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  • This house supports imposing ERP in congested emerging economic hubs (Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh, Bangalore etc.)

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    Electronic road pricing (ERP) is a system in Singapore where drivers automatically pay a fee when they pass through ERP gantries, or gates positioned mostly at entrances to downtown Singapore. Residents leaving downtown in a personal vehicle also pay this fee. There is no fee when taking public transit, and there are off-hours when the ERP fee isn’t active (at night and during weekends/holidays).

    Queen's Summer Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-08-24

  • This house believes that developing nations with budding esports communities (i.e., Turkey, Vietnam, Pakistan) should cut funding for popular sports that they perform poorly in (tennis, football etc.) and invest in the development of esports instead

    Ravi Debating Championship 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-08-23

  • This house as developing states would prefer the use of a basket of currency (SDR) to the US Dollar as the global reserve currency

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    The SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is an international reserve asset. The SDR is not a currency, but its value is based on a basket of five currencies—the US dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the British pound sterling.

    Accra Open X · Round 5 · 2024-08-22

  • THC the use of happiness economics when measuring the quality of life

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    Happiness economics is the formal academic study of the relationship between individual satisfaction and economic issues such as employment and wealth. Happiness economics is an attempt to overcome certain shortcomings of the traditional happiness measurement approach by trying to measure utility, which is the concept of enjoyment that people experience from satisfactions of wants and needs. It centers on econometric analysis to discover which factors might increase or decrease human well-being and quality of life.

    Enchiridion British Parliamentary 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-08-10

  • This house believes that that developing countries should heavily invest in open banking technology

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    Open banking is a banking practice that provides third-party financial service providers open access to consumer banking, transaction, and other financial data from banks and non-bank financial institutions through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs). Examples of Open banking interfaces include personal finance apps, credit score analysis apps, etc.

    Svirsky Cup 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-08-10

  • This house regrets the rise of youth sports academies in the developing world (example: MLB in the Dominican Republic)

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    Many professional sports teams have academies established across the globe in order to scout and recruit young talent. For example, every single Major League Baseball (MLB) has an academy in the Dominican Republic, where over 100 active MLB players originate from.

    EDS Fall High School Tournament 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-08-10

  • This house supports a complete takeover of the Oil and Gas industry in Sarawak by Petros.

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    Historically, the oil and gas industry in Malaysia has been predominantly controlled by Petronas, the national oil company owned by the Malaysian federal government. 5% of the revenues from oil and gas is returned to oil- producing states as royalties. Since 2014, Sarawak, a state within Malaysia rich in oil and gas, has been negotiating with Petronas for an increase in oil royalty to 20%. In 2017, Sarawak established Petroleum Sarawak (Petros), a state-owned oil and gas exploration firm which manage the state’s oil and gas resources and has full ownership over all oil wells in Sarawak. It was recently announced that starting from 2025, Petros would completely take over the buying and selling of natural gas in Sarawak.

    East Malaysia Open 2024 · Semi Finals · 2024-08-02

  • In rapidly-developing megacities, This House Prefers the "chaotic warm approach" in urban planning as opposed to Le Corbusier’s approach

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    A megacity is defined as a very large urban area, usually a metropolis, consisting of a main city supported by several satellite cities. Le Corbusier's concept of urban planning envisions polished infrastructures (wide roads, clear sidewalks, spacious public facilities etc.) within cities with well-defined sectors (clear separation of residential and commercial areas). A 'chaotic warm' approach is a city that looks “messy” from up above but feels 'warm' to its inhabitants: for example the presence of urban villages, city alleyways scattered with street food hawkers and hole-in-the-wall establishments. For the purpose of this debate, both approaches would also aim for cleanliness, relative law and order and security albeit in different ways of delivering/implementing them.

    Denning Debating Championship 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-08-02