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Job Outsourcing Statistics

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January 25, 2014

In the business, the term Outsourcing refers to the contracting out of a business process to a third-party and near the turn of 21^st century; the term Outsourcing has become most popular in the United States of America. Sometimes it involves transferring of assets and employees from the one firm to another but it is not practiced all the time. Outsourcing includes not only the domestic but it also includes the foreign contracting.

Outsourcing Statistic Report 2014

Outsourcing Statistics
Overall Number of U.S. jobs offshore outsourced during 2013	2,637,239
Percentage of the CFO’s surveyed who said that their firm was currently offshore outsourcing	36%
CFO’s who favored India for outsourcing percentage	26%
CFO’s who favored China for outsourcing	18%

Offshore Outsourcing Around The World

Offshore outsourcing is an activity in which the external organization is hired just to perform some business tasks within a country other than the countries where the products and services are actually produced. Opponents point out that the practice of sending business jobs from one country to the other country with the highest wages are the big factor reducing their own domestic employment rates and the investments.

Key Advantages of Outsourcing At a Glance

One major advantage of Job Outsourcing is the availability of lower costs, better availability of skilled individuals and the given work can be obtained faster through the global talent pool.Numerous customer services jobs and the jobs in the information technology sector such as computer programming, data processing and technical support in the different countries such as United Kingdom and United States have been or are probably affected. Following is a statistic report for the Offshore Outsourcing by sector showing the percentage of different companies.

Offshore Outsourcing By Sector	Percentage of Companies
Manufacturing	53 %
IT Services	43 %
R&D	38 %
Distribution	26 %
Call or Help Centers	12 %

There are number of factors for which the different companies and countries prefer Job Outsource. Low cost and quality work in the given time are the major factors behind its increasing trend. Following table is showing the different factors by percentage.

Factors involved that cause Companies Outsource	Percentage
Reduction and control in job costs	44 %
Gain access to the IT resources unavailable internally	34 %
It helps to free up the internal resources	31 %
Best for improving the business or Customer Focus	28 %
Much Essential for the Global Recolonization of Company	22 %
Accelerates the Projects	15 %
Gain access to management strategies unavailable internally	15 %
Reduce the Time to the Market	9 %

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Do you know what are the Top Rated Outsourcing Countries in the world?

There are number of countries which are famous as the top rated Outsourcing Countries around the world. Following is a list of such countries. This list includes the overall rating, resources, skills, workforce and cost index.

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List of Top Rated Outsourcing Countries in the world

Serial No.	Country	Overall Rate	Cost Index	Resources	Work Force
1.	India	7.1	8.3	6	1,430,000,000
2.	Indonesia	6.9	8.6	4.3	1,033,000,000
3.	China	6.4	7	5.6	780,000,000
4.	Bulgaria	6.4	8.8	2.9	3,000,000
5.	Philippines	6.3	9	2.8	39,000,000
6.	Jordan	6.2	7.6	2.7	2,000,000
7.	Singapore	6.5	6.4	5.7	3,000,000
8.	Thailand	6	8.2	2.3	39,000,000
9.	Lithuania	5.9	7	3.9	2,000,000
10.	Egypt	5.8	9	0.9	26,000,000
11.	Malaysia	5.8	7.9	2.2	12,000,000
12.	Estonia	5.8	7.5	5.2	1,000,000
13.	Chile	5.7	7.2	3	8,000,000
14.	Hungary	5.6	6.9	3.4	4,000,000
15.	Poland	5.6	6.1	3.6	17,000,000
16.	Czech Republic	5.6	6.9	3.2	5,000,000
17.	Ukraine	5.5	6.3	3.2	22,000,000
18.	Romania	5.5	6.8	2.7	9,000,000
19.	Latvia	5.4	7	2.7	1,000,000
20.	Vietnam	5.4	7.4	2.5	46,000,000
21.	Ghana	4.9	7.5	0.9	11,000,000
22.	South Africa	4.6	6.9	0.6	17,000,000
23.	Kenya	4.5	6.7	1.3	18,000,000
24.	Senegal	4.3	7.1	0.2	6,000,000

