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OBJECTIVES TO UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE WORLD’S EMERGING ECONOMIES TO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES Growth in the 21 st Century

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Page 1: OBJECTIVES TO UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE WORLD’S EMERGING ECONOMIES TO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES Growth in the 21 st Century

OBJECTIVESTO UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE WORLD’S EMERGING

ECONOMIESTO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE

WORLD’S ECONOMIES

Growth in the 21st Century

Page 2: OBJECTIVES TO UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE WORLD’S EMERGING ECONOMIES TO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES Growth in the 21 st Century

A little video

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-qdQL3qKii4s/dubai_worlds_fastest_growing_city/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8058341.stm

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Growth in the 21st Century

List as many emerging markets and economies that you can think of

Look at page 195 of your text book. What is a centralised political and economic system?

What is an open market model? How are these 2 things different?

Produce a time line on Dubai’s developmentAdd to this using

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Dubai

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Dubai International?

Airlines 1984 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006

Passenger movements

3.775 million 4.347 million 6.299 million 9.732 million15.973 million

28.788 million (2006)

Airfreight movements

99,338 tonnes

144,282 tonnes

243,092 tonnes

431,777 tonnes

764,193 tonnes

1.410 million tonnes (2006)

City links 12 36 54 110 170>215 (June 2006)

Weekly scheduled flights

N/A N/A N/A About 2,300 About 2,850>4,550 (June 2006)

What ahs happened to Dubai airport?

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On the world map shade if the country has contact with Dubai

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Opinion line

Dubai has diversified its economy wellDubai is a regional powerhouseDubai’s economic growth is sustainableDubai has branched into sufficient areas to

sustain its economy