we must also take some time to discuss
China, by far the most prominent of modern countries with
controlled
economies. China has the second largest – and fastest growing –
econ-
omy in the world. What happens there, in consumer or industrial
mar-
kets, has a huge impact on the direction of all global business.
Industrializing Asia
We are witnessing an economic revolution in Asia, affecting
billions
of people. Countries in that region are striving to industrialize
as
quickly as possible. Given the pressure to make rapid progress
and
38. the top-down structure of many of their economies, it is not
surpris-
ing that Asian countries would adopt mercantilist methods.
Indeed, we are living in the golden age of broadly defined mer-
cantilism. It is currently being practiced in a highly developed
form,
on a scale unprecedented in history, by China. The world’s most
populous country has embarked on a path to industrialization
that
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in some ways mirrors the journey of France under Colbert,
using
some of the same strategies. Its astonishing success has
prompted
other countries to learn from its example and shape their trade
pol-
39. icies accordingly.
Long relegated to the ranks of a “third-world” country with a
primarily agrarian economy, China has vaulted into a position
of eco-
nomic leadership in just forty years. The ruling Communist
Party
still controls the land, much of the economy, the military,
foreign
policy, and whatever else is of major importance to the country.
But
the highly pragmatic Party has abandoned some communist
prac-
tices and embraced a number of capitalist methods without
relin-
quishing political control.
Perhaps the biggest difference between China and the devel-
oped West is that the state owns all of the country’s banks,
either in
part or in whole. It also controls their activities, and can
therefore
channel capital to meet its industrial objectives.5 China’s
reluctance
40. to allow banks to operate outside of government control is as
much a
matter of history as it is of ideology. The country suffered
through a
long period of weakness and foreign intervention, and its
government
is determined to keep it free of foreign economic domination.6
Within China the most obvious sign of the success of these pol-
icies is plain to see. Visitors are frequently amazed at the
quality and
quantity of public facilities that have been built in the past
couple of
decades. Indeed, the development of a modern infrastructure is
a key
element of comprehensive state plans for industrial
development.
Of course the government of China had some powerful advan-
tages in its rapid construction of the infrastructure to support a
modern economy. In addition to absolute control of the
country’s
5 For an excellent review of the Party’s role, see D.
Shambaugh, China’s
Communist Party: Atrophy and adaptation (San Francisco, CA:
University
41. of California Press, 2010). Also, R. McGregor, The Party: The
secret world of
China’s Communist rulers (New York: HarperCollins, 2010).
6 H. Jones, Chinamerica: Why the future of America is China
(New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2010) contains a good overview of Chinese
economic practices and
policies.
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finances, the government owns all the land. Hence it can
develop
roads, airports, railways, and public structures without the legal
restrictions found in countries where land is in private hands. It
can
also set arbitrarily low lease rates for land to stimulate the
build-
ing of factories and other facilities wherever and by whomever
it
chooses.
42. China’s emergence as an economic power is not accidental. It
is based on long-term development plans drawn up by
government
authorities in order to
preserve Chinese control over key domestic industries and the
economy;•
promote exports and create a trade surplus;•
acquire modern technology; and•
build a domestic industrial base capable of innovation.•
Developing nations are watching China’s amazing progress very
closely. As more countries adopt various aspects of its
approach,
entrepreneurs in the global marketplace will have to make
adjust-
ments to economic systems in which mercantilism is flying high
and the government is in the pilot’s seat. It is worth looking
more
closely at what they face in China, and may encounter in the
other
countries that it influences.
Mixed ownership, tight control
China’s economic policy permits a mix of ownership models:
pri-
43. vately owned businesses, joint ventures with foreign investors
and
corporations, and businesses that are fully government owned
and
funded. Regardless of ownership, foreign trade by all of these
busi-
nesses is controlled by the government. Needless to say in a
country
where the currency is tightly regulated, access to foreign
exchange
is also strictly controlled.
Some businesses in non-strategic consumer industries,
such as textiles, services, and retail, may be fully owned by for-
eign investors, but restrictions exist on investment and cap-
ital repatriation. Large companies in industries deemed critical,
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including telecommunications services and banking, are either
fully
44. government-owned or have majority government ownership.
Even
when these vital companies are publicly traded, the government
maintains significant ownership and ultimate control.
