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Romania's Recovery After The Economic Crisis, Claudiu Doltu, Marcel Duhaneanu Apr 2012

Romania's Recovery After The Economic Crisis, Claudiu Doltu, Marcel Duhaneanu

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

Compared with other countries in the region, Romania reacted slowly to the recent economic and financial crisis. After eight years of strong growth (200 1-2008), Romania's economic contraction was among the most severe in the region. Significant macroeconomic corrections occurred in 2010 but at the cost of compressing the household consumption and the investment. Downward adjusting the domestic demand by rapidly decreasing nominal wages and increasing taxes also discouraged businesses by increasing uncertainty. Partially, the macroeconomic policy worked well in 2010. However a steady growth in the next years will depend on the following three conditions: 1) reducing the transaction …


Job And Career Resources: Not Just For Public Libraries, Ben Davis, Kate Pope Apr 2012

Job And Career Resources: Not Just For Public Libraries, Ben Davis, Kate Pope

Georgia Library Quarterly

This article examines the process of creating, from idea to implementation, a career resource center at the Georgia College and State University Library and Instructional Technology Center. This resource center consists of a collection of the latest sources of information on strategies for successful career matching and job searching, in addition to a computer with bookmarked websites for easy navigation of selected helpful websites and informative articles.