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In line with worldwide tributes to the late Swedish EDM producer, Avicii - born Tim Bergling, here's an article on his homeland, Sweden. Tim Bergling passed away on the 20th of April, 2018, in Muscat, Oman.  Sweden is located in Northern Europe, bordered by Norway and Finland, and connected to Denmark via a land bridge. Stockholm is the country's capital, and is home to approximately 871,990 people.  Although Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, it has one of the lowest population densities in Europe - Sweden is home to only 9.5 million people. The official language spoken in Sweden is Swedish, and their currency since 1873 is the Swedish krona. Herewith 20 astonishing facts about Sweden. 1. Sweden became the first European country to establish national parks, in 1910. This is due to the Swede's love for nature. 2. Sweden has one of the world's highest life expectancies - 80.4 years for men, and 84 years for women. 3....

APPLICATION OF MALAYSIA’S DEVELOPMENT CYCLE TO THE CAMEROONIAN ECONOMY Abstract This paper detailly analyzes the processes or phases Malaysia has gone through from the time it achieved independence in 1957, using Rostow’s Growth model. It attempts to unveil the arms employed by Malaysia to become a ‘Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)’. The second section of this write-up attempts solutions that could be envisaged by the Cameroonian government in order that Cameroon, which got independence a few years later than Malaysia (1960), could become as prosperous as Malaysia which is barely a few years older in terms of independence, but the two economies are as contrasting as day and night. Introduction All through the analysis, we shall come across the term ‘development’, so we must ask ourselves; ‘What is development?’ answering this question will help us in better appreciating the magnitude of the research. Development is defined as being a multi-dimensional process which in...