Fifty-four state-owned enterprises, including China Mobile,
Petro China, Sinopec, and China Electronics Corporation
(CEC), are
considered “backbone” companies. To get an idea of the scale
and
scope of these enterprises, consider the fact that CEC, which
was
established only in 1989, today has 70,000 employees.
While control remains with the parent company, CEC owns
fourteen subsidiaries that are publicly listed and have some
degree of
public ownership. These businesses cover software, computers
and
computer components, and consumer electronics products. Some
of
these companies rank among the world leaders in their product
cat-
egories. They include joint ventures with foreign companies
45. such
as HP, IBM, and Philips who contribute their technology. With
rev-
enues in excess of $10 billion annually, CEC is a big
technology con-
glomerate with the resources to address new business areas.
As would be expected in such an economy, exporting for the
purpose of acquiring foreign exchange is a key objective of
state plan-
ners. In this they have been markedly successful. Much to the
chag-
rin of its trading partners, China runs a large trade surplus. A
major
reason for this success is the number of foreign companies that
have
moved their production to China. The products from these trans-
planted factories are exported under their original brand names.
Like Colbert’s France, China’s government offers significant
incentives to attract foreign manufacturing: a modern infrastruc-
ture, a disciplined low-cost labor force, and significant financial
inducements for companies that locate factories in areas of the
coun-
46. try designated for development. It is enough to convince many
com-
panies that previously manufactured in Europe, Japan, or the US
to
move their equipment into Chinese plants.
China benefits from its new status as the world’s factory in
three ways.
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Transplanted manufacturing plants churn out products for which
there •
is already worldwide demand, building exports at minimum risk.
These plants provide employment for many millions of Chinese
workers.•
Last but not least, they bring the latest technology into China,
helping •
it acquire the skills and knowledge to compete on its own in the
international market.
By some estimates as much as 70 percent of the exported
products
47. from China are from such transplanted manufacturing plants.
To take one prominent example, most Apple® products are
assembled in China, using imported and locally manufactured
com-
ponents. In some cases the factories where they are produced
are joint
ventures with local companies; in other cases the manufacturing
is
done by contractors such as Foxconn. Either way, it is estimated
that
over 100,000 workers are employed in manufacturing Apple
prod-
ucts alone. These wildly popular products are sold worldwide
under
the Apple brand, helping boost China’s burgeoning trade
surplus.
Foxconn, a huge company ($80 billion of annual revenues in
2009) of Taiwanese origin, exemplifies the importance of
transplants
to the development of China’s economy and its workforce.
Foxconn
is a contract manufacturer of electronic products not only for
Apple,
48. but for HP and other major international brands.
The company has built virtual dormitory cities for its Chinese
workers. One such location, in Shenzhen, houses over 300,000
work-
ers in a sprawling compound. Since factories draw their low-
wage
workers from rural areas, owners have to provide the workers
with
access to affordable housing near the plants.
Building domestic industries
Infrastructure, employment, exports: all are prerequisites for a
mod-
ern industrial economy. But other bricks are needed to build a
stable
industrial base. While transplants contribute to …
GOVERNMENTS AS MARKET PLAYERS:
STATE INNOVATION IN THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY
Giselle Datz
Financial innovation emanating from the public sector is not a
49. new phenomenon.The literature and practice of financial
regulation is filled with instances in which
the public sector understood and tried to contain financial
excesses and attempted to
maximize opportunities for economic growth via private
investment. Hardly studied,
however, have been cases of financial innovation that are not
primarily related to
regulation of private or public financial flows. This paper
focuses on how govern-
ments in emerging markets are acting increasingly as financial
market players,
enacting strategies that are not simply those of a risk-averse
welfare maximizer (in a
formal modeling description), but that of a high(er) yield
seeking investor.
The public realm in which states operate is symbiotic. It
encompasses two dual-
ities: one between public and private activity and authority, and
the other between
demand and supply for financial innovation. In continuing with
its transformative
process, the state in emerging markets is undergoing a process
of further hybridiza-
tion, applying private methodologies to serve public goals
(however politically
insulated) and engaging as both a supplier and consumer of
financial innovation in
more aggressive ways. This hybridization shapes a new
relationship between states
and financial risk. However, the extent to which sovereigns can
act as private players
is limited by the understanding that they are inescapably tied to
strategic public
"interests that will take precedence over profit maximization."'
