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  2. Quotaism - Wikipedia

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    Leaving positions unfilled in state departments can have a negative effect on service delivery. This is a very serious concern when applied in police forces of countries with high crime figures. This can also lead to slow economic growth and social mobility pigeonholing. Quota systems can have a discriminative effect on minorities;

  3. Production quota - Wikipedia

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    A production quota is a goal for the production of a good. It is typically set by a government or an organization, and can be applied to an individual worker, firm, industry or country. Quotas can be set high to encourage production, or can be used to restrict production to support a certain price level. [1]

  4. National Origins Formula - Wikipedia

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    The total number of U.S. inhabitants in 1920 with national origins in quota countries was 89,506,558 so the national origins formula f expressed mathematically as f = ⁠ n / 89,506,558 ⁠ = ⁠ q / 150,000 ⁠, where n is the number of inhabitants of any given national origin and q is the quota, hence to convert n into q required ...

  5. Protectionism - Wikipedia

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    Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations.

  6. 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement - Wikipedia

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    The protest began in June 2024, in response to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh reinstating a 30% quota for descendants of freedom fighters, reversing the government decision made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Students began to feel like they have a limited opportunity based on merit.

  7. Free trade - Wikipedia

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    Two simple ways to understand the proposed benefits of free trade are through David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and by analyzing the impact of a tariff or import quota. An economic analysis using the law of supply and demand and the economic effects of a tax can be used to show the theoretical benefits and disadvantages of free trade.

  8. Quota - Wikipedia

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    Import quota, a restriction on the quantity of goods that can be imported into a country; Market Sharing Quota, an economic system used in Canadian agriculture; Milk quota, a quota on milk production in Europe; Individual fishing quota, a quota on allowable catch

  9. Quota system - Wikipedia

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    Quota System can refer to: Quota System (Royal Navy), a system in place from 1791 to 1815 for manning British naval ships; Reservation in India, quota systems in India favoring lower castes, women, religious minorities, indigenous peoples, and others; Quota Borda system; Racial quota, in hiring minorities; Quotaism; Import quota, in trade ...