[box type=”tick” style=”rounded”]Currently India is the second most populated country in the world, Although it has the largest Hindu population in the world yet it is the second largest Muslim country in the world. it is the Top Rated Outsourcing Country in the world with the overall rating of 7.1.[/box]

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Forbes Best and Worst Countries for Business Statistics

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January 22, 2014

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Forbes Best and Worst Countries for Business Statistics

If you are thinking to start a business soon, you must have a good knowledge whether with which companies to start a business or not, it is clearly correlated with the rules and regulations of the countries in the world. Forbes has determined the best countries for business in the world by comparing about 145 different countries of the world on the basis of 11 different factors such as innovation, corruption, property rights, taxes, red tape, innovation, stock market performance, protection of investor and the freedom of trade and monetary. Moreover the personal freedom is also included in these factors. For making this report the data was obtained from the published reports of freedom house, property rights alliance, Heritage Foundation, World Bank, Transparency international and world economic forum.

Top 25 Best Countries for Business in the World

Rank	Country	GDP Billion	Tax Burden Rank	Innovation Rank	Monetary Freedom Rank	Red Tape Rank
1.	Ireland	$210	6	20	11	12
2.	New Zealand	$170	21	25	9	1
3.	Hong Kong	$263	4	23	12	5
4.	Denmark	$314	11	11	27	35
5.	Sweden	$526	36	6	12	52
6.	Finland	$250	19	1	36	48
7.	Singapore	$277	5	9	14	3
8.	Canada	$1800	8	21	77	2
9.	Norway	$501	16	12	60	46
10.	Netherlands	$773	26	10	20	14
11.	Australia	$1500	38	22	8	4
12.	United Kingdom	$2400	13	12	106	24
13.	Belgium	$485	60	14	38	43
14.	United States	$16724	51	7	80	18
15.	Iceland	$14	33	26	67	45
16.	Switzerland	$632	15	2	2	84
17.	Slovenia	$46	44	38	17	33
18.	Taiwan	$474	47	8	10	16
19.	France	$2600	42	19	20	36
20.	Portugal	$213	65	28	37	28
21.	Luxembourg	$57	14	18	38	83
22.	Chile	$268	34	41	3	19
23.	Estonia	$22	28	30	58	52
24.	Germany	$3400	70	4	19	90
25.	Lithuania	$42	45	42	48	11

At present Ireland is considered the best country around the world to start a business. but what countries are the bad countries to start a business it is also an interesting question. Following is a list of Worst Countries to Start a Business.

Forbes List of Top 10 Worst Countries to Start a Business In the World

Rank	Country	Capital
1.	Libya	Tripoli
2.	Gambia	Banjul
3.	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
4.	Haiti	Port-au-Prince
5.	Venezuela	Caracas
6.	Angola	Luanda
7.	Zimbabwe	Harare
8.	Myanmar	Naypyidaw
9.	Chad	N’Djamena
10.	Guinea	Conakry

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List of Top 10 Countries With Internet Censorship 2015

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January 15, 2014

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List of Top 10 Countries With Internet Censorship 2015

What is Internet Censorship ?

Internet Censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, viewed or published on the internet. The concerned governments or the regulators may carry it out. While the persons and organizations may hold the self-censorship for the religious, business or the moral reasons. The committee to for the protection of the journalists (CPI) has registered that in several Asian countries and the Middle East, the information is submitted to the censorship by their governments. In some cases, the dictatorships or the totalitarian governments are restricting the access to this media and enforcing prison as the punishment for uploading any ambiguous information to the personal websites.

The extent of internet censorship varies by a nation to nation. Besides the most democratic countries of the world have the moderate internet censorship while the other countries go as far as to limit the access of information such as suppress discussion and the news among the citizens of that nations. Below is a list of top 10 countries that censor the internet, where the blogging actions are considered risky and where you can get in serious trouble for doing so.