51. translated in the work of
relatively new and autonomous debt-management offices and of
sovereign wealth
funds (SWFs). Within these can be detected a pervasive private
strategy in actions
ranging from the hiring of uniquely qualified financial
professionals at market-
competitive rates to the expansion of return-related operations.''
A second symbiosis is also at play. Governments that have
always behaved as
suppliers of financial assets—most notably sovereign bonds—by
catering to the
needs of institutional investors, are now playing a different role
by providing
demand for financial innovation and financial assets.
Increasingly, states in emerg-
ing markets are becoming net exporters of capital rather than
importers. Emerging
market governments, especially in the Persian Gulf and Asia-
Pacific regions, are less
content to leave large volumes of excess foreign reserves to be
invested in risk-free
assets with low return. More and more, there is a flight to risk
through more auda-
cious investments made by sovereign wealth funds—relatively
autonomous and,
thus far, secretive institutions.
Indeed, since the late 1990s, the globalization literature has
been keen on
parceling out the role of the state. Studies that claimed that the
state was withering
away gave way to more focused analyses of states as negotiators
trying to intersect
national law with foreign actors, especially through competitive
52. deregulation or
reregulation linked to the preferences or imperatives of foreign
capital.5 A key para-
doxical relationship between states and global capital was
identified. Although the
scope of states' autonomy to control monetary and fiscal
policies was constrained by
economic globalization, in order to realize the material gain
from this process, as
James Mittelman suggested, the state increasingly facilitated its
development acting
as its agent. 6 This facilitation operated not only at the level of
political infrastruc-
ture, but particularly at the level of legal infrastructure. For Leo
Panitch, states
authored a regime that defined and guaranteed the global and
domestic rights of
capital through international treaties with constitutional effect.''
Hence, the role of
states was not only one of internalizing, but especially of
mediating adherence to
international capitalist competition.
Eric Helleiner's analysis of the Bretton Woods system provided
a historical
understanding of how states were indeed proactive in the
development of financial
globalization, initially restricted by the pervasiveness of the
embedded liberalism
compromise, e.g. economic liberalization accompanied by
domestic welfare policies.8
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53. Governments as Market Players
Incrementally, however, the tenants of neoliberalisn: as both a
political project and
a set of ambitious economic reforms, promoted the abolition—
even if not univer-
sally—of capital controls in favor of freer international
financial flows.^
Governments recognize the importance of international
coordination in monetary
policy. Furthermore, central bank independence remains an
important tool for signaling
credibility to markets. However, transforming key
administrative functions within states
and financial innovations lay beyond both pillars.lo States
endured internal changes as
a consequence of their renewed engagement with global capital.
Saslda Sassen suggests
that the "internal structuration of states" is in fact an element of
analyses of the state
and globalization that has been neglected." In her view, state
participation in imple-
menting its global economic agenda entailed the ascendance of
what became strategic
agencies within the government apparatus that were most
54. directly connected to this
agenda, namely central banl«, treasuries and regulatory
agencies. 12
This discussion leads to an analysis of what Sassen calls the
"restructuring of the
private-public divide," where "forms of authority once exclusive
to the public
domain are now shifting to or being constituted in the private
sphere of markets
with the corresponding normative recording."'3 More
specifically, Sassen refers to
cases of expansion of the private sphere, particularly through
privatization and
marketization processes launched in the 1980s. In other words,
she sees economic
actors seeking to privatize public regulatory functions in a way
that increases their
authority over matters once exclusive to the public domain,
such as commercial arbi-
tration, property rights and the regulation of trade and capital
markets.
This analysis of the privatization of forms of authority, however
insightful, still
does not fully account for a parallel process marking a different
55. trend. Privatization
often means that public functions and authority cease to be
exercised solely by a
public entity and become a private venture undertaken by
private agents who
usually follow efficiency-maximization criteria and remain far
from any mandate to
provide public goods. In this sense, what is privatized is no
longer publicly managed.
