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China By any reckoning, 2008 was an eventful year for China. The high point was the successful organisation of the Beijing Olympic Games, which to the government’s relief passed off successfully.
Costa Rica Costa Rica’s economic policies are generally considered to be sound.The US Stae department notes that compared with its Central American neighbours, Costa Rica has achieved a high standard of living, with a per capita income of about US$5,800, and an unemployment rate of 4.6 per cent.
Chile Long seen as the Latin American economic ‘wunderkind’, Chile continues to attract plaudits from international bodies such as the World Bank for its economic management.
Canada Canada’s economic policies are governed, to a large extent, by those of the US. Traditionally, the US absorbs a frighteningly high proportion of Canadian exports. In the 1990s Canada made the developmental leap into the free trade regime negotiated with the US, subsequently to become

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By any reckoning, 2008 was an eventful year for China. The high point was the successful organisation of the Beijing Olympic Games, which to the government’s relief passed off successfully.

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Costa Rica’s economic policies are generally considered to be sound.The US Stae department notes that compared with its Central American neighbours, Costa Rica has achieved a high standard of living, with a per capita income of about US$5,800, and an unemployment...

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