List of Top 10 Countries With Internet Censorship 2015 Rankings

10.Turkmenistan

In Turkmenistan, numerous people considered the internet as a luxury because of its uppermost cost. It is a policy used by the government to discourage people from using it. The government is the only internet service provider in Turkmenistan. It blocks the access to many websites while monitoring all the email accounts in Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail. Also, the government blocks the websites relating to human rights organizations and news agencies. A single attempt to break out the censorship could lead to the grave penalty.

9. Vietnam

The Vietnam government has asked Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and many other websites to provide all the particulars of the bloggers that are using their platform. Also, the government has created an agency just to monitor the uploaded information and blocking websites, which are critical to the Vietnamese government. Besides, the Vietnamese government also blocks the websites relating to International human rights and political parties.

8. Tunisia

In Tunisia, the internet service providers are required to submit a report to their government containing the IP addresses and personal information of bloggers on the regular basis. It is only to make sure that they are recognized and under instant watch. All the traffic goes through the central net with which the government filters all the uploaded data and monitors the emails. Moreover, Tunisia has blocked thousands of websites relating to pornography, mail, search engine cached pages, online documents, peer-to-peer and FTP transfer, conversion and translation services.

7. Syria

In Syria, the Syrian government arrests any blogger who expresses any anti-governmental thought or any view that may put at risk for the national unity. Moreover, the websites that are criticizing the government are also blocked immediately. The owners of cyber cafes are compelled to ask all their customers for recognition, their registered name, and time of their usage and report them to the concerned authorities.In addition to filter a wide range of web content, the Syrian government monitors the internet usage very deeply and has arrested the citizens for expressing their opinions or reporting information online.

6. China

China is the most populated country in the world. It has the most inflexible censorship program in the world. It counts with the service providers that filter the searches, block websites, erase any tiresome content and monitor the emails traffic. China blocks and filters the Internet content relating to the Tibetan and Taiwan independence, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, police brutality, freedom of speech, some international news, pornography, propaganda outlets, religious movements and much other blogging websites in China.

5. Iran

The bloggers who challenge to criticize the government or any religious or political figure are arrested and harassed. In Iran, every person having a blog or a personal web page is required to be registered with the ministry of art and culture. The Government has filtered the websites having the content dangerous for the government, political blogs, pornography sites, women’s rights websites, weblogs and the online magazines.

4. Saudi Arabia

In a recent few years, the Saudi Government has blocked more than 4,00,000 websites including any website that board political, religious or social topics. In 2004, the Open Net Initiative made a research revealing that Saudi Arabia has the most violent censorship focused on the pornography, drug usage, gambling, religious conversion of Muslims and the filtering circumvention tools.

3. Cuba

Cuba has the lowest ratio of the computers per capita in the Latin America, and the least internet access ratio of the entire western hemisphere. Cuba government gives the right to use the Internet to people through the specific access points that are monitoring through the IP blocking, browsing history and keyword filtering. Here only pro-governmental bloggers and employees are authorized to upload data on the internet.

2. Burma

The censorship of printed and audiovisual media. Burma has a minimum internet access in the civil life, which is deeply monitored by the government, and it has the duty to filter the emails and block the access to the human rights groups and opposition group websites.

1. North Korea

In the ranking list of top 10 most internet censored countries, North Korea holds the first spot since In North Korea, only 4% population have the access to the internet, which is deeply censored by the national government.The North Korean network in monitored deeply by only two websites being hosted under a domain name. Same like other media, all the websites are also in the control of North Korean government because here uploading is not allowed to all the inhabitants.So all the data is uploaded and approved by the government.

Internet Censorship by Country 2015 Ranking List

Rank	Most Internet Censored Countries	Capital
1.	North Korea	Pyongyang
2.	Burma	Naypyidaw
3.	Cuba	Havana
4.	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
5.	Iran	Tehran
6.	China	Beijing
7.	Syria	Damascus
8.	Tunisia	Tunis
9.	Vietnam	Hanoi
10.	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat

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Credit Card Fraud Statistics Report

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A credit card is one of the most popular and widely used payment methods allowing the cardholders to pay for goods or services through it. Having many benefits it also have some drawbacks from which one is known as Credit Card Fraud that is wide-ranging term for theft and fraud committed using it or any related payment method as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction.