Nevertheless, these processes do not fit this kind of
transformation: Sovereign debt
and asset management are not functions that have become
privatized. The private
in this discussion has to do with how, not who. These functions
are still a responsi-
bility of the state, yet are conducted almost as private-
investment operations insofar
as they: (a) count on highly specialized professionals with
private experience or
outsource some services to the private sector in serving a public
purpose; (b) involve,
in the case of asset management by SWFs, a mix of "opaque
operations and invest-
ments" such as acquisition equity (making sovereign states
56. shareholders in private
businesses abroad); and (c) utilize models of risk management
through hedging akin
to that of private financial players. Together such functions
entail competitive strate-
gies among different sovereign debt and asset managers for the
most lucrative deals,
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taldng the understanding of a "competitive state" to yet another
level of specializa-
tion and interaction. 14 In all of these areas, we see a
rearticulation ofthe relationship
between states and financial risk. At stake is a more welcoming
engagement with the
motto, "no risk, no reward."
Sassen aptly suggests that understanding the global economy
may entail the
blurring, rather than the neat segmentation, of "longstanding
dualities in state schol-
arship, notably those concerning the distinctive
QlStinCtlOn spheres of influence of respectively the national
and
l i c ^^ global, of state and non-state actors, and of the
orirl -rkfixT-o+o i o private and the public."'^ In this sense, my
57. argument
«mu. p r i v a t e IS ., o , , . . .
j ^ , merges with Sassen s notion that globalization is
QcLerinineQ Oy producing within states a form of authority
that is a
tlie kinds of hybrid, "neither fully private nor fully public,
neither
constraints that ^"'̂ ^ national nor fully global."'^ I argue that
the
. , t" . 1 distinction between public and private is then not
states as rinancial
determined by passive versus active investment and
y p e t and
players risk management, but by the ldnds of constraints that
subject to. states as financial market players are subjected to.
More than a hybrid, the state is a heterogeneous cate-
gory that entails a symbiotic relationship between private and
public strategies,
obstacles and methodologies.
For Geoffrey Underhill, a neat separation of state and market is
not realistic as
there is a latent interdependence between the two, one which is
evidently not new,
but rather endogenous to governance and the process of
economic competition.!''
Such interdependence is not welcoming of a market and
government conceptual
dichotomy (seeing markets as exchange and governance as
coercion), but rather
58. more conducive to the idea of a "state-market condominium."
Under this condo-
minium, public regulation and supervision of market forces is
more than the result
of an antagonistic relationship between the public and the
private. Instead, "it is
systematic evidence of the ways in which market interests and
state policy processes
are integrated."is In this view, the transformation of markets
goes hand-in-hand with
the transformation of the state. Yet more than a reciprocal
relationship, a symbiotic
interaction between public and private in the heart of the state
is apparent. The case
of SWFs that purchase stakes in important Western firms has
led to a series of reac-
tions by official sectors in developed countries. The complexity
of the situation is
well illustrated by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Chairman Christopher
Cox, to whom the increasing involvement of governments as
both owners of compa-
nies and investors in securities can be seen to challenge the
classical (liberal)
understanding of states as proposed by Adam Smith and Milton
Friedman, who
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emphasize minimal intervention at a fundamental level.'^
Underlining this unfolding policy confusion is the reality of
59. "embedded neolib-
eralism," which is, as Philip Cerny suggests, a system of
production and
private-public interaction—not simply via state, but also via
civil society networks—
multifaceted and impressively fungible.20 That is, the current
phase of capitalism,
based on a combination of tenants from neoclassical economic
theory targeting
global economic integration, has become increasingly "what
actors make of it."
What states have been making of it goes beyond setting up
firewalls; it now involves
a closer understanding of risk and how some exposure to it may
be worth the ride.
DEBT MANAGEMENT
Sovereign debt management has gone through important
changes in both devel-
oped and developing countries. In the European Union (EU),
political integration
was a product of an important process of economic
harmonization, which entailed,
among other initiatives, balancing budgets along the lines of
accountable and trans-
60. parent debt management. From this emphasis came the initiative
to make debt
management a more autonomous function of entities located
inside the Ministry of
Finance, yet behaved separately from it in a more specialized
fashion. For example,
the Ministry of Finance defines the medium-term strategy for
debt management
according to its risk preferences and the macroeconomic
constraints of the country,
while the Debt Management Office (DMO) implements that
strategy and adminis-
ters the issuance of domestic and foreign-currency debt.2 '
At the macroeconomic level, the logic for this separation of
tasks is analogous to
investor-signaling arguments made by students of central bank
independence.22
Sovereign debt management that is independent of monetary
policy would signal to
financial markets and domestic constituencies that governments
are indeed commit-
ted to the transparent and accountable management of debt
policy. That could lower
61. the government's borrowing costs, indicating that the country is
much less likely to
engage in risky strategies, such as irresponsible indebtedness, in
order to suit
political goals.
