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| Cuba and Economic Sanctions | ||
| The author discusses economic nationalism and sanctions in this chapter of your textbook. At this site, you can find information regarding the history of U.S.-Cuba policy. ( http://www.uscubacommission.org/htm/historyfr.htm ) | ||
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| Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq (CASI) | ||
| CASI campaigns for the lifting of the current economic sanctions enforced by the UN against Iraq, which according to CASI, have had a disastrous effect on the citizens of Iraq. CASI does not believe in the effectiveness of economic sanctions and it is against using them as a political tool. ( http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/ ) | ||
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| The United Nations Development Programme | ||
| According to the author, much of the world is generally divided into two economic spheres: a wealthy North and a less wealthy South. To learn more about the economic issues facing the least developed countries of the world, visit the United Nations Development Programme Web site. UNDP's mission is to help countries in their efforts to achieve human development by assisting them to build their capacity to design and carry out development programs in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women, and the protection and regeneration of the environment, giving first priority to poverty eradication. ( http://www.undp.org/ ) | ||
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| Exchange Rates | ||
| The importance of exchange rates is discussed in this chapter of your textbook. This site provides information on up-to-the-minute currency exchange rates. You can also use the interactive conversion table to compare exchange rates of world currencies. So, if you have some Japanese yen left over from your trip to Asia, check out what they would be worth in France. ( http://quote.yahoo.com/m3?u ) | ||
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