The purpose of such illegal practice is to buy goods and services without paying or to get hold of the unauthorized funds from an account by unlawful practice. In accordance to the United States federal Trade commission, while the identity theft had been increasing during the last few years, it a saw 21% increase in 2008. However, such incidents got decline during the last few years. Although the occurrence of such frauds is limited to only 0.1% of the all transactions. According to a research in 1999, almost one out of 1200 transactions turned out to be fraudulent.During 2007, the fraud was estimated at £535 million in United Kingdom.

Cards fraud begins with the theft of a physical card or the data associated with an account including the card account number or any other information relating to it. What countries have the highest credit cards fraud rates in the world?

Credit Card Fraud Statistics Report	Data
American People affected by such frauds	10 %
American Citizens reported as the victims of Debit Card Frauds	7%
Median Reported Amount by Frauds	$399
All Financial Frauds Concerned to Credit Cards	40%
Overall Amount of Credit Cards Fraud around the globe	$5.55 Billion

Different types of credit card frauds Throughout the World

There are several types of credit card frauds but these vary from where both the card and criminal are present to where the criminal has acquired the particulars of a card holder and now he is able to pay for the goods fraudulently over the internet or phone. The telephone and internet transactions have increased the risks for the credit card frauds around the world. Fraudsters should not be treated as the normal people because they are more creative, fast-moving and intelligent than common people. Following is detailed information about the diverse types of credit card frauds.

[box type=”note” style=”rounded”]This section is consisted on the different fraudulent techniques and I am sure, after reading this information you will be able to defend you against such frauds.[/box]

Different Types of Credit Card Frauds

Application fraud through which a person will falsify an application for the acquirement of a card. Application fraud can be come apart into assumed identity where a person pretends to be somebody else.
Financial Fraud: In this type, a person provides the fake information about his or her financial position just for the attainment of a card for its illegal use.
Intercept Fraud: In this type, a person applies for a card legitimately but before reaching its real destination, this card is stolen.
Lost and Stolen Credit Cards are also used in number of illegal ways that are increasing the number of annual fraud rates around the world.

Following table includes all the types of frauds and their percentage.

Every Type of Credit Card Fraud	Percentage
Countriesfeit Credit Cards	37
Lost Or Stole	23
No-Card Fraud means giving the particulars related to a card to a non-legit telemarketer	10
Stolen Cards During the Mailing Fraud	7
Fraud of Identity Theft	4

4 Initial Points of Contact for Frauds

Everyone should be careful and conscious about his/her credit card and transactions because a little mistake may cause a big fraud. Following is a statistical table showing the initial points of contact for frauds.

Initial Point of Contact for Frauds	Percentage
Email	48
Internet Websites	12
Telephone	10
Miscellaneous	17

There are number of people who are victims of such frauds following is a statistical table of different people who are being effected by fraudulent people on the basis of their age.

Fraud Effected People by Age	Percentage
People aged between 20 – 29	19
People aged between 30 – 39	22
People aged between 40 – 49	25
People aged between 50 – 59	25
People aged between 60 +	10

Debit and credit card fraud has threatened almost all the countries but United States has reported to have more cases than all other countries of the world. Following is a list of states having the highest rates of credit cards frauds in the world.

List of States With Highest Credit Card Frauds in the World

Rank	State	Rate Per 1,00,000
1.	Nevada	412.9
2.	Colorado	412.4
3.	New Hampshire	387.2
4.	Maryland	393.6
5.	Oregon	291.7
6.	Alaska	377.7
7.	Washington	376.1

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How to Prevent the Credit Card Frauds 13 steps

In the eyes of a thief, what thing is better than cash? The answer might be a credit card. So it has become more essential for every card holder to have some information about its protection. After highlighting the fraud statistics and their types, you might be thinking how to prevent credit card frauds and what the precautionary measures you should take to avoid such frauds. At the end we are going to tell you the 13 points, which can protect you against this illegal attack.

