what kind of economy does PANAMA have? traditional, market, command or mixed?
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supply and demand.\nCapitalism.\nI guess in your choices you would call it market.
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Fishing, seaweed, trade, access to other countries.
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Grenada is the actual name of the country. It is known as the spice isle and a major export is nutmeg. I don't know the economy in the 1970s but it was probably nutmeg, bananas and tourism.
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You don't need a panamanian wife to live there........I tell you that from experience.  Best place to live...province of chiriqui, best village, el valle, best beaches..........the whole country.
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As I believe the French refer to a "Panama Problem" when there's a securities fraud, in reference to the French corporation that endeavored to build The Panama Canal in the late 19th. Century, and went bankrupt.\n\nIf it's something different now, I don't know what they are referring to.
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Panama\n\nNote that this is also the southernmost country in North America, since Central America is part of North America.
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The history of the Panama Canal goes back to 16th century. After realizing the riches of Peru, Ecuador, and Asia, and counting the time it took the gold to reach the ports of Spain, it was suggested c.1524 to Charles V, that by cutting out a piece of land somewhere in Panama, the trips would be made shorter and the risk of taking the treasures through the isthmus would justify such an enterprise. A survey of the isthmus was ordered and subsequently a working plan for a canal was drawn up in 1529. The wars in Europe and the thirsts for the control of kingdoms in the Mediterranean Sea simply put the project on permanent hold.
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Panama (Spanish: Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. A transcontinental country, its isthmus constitutes the last part of a natural land bridge between the North American and South American continents. It borders Costa Rica to the north and Colombia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.\n\nPanama is divided into 9 provinces (provincias) and 3 provincial-level indigenous territories (comarcas indígenas). There are also 2 sub-provincial comarcas.\n\nThe provinces are:\n\nBocas del Toro \nChiriquí \nCoclé \nColón \nDarién \nHerrera \nLos Santos \nPanamá \nVeraguas \nThe provincial-level comarcas are:\n\nEmberá \nKuna Yala \nNgöbe-Buglé \nThe sub-provincial comarcas are Kuna de Madugandí and Kuna de Wargandí, which are part of Panamá and Darién provinces, respectively.\n\nThe culture, customs, and language of the Panamanians are predominantly Caribbean Spanish. Ethnically, the majority of the population is mestizo or mixed Spanish, Indian, Chinese, and African descent. Spanish is the official and dominant language; English is a common second language spoken by the West Indians and by many in business and the professions. More than half the population lives in the Panama City–Colón metropolitan corridor.\n\nThe majority of Panamanians are Roman Catholic, accounting for almost 80% of the population. Although the Constitution recognises Catholicism as the religion of the majority, Panama has no official religion. Evangelical Christians are now estimated to be around 10% of the population. Other Protestant churches make up about 4% of the population. Other major religions in Panama are Islam (4.4%), the Bahá'í Faith (1.2%), Buddhism (at least 1%), Judaism (0.4%), and Hinduism (0.3%). The Jewish community, with over 10,000 members, is by far the biggest community in the region (including Central America, Colombia and the Caribbean). Jewish immigration began in the late 19th Century, and at present there are three synagogues in Panama City, as well as two Jewish schools. Within Latin America, Panama has one of the largest Jewish communities in proportion to its population, surpassed by Uruguay and Argentina, as well as among the largest Muslim, East Asian, and South Asian.\n\nAlso in regards to the Bahá'í Faith, Panama hosts one of only seven Bahá'í Houses of Worship in the world. Completed in 1972 in Panama City, it is perched on a high cliff overlooking the canal, and is constructed of local stone laid in a pattern reminiscent of Native American fabric designs.\n\nPanama, because of its historical reliance on commerce, is above all a melting pot. This is shown, for instance, by its considerable population of Chinese origin, who number around 150,000, or about 5% of the population. (See main article at Chinatowns in Latin America—Panama). Many Chinese immigrated to Panama to help build the Panama Railroad. A term for "corner store" in Panamanian Spanish is el chino, reflecting the fact that many corner stores are owned and run by Chinese immigrants. (Other countries have similar social patterns, for instance, the "Arab" corner store of France.)\n\nThe country is also the smallest in Spanish-speaking Latin America in terms of population, with Uruguay as the second-smallest (by almost 400,000). However, since Panama has a faster birth rate, it is likely that in the coming years its population will surpass Uruguay's.\n\nThe balboa is the official currency of Panama. Its ISO 4217 code is PAB.\n\nThe balboa has been tied to the U.S. dollar (which is legal tender in Panama) at an exchange rate of 1:1 since 1904, and balboas can be exchanged for U.S. dollars in Panama at any time at a 1:1 ratio. The balboa is divided into 100 centésimos(or cents); modern 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centésimo coins are the same weight, dimensions and metallic composition as the U.S. penny, nickel, dime, quarter and half-dollar respectively.