At the microeconomic level, an autonomous debt agency
functions much like
private fund administrators in the sense that it tries to attract
professionals who are
knowledgeable in the intricacies of global financial markets. In
an International
Monetary Fund (IMF) report. Marcel Cassard and David
Folkerts-Landau explain
that a great advantage of an autonomous DMO is that it "can be
given a clearly
defined objective, without being hampered by either the
management of structure or
pay scale of the public sector. "23 A flexible pay structure is
seen as an important mech-
anism to attract qualified staff. Translated into practice,
performance criteria was
developed for debt managers, which made their daily work,
accountability structures
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set aside, a risk management operation of liabilities. If they
were in charge of manag-
ing assets, their work would not differentiate much from that of
private mutual or
pension fund managers. After all, the logic goes that "debt
management could be
significantly improved if it was entrusted to portfolio managers
with knowledge and
experience in modern risk management techniques, and if their
performance was
measured against a set of criteria defined by the Ministry of
Finance."24
Indeed, the perceived necessity to attract these kinds of
professionals was a
reason for Ireland, Sweden and Denmark to develop separate
debt management
offices placed outside of the Ministry of Finance and staffed
with financial experts
with experience in portfolio risk management. It was then
assumed that funding
operations would be carried out more aptly because those in
charge "followed private
sector, market-oriented principles and that, since they did not
have to comply with
bureaucratic procedures, they would create an environment
appropriate for quick
decision making. "25 Philip Anderson stresses the fact that
recruitment and retention
of staff with appropriate skills is often a challenge in the public
sector.26 Yet, creative
63. solutions are increasingly being discovered, such as providing
staff with training
opportunities, contracting skilled and experienced staff on
fixed-term assignments
and allowing for placements of private sector personnel in the
debt management
unit or for the use of long-term advisors with specialist skills.27
Furthermore, bench-
marks for debt management are set in accordance with the risk
tolerance of each
government, which is, in turn, a function of the size of the
public debt, its currency
composition and maturity.28 Sovereign debt managers, like
private pension and
hedge or mutual funds managers, are held accountable for their
actions if they
perform below benchmark targets set in terms of the foreign
currency market.
Increased competitiveness is another goal of DMOs, further
linking public poli-
cies to private methodologies. For example, France's Debt
Management
Office—^Agence France Tresor—was created to reduce the cost
of debt for the French
taxpayer and "to help investors better identify French debt
securities within the range
of sovereign debt products available in European and world
markets."29 Catering to
investors' demands and preferences is an effective way to gain
terrain among competi-
tors. In this effort, sovereign debt management institutions are
increasingly issuing
inflation-indexed bonds as well as long-maturity bonds that
appeal to investors inter-
ested in cushioning growing inflationary pressures
64. worldwide.^o
W^hat we see then are two important transformations having
taken place. Not
only was more autonomy given to DMOs and equivalent
agencies, but also a private
rationale for conducting business was inserted in the system via
increased competi-
tion among these agencies. The Financial Times reported in
2002 that, although
"European finance ministers are not usually at the forefront of
innovation in capital
markets," the picture is definitely changing. The newspaper
went on to report that,
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as "competition for funding from investors intensifies in the
wake of the euro, newly-
styled and aggressive debt management agencies are getting
more creative and more
opportunistic in meeting their governments' borrowing
requirements." If, in the
past, the supply of European sovereign bonds was relatively
predictable, now supply
for bonds is a major mover of financial markets. So much so
that "some of the
elements of the corporate bond market are beginning to
influence the shape of the
government market. "31
Since 2001, the World Bank and the IMF have been advocating
65. for the estab-
lishment of quasi-independent agencies to manage the public
debt of emerging
market countries, emphasize the benefits of lower cost for
public credit, create trans-
parency and accountability, especially regarding the
development of accurate and
comprehensive debt data, implement of cost effective cash
management policies that
"minimize government liquidity and repayment risks"; and
provide consistency in
the development of governments' securities market.32 The
crucial difference between
emerging market economies and Organisation for Economic Go-
operation and
Development (OECD) economies is not the level of
indebtedness, which has been
positively altered by high levels of reserve accumulation in the
developing countries,
but how governments' balance sheets are exposed to external
shocks, given their low
level of investment diversification and amount of debt issued in
foreign currency.33
The Nigerian Debt Management Office, for example, was
established in 2000 in
order to consolidate the management of public debt in a semi-
autonomous agency.