You must treat your cards same like your cash.
Sign up your new cards as early as they arrive and cut up your old cards after their expiry date.
Always make sure that your each transaction is processed in your own presence while purchasing your required things. When the cashier return your card then check it to ensure that it is your own card and it has not been tempered with in any way.
A proper check and balance can help you to prevent frauds, so always try to keep your receipts for its comparison with your statement.
Your statement is much important because of its sensitive information, so always keep your statement in a safe place.
You should keep your credit card numbers confidential for the privacy.
Sign your credit cards using a permanent ink as early as after keeping it in your possession.
After every transaction, total your charge slip before signing in, because blank spaces are an invitation for unscrupulous people to add the additional amounts according to their choice.
If you feel any unfamiliar transaction on your statement then never wait anymore to inform your bank.
Shred all your statements before depositing them even those for the disabled accounts.
Before changing your mailing address must inform your bank so the newest statements or any other documents are not sent on the old mailing address, which cause any difficulty for you.
While you are traveling overseas, feel free to inform your concerned bank.
Always keep the contact number of your related bank at your hand and inform if your card is lost or stolen.

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[box type=”tick” style=”rounded”]I hope you will keep these precious points in your mind forever and i assure you if you follow these points you will never trapped in any fraud. Wish you all the Best.[/box]

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Top 5 Best Countries to Live in the World

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Top 5 Best Countries to Live in the World

In this world, no two countries are the same because one country is famous for its breath taking views while the other country is known for its people. Sometimes a particular cuisine is a subject of pride for some nations and a mere location is making some countries unique some times. Every country in has some different things to offer which you wouldn’t find elsewhere. The Economic co-operation development organization has revealed the best countries to live in the world and prepared a list of top ten best countries to live in the world.

List of the Five Best Countries to Live in the World

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1. Australia

If you are talking about the best countries to live in the world, Australia comes to the top. It is officially recognized as the Commonwealth of Australia which comprises the major area of Australian continent with the total area of 7,692,024 sq km. It is famous enough for its highest literacy rates, maternity allowances, sickness and old-age pensions for its inhabitants. Furthermore it is full of natural resources therefore it is the second largest gold producing country in the world. It is one of the most developed countries in the world. More than 23,322,684 inhabitants are living in Australia with a good quality of with the per capita $ 43,042 it is considered one of the richest countries in the world. It is a beautiful country for tourism having a lot of attractions for the tourists coming from the different parts of the world. It is given the third rank in the list of countries that are earning most from tourism.

2. Denmark

Denmark is an European country and it is officially recognized as Kingdom of Denmark. It is located at the South-west of Sweden and bordered by Germany. Although it is a small country yet it has so much to offer. It is covering the total area of 42,915.7 sq km. Its population up till Jan 2013 was calculated 5,602,536, its people are much loving and caring.One more interesting thing about this country which is more impressive Denmark was the first country in the world to bring the environmental law. Here education is almost free and after being 18 years old, a student can apply for the educational scholarships . Here is one of the most popular and best healthcare system operated by the taxes not by the social contributions. All these things are making it the best country to live in the world.

3. Netherlands

Netherlands is also a European country and it is officially recognized as the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of 12 provinces, it is covering the total area of 41,543 sq km. Having more than 16,819,595 inhabitants it is the tenth most populated country in the Europe continent. Like other countries of the world, it has not only a single capital, but it has two capitals named The Hague and Amsterdam. From 4 to 16 years the education is compulsory. The country name means the Low Country because half of its surface is a little less than one meter below the sea level. Netherlands is a good example of strongest economies in the world.

4. Sweden

Sweden is officially recognized as the Kingdom of Sweden located in northern Europe. It is reported to be one of the countries with highest life expectancy rates in the world. It is famous for its iron and timber exports. It is the third largest European country. Stockholm is the capital and largest city of this nation. It is covering the total area of 44,99,64 sq km. Its population according to 2012 census 9,555,893.Its temperature is famous as the temperate climate. The trade unions are given much importance that enforce the rights of their employees.

