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A United Nations specialized agency that finances projects primarily for food production in developing countries.
Industry:Economy
1. All aspects of interactions among nations. 2. The field within the discipline of political science that studies the mechanisms and institutions through which countries interact.
Industry:Economy
1. If it existed, this could mean a tax levied by an international body on the governments or private sector actors throughout the world. This does not exist, however, except among small groups of countries that have agreed to share resources, such as the European Union. 2. The field of study that deals with how separate national taxing authorities interact and how private sector actors respond to international differences in taxing regimes.
Industry:Economy
A part of the United States Department of Commerce, the ITA acts on behalf of U. S. Businesses in global competition. In trade policy, its Import Administration has the duty of determining whether imports are dumped or subsidized.
Industry:Economy
1. International capital movement
2. Foreign direct investment.
Industry:Economy
1. Addition to the stock of capital of a firm or country. 2. Purchase of an asset, real or financial. 3. The use of resources today for the purpose of increasing productivity or income in the future.
Industry:Economy
A commercial institution that provides a variety of services to firms and other entities that seek to raise funds and/or invest their own funds. These services include underwriting, advising, managing assets, and providing their own or borrowed funds. The largest investment banks today operate in many countries.
Industry:Economy
A market for labor. Can refer to anything from local interactions between workers and employers to country-wide (not usually world-wide) markets dominated by broadly based labor unions, industry associations, and sometimes governments.
Industry:Economy
A group of Latin American countries formed in 1960 with the aim of establishing a free trade area. This aim was never achieved, and LAFTA was replaced in 1980 with the Latin American Integration Association.
Industry:Economy