Its goals were to reduce debt stock and cost, link debt
management to effective fiscal
and monetary policies and to project and promote the "good
image of Nigeria as a
disciplined and organized nation, capable of managing its assets
and liabilities."34
The Nigerian DMO has been able to deliver on its mandate to
reduce the debt stock
66. and, perhaps more importantly, lead the way in the much needed
development of
Africa's debt markets. A crucial achievement of Nigeria's DMO
has been the
country's exit from the Paris and London clubs through effective
negotiations and
debt buybacks.35
Autonomous DMOs operating in developing countries are still
relatively rare,
even if the notion of increased strategic debt management has
been prevalent since
the 1990s. Where no major institutional change was carried out,
evident moves have
been made in most countries in terms of methodological
assessments and updates in
risk management practices. In countries where the central bank
is responsible for
domestic debt, it has been hard to transform this responsibility
to a different agency,
as in the cases of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka. Pakistan
has set up a coor-
dination office and Gosta Rica a coordination committee. These
are layers of
"complex arrangements" politically and financially when it
comes to debt manage-
ment in a context of volatile financial flows.36 In addition,
developing countries have
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Giselle Datz
focused on creating domestic public debt markets. For example,
67. in Brazil these debt
markets have been a component of the country's debt
management strategy^?
With varying degrees of depth, more private-like approaches to
public debt
management are changing in important ways the channels
through which govern-
ments do business with public and private financial players,
both as demand for high
yield and supply of new investment tools.
SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS
After decades of severe indebtedness, many developing
countries are now able
to accumulate foreign reserves, make early repayments of their
debts to the IMF
and buy back foreign-currency debts. This has to do with
learning curves from the
1997 Asian crisis, which made it evident that reserve
accumulation was an imper-
ative to buffer sudden instability. As Ben Thirkell-White puts
it, "the build up of
reserves in the post-crisis Asia suggests that the need for
finance is not so desper-
ate that countries are prostrate in the face of market
pressure."38 Indeed, the tide
has turned. Developing countries are consolidating their
positions as capital
exporters.39 That is a critical change in the configuration of
capital flows. The
salience is no longer that of the private sector, nor is it that of
the public sector in
developed countries exporting money to developing countries.
Rather, a structural
68. shift is underway, marking a "dramatic redistribution of
international wealth"
according to which large flows of publicly-owned funds are
moving from countries
that "historically have not been major players in international
finance" to those who
used to play this role. Therefore, governments, not private
players, are in control of
"the new international wealth."40
A large volume of this wealth is held by sovereign wealth funds
(SWFs), govern-
ment investment vehicles funded by foreign reserve exchange
assets that are
managed separately from the official reserves of the central
bank and reserve-related
functions of the finance ministry.^i According to recent
estimates, there are fifty-four
SWFs (pension and non-pension funds) in operation today. They
are linked to
thirty-seven different countries and hold approximately US$5.3
trillion in assets.42
Sources of funding and hence strategies of investment and time
horizons differ
among SWFs. Some are funded through central bank reserves
(as in the case of the
giant funds from China and Singapore). Others are funded
through export revenues
of state-owned resources (Abu Dhabi, Kuwait), taxation from
exports (Russia), fiscal
surpluses (Korea, New Zealand) or privatization receipts
(Malaysia, Australia).
According to the IMF, there are five types of SWFs based on
policy objectives.