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Panama.\n\nThe poverty there was truely astounding.  I saw an entire city made of card board and the electricity was generater made and lined with extention cords.  It also had no plumbing so human waste was thrown in the street for the rains to wash away.  It was expected by a lot of families for the women to protestute to support them.\n\nThe area with the lowest crime rate was the block the police station was on and it had 18 muggings a day.  There were a lot of areas where if you did not have a gun, you did not need to go there.\n\nOf corse this was back in 1989 so things down there might have improved, but it made me realize how good we have it here.
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try here\n\nhttp://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/panama/JCIT/JCIT20.htm
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Coming from a Latin American (Argentinian)....\n\nThe answer to that question depends on what you think is "a good economic situation".\n*If it is to be determined by the size of the economy, then Brazil has the largest GDP and one of the most thirving industrial backgrounds. It is the "largest" economy.\n*If it to be determined by GDP per Capita, then I'd say Argentina, Chile or Mexico. (The three largests GDPs per capita, nominal and PPP)\n*If it is to be determined by the living standards of its peoples (as classified in the United Nations Human Development Index), then I'd say Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay, the countries that ranked higher.\n*If it is to be determined by economic independence, then I'd say Cuba or Venezuela, the two countries that have more independence from world market movements and more immunity to crashes.\n*Finally, if its to be determined by growth rate, then Venezuela, Cuba and Argentina, since they currently have the fastest growing economies.\n\nOverall, I'd say Argentina, Brasil and Venezuela are the ones in the best economic situation, since they are promoting a strong regional integration between themselves that will strenghten their overall economic independence, their GDP's, and hopefully reduce social inequalities. (Specially in the case of Venezuela, thanks to chavez's social policies.)
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Panama. You americans are so bloody insular!
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Panama is definitely considered a Central American nation.  Anything below Panama is considered South America.  The country of Panama was once owned by its' South American neighbor of Colombia until the United States helped this territory break away from Colombia for economic reasons that benefited both the US and Panamanians (so we could build the Panama Canal)in the early 1900's.  As for both Turkey and Russia, both these countries are considered (East) European nations but, in fact, do span both continents Europe and Asia.
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Real Estate in Panama is climbing in vaue almost daily.  When we moved here a year ago we had an option on our place for 199,000.00 we opted out and it's now listed for 250,000.00  There are over 200 new residential building going up in the city twenty stories or more.  One can only guess when or where it will end but there is still time to buy right and make an profit.  WIth the approved expansion of the canal the  incoming construction workers will provide an excellent opportunity for rental income.  As well as for foreign workers for the new water treatment being built for the city.
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Economic Aspects of Tobacco during the Colonial Period 1612-1776\n\nHere's a link to this article.\n\nhttp://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/colonialtobacco.html
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China has factories and they manufacture cheap stuff from high tech to low tech for consumers of the world.  Cuba only makes cigars.
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A traditional bussiness model is a bussines where the owner will rent or own an office space, invest in the infrastructure, hire a large work force and serve customers. \n\nNowadays more businesses are moving away from the  traditional business model rapidly to adjust according to highly competitive environment.