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  • This House Believes That implementing bonded government scholarships is in the interest of developing states

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    Bonded scholarship programmes in places like Singapore and Malaysia facilitate the ability of students to study abroad at elite universities. These programs are paid for by the state in return for the student being to work for the state for a given period of time (3, 5, 10 years). Students may be bonded to specific departments or just bonded in general. It is possible for students to occasionally default on their bond and pay back the cost of education at a large premium.

    Transatlantic World Schools Championships 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-02-23

  • The BP company believes that oil-rich countries need to move away from Special Economic Zone policy.

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    Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are specifically defined areas within a country's geographic jurisdiction that are focused on future economic sectors. For example, the establishment of an SEZ in city A for the development of innovative technologies. An area designated as an SEZ has certain opportunities in the field specialized by the SEZ, such as the availability of the necessary raw materials. SEZs benefit from different legal status than other areas and economic sectors within the country. For instance, they may have tax benefits, relaxed customs regulations (duty-free), eased labor laws, etc. When establishing an SEZ, the state usually tries to attract both foreign and domestic investors, but it provides the necessary infrastructure for the SEZ by itself.

    Қазақстан Пікірсайыс Чемпионаты 2024 · 1/2 финал · 2024-02-21

  • The BRICS Development Bank supports its expansion.

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    BRICS is an international organization composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Initially established with an economic purpose, the organization has evolved to take on a geopolitical direction in recent times. From January 1, 2024, Ethiopia, UAE, Iran, and Egypt joined the BRICS.

    Қазақстан Пікірсайыс Чемпионаты 2024 · Раунд 6 · 2024-02-21

  • This house, as a major global power, would not use predatory lending policies.

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    "Predatory lending policies" in the global context means wealthy countries giving large loans to poorer countries with the intention of extracting economic or political concessions when the poorer country becomes unable to meet its repayment obligations.

    Copenhagen Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-02-08

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of BRICS to not include the Middle Eastern bloc (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE) in the expansion

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    BRICS is a bloc of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. While originally created to highlight economic opportunities, the bloc has increasingly become more geopolitical in nature. In August 2023, it was announced that five countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE, were offered membership to the bloc.

    Sunnydale Rhetoric 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-02-08

  • This house believes that it is within the best interest of Indo-Pacific countries to pivot to India’s Indo-Pacific Approach as opposed to China’s Belt Road Initiative

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    India’s Indo-Pacific Approach is a strategy of forming and strengthening partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific such as Vietnam, Philippines, Fiji, and Indonesia.

    Raul Roco Cup XVI · Quince Martires Cup · 2024-02-01

  • This house believes that governments of developing nations with high national or sovereign debts should aggressively pursue haircuts as opposed to other debt options(including but not limited to defaulting, debt restructuring etc)

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    In finance, a haircut refers to the reduction applied to the value of an asset for the purpose of calculating the capital requirement, margin, and collateral level. In the context of sovereign debt, it refers to the process of reducing the face value of outstanding debt securities, which in turn reduces the amount of principal that bondholders are entitled to receive.

    Kampala Open 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-01-27

  • This house believes that the choice of the economic liberalism as a dominant doctrine by major international financial institutions has done more harm than good

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    Economic liberalism is a doctrine that assumes the best way to develop societies is to minimize government intervention into the economy and apply greater focus to international trade. International financial institutions such as WTO, the IMF or the WB often support measures in line with this doctrine. Examples ofimplementation include: minimizing the number of trade tariffs in the world bythe WTO, or encouraging the reduction of public spending and privatization ofstate-owned entreprises by the IMF<br></p>

    The 8th CBS Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Novice Semi Finals · 2024-01-20

  • This house supports the use of SEZs in middle income countries.

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    <p>A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in a country that is designed to generate economic growth. SEZs have different regulations to the rest of the country. Regulations in an SEZ are designed to be favourable to businesses, to encourage businesses to invest. For example, an SEZ might subject businesses to fewer regulations, or offer tax incentives if they invest there.&nbsp;<br></p>

    Asia Schools Open - Asian 3v3 Debate (Winter Edition) 2024 · U15 Finals · 2024-01-20

  • This house, from a veil of ignorance, would prefer to be born into the 2nd Moon

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    In this parallel reality, Earth has a second moon, Terraformed to support life, but significantly lessprosperous (much less fertile, no natural resources), acommunist society has been established on that moon. Inthis society people are genuinelly equal, governmentalpower is not manipulated or corrupted, and basic needs aremostly provided, but the living standard is about that of people living on 5$ a day.

    The 8th CBS Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Open Grand Finals · 2024-01-20

  • This house, as the CCP would bailout major private banks and housing companies in the chinese economy

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    Currently the Chinese is facing huge issues due to the failure of it's housing sector. The Housing Sector, which is one the largest drivers of the economy, is also funded by largest Chinese private banks, who have either defaulted or are on the verge due to this. China, to disincentivise exposure of it's economy due to private actors haspreviously refused bail out these banks and companies and tried to promote it's public companies. However, for the first time in 2 decades China has not attractedany Foreign Investment in last 6 months, and companies are continuing to pull out from the Chinese Economy. China recently has started giving small fiscal stimulus to the defaulted banks and companies.

    The 8th CBS Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Open Quarterfinals · 2024-01-20