There are stabilization funds set up by countries rich in natural
69. resources to cushion
volatility in commodity prices, savings funds that "transfer non-
renewable assets
into a diversified portfolio of international financial assets to
provide for future
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generations," funds that operate as reserve investment
corporations pursuing poli-
cies with higher returns, development funds that allege priority
to socioeconomic
projects and sovereign funds that are, in effect, pension
funds.''^
Having existed for over three decades, SWFs are not new; what
is new is the
number of funds and their sheer current and predicted sizes. In
2007, sovereign
funds invested US$92 billion in equity transactions, compared
to US$3 billion in
2000. Moreover, the trend seems to be accelerating as these
funds' investments
during the first quarter of 2008 alone reached US$58 billion,
which exceeds their
combined total for the years 2000 to 2005.44
Such growth is linked to the accumulation of sovereign reserves
in emerging
markets through trade surpluses "unequalled as a percentage of
the global economy
since the beginning of the 20th century," which have made
70. official reserves held by
some governments become "astronomically high." The key here
is that SWFs do not
simply represent saving for a rainy day, but strategic investing
for the long term.45
They mark a departure from the trend to invest foreign reserves
in liquid assets such
as short-term U.S. Treasury bills and government securities
issued by other devel-
oped countries to investment in high-return equities. After all,
as Nouriel Roubini
puts it, "Why hold U.S. T-bills with a meager 5 percent return,
German Bunds with
a 4 percent return, or Japanese government bonds with a 0.5
percent return when
you can acquire foreign firms, invest in real assets, stock
markets, or higher-yielding
corporate bonds? "46 Indeed, there is pressure on governments
with surpluses to earn
better returns through different and riskier investment avenues.
One of the key financial developments of the turbulent period of
late 2007 and
early 2008 was the way in which emerging market governments,
through their
SWFs, acted as stabilizers of key commercial and investment
banks plagued by ever-
increasing losses from the sub prime crisis. For example, the
Chinese Investment
Corporation (CIC) invested US$5 billion in Morgan Stanley,
acquiring a 9.9 percent
share in the company. This happened despite CIC's losses in a
previous US$3 billion
deal with Blackstone whose initial public offering price dropped
over 50 percent
after the deal was concluded. The Government of Singapore
71. Investment
Corporation (GIC) and an undisclosed investor from the Middle
East invested
US$12 billion in the Swiss UBS. Abu Dhabi Investment
Authority injected US$7.5
billion into Citigroup late in 2007.
Sovereign wealth funds are not only investors in large Western
financial institu-
tions, but also clients. Investment banks have been keen on
creating the
infrastructure to attract sovereign investment. For example,
HSBC Investments has
hired a new "global head of sovereign and supranational," and
Morgan Stanley
Investment Management has announced the appointment of a
"managing director
and head of central banks and sovereign wealth funds."
According to the person who
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Giselle Datz
assumed this latter position, his role is to "help improve the
firm's coverage of these
increasingly important clients." In his own words: "It's about
engaging with the
clients to understand their needs and then providing tailored
investment solutions."
Another asset manager in charge of dealing with sovereign
funds states that "one of
the reasons why sovereign funds are important...is because it's
new business, it's new
72. money."'"' That entails managing funds on behalf of SWFs,
many of which outsource
mandates when in-house expertise is lacking, as in the case of
Abu Dhabi Investment
Authority whose assets—between 70 and 80 percent—are
managed outside the
country. Norway's Government Pension Fund has about 28
precent of its assets
managed by fewer than fifty third-party bond and equity asset
managers. As
expected, competition for the business of SWFs is stiff. Wall
Street firms are increas-
ing their focus on sovereign funds by selling services that range
from advice on
merger and acquisitions to structured services.48
The liaison between Wall Street and some emerging market
governments
should not recall the time Citibank—despite being "too big to
fall"—lent money to
Latin American countries only to witness the default of these
loans en masse in the
1980s. This is a different kind of relationship. It is a private
investment firm
serving the sovereign client, helping it generate higher yield for
public monies, and,
expectedly, collecting handsome fees in return. Not only is the
public-private
symbiosis within the state a case in point, but the renewed ways
in which Wall
Street deals with and in some ways relies on sovereign wealth
from emerging
markets adds more depth to what Richard Gnoddle calls the
"new ecosystem of
global capital."49
73. Sovereign wealth funds retreated from Wall Street as the U.S.
financial crisis
worsened in the early fall of 2008. Yet, …
write a short research paper for a peer-reviewed research paper
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