Privatization is currently taking place in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the transition to market economies. It is also taking place in many LDCs that are trying to reduce government spending and generate income by selling unprofitable services and industries. A state that disregards international law and is believed to pose a threat to international security. The concept that a nation has complete autonomy to determine its own policies. There is no higher authority that dictates the decisions of a nation-state.
Subsidies can keep consumer prices low while maintaining a higher income for domestic producers.
Sustainable development projects often concentrate on education and the refinement of local production techniques with a great deal of respect for local customs and traditions. A fee that a government charges to the importer of a foreign good. Tariffs are passed along to the consumer through higher prices on imported goods. A criminal act that is undertaken with the purpose of achieving political gain. It may or may not be directed against a particular government, and it may or may not be state-sponsored.