5. Norway

Norway is officially recognized as the Kingdom of Norway, Oslo is the capital and the largest city of this nation. It is a small country covering the total area of 385,178 square kilometers and 5.2% water. It is one of the happiest countries to live in the world. Its population is 5096300. Having the per capita GDP of $55,398, Norway is given the 4^th rank in the list of richest countries in the world. Due to highest literacy rates, good healthcare system, and many other facilities it is reported to be the fifth best country to live in the world.

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What is the Best country to Live in the World?

[box type=”tick” style=”rounded”]At present Australia is the best country to live in the world having the different reasons making it the best place to live in the world.[/box]

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What Countries are Socialist Today

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The word socialism has been thrown around the world within a few years ago, before going to discuss the socialist countries in the world; we should understand what socialism meaning is. “It can be defined as an economic and political system which emphasizes on the means of production, distribution and exchange should be owned by the community as a whole.” There are several kinds of socialism so it cannot be defined in a single definition. A true socialist government is same like a democracy where everyone has the right to raise his voice and he should be given the equal priority and weight. The good governments always provide more facilities to their nationalists.The countries that have declared them as socialists, they have number of similarities to the united states of America, Do you know what countries are socialist today?

List of 4 Socialist Countries Today

Rank	Country	Capital	Socialist Since	Party
1.	China	Beijing	1 October 1949	Communist Party of China
2.	Cuba	Havana	1 July 1961	Communist Party of Cuba
3.	Laos	Vientiane	2 December 1975	Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
4.	Vietnam	Hanoi	2 July 1976	Communist Party of Vietnam

Question of the Day

What country is the most socialist country in the world?

[box type=”tick” style=”rounded”]Ans : At present China is the most socialist country in the world.Chinese government has well-managed and controlled its economy and the number of domestic organizations are owned and operated by its own government. According to a recent survey China’s economy has become more geared towards the capitalism, but still it is officially recognized as a socialist country. It is the most populated country in the world having more than 1.351 billion population.[/box]

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What Country is Dubai Located In

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December 18, 2013

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Dubai is one of the attractive places for the tourists and that is why, it is receiving the huge amount of tourists coming from the different edges of the world. The main things that are increasing its beauty are the sub-tropical weather, architectural marvels and the sunny beaches. Some people don’t know where is Dubai located or what is the exact location of this beautiful city. So after reading this article you will not only know what country is Dubai in but also learn more about this beautiful city.

Same like the other tourism places Dubai also has number of attractions for its visitors and the main things are beautiful beaches and the awesome looking sea resting on the white sand.While talking about the beaches we even can’t forget the Jumeirah Beach which is the largest beach in having the area that is separated in diverse parts by many clubs and Hotels. Furthermore there is another beach which is known as Al Mamzar having the sunny environment along with the lush green spaces and the attractive areas for your children.

If you are looking for a night fun, there are lots of night clubs and hotels, where you can have more fun even you are free to drink alcoholic beverages within such hotels and clubs. According to a research in 2012, It is the 22^nd most expensive city around the globe while it is considered the most expensive city in the Middle East.

Google Map of This Great City

Question of the Day

Where is Dubai located, is Dubai a country or a city?

In fact Dubai is not a country but it is a city located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) covering the total area of 4,114 sq km. It is one of the seven emirates that are forming a part of this nation.

It is officially recognized as Emirates of Dubai and its population according to Jan, 2013 estimates was calculated 2,106,177. It is enough famous for its natural beauty and amazing places such as Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Fountains, Atlantis Hotel and many other attractions for the tourists coming from the different places of the world.

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What Countries are Communist Now

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What is Communism meaning?

Different countries have different systems of their government, some nations are known as democratic countries, some have dictatorship while on the other hand some countries have the communism system of government. “Communism is a political system same like the democracy or the dictatorship. The main point of this theory is the equality, means everyone is equal.” There are several countries which are considered communist countries in the world. During the reign of Soviet Union, there were many communist countries throughout Asia, Africa and the Eastern Europe. In the 12^th century Angola, Albania, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Benin, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia , Hungry and many other countries were considered the communist countries in the world. But what countries are communist today is the main question. Following is a list of top five countries which are considered to be the communist countries today.

A summarized List of Current Communist Countries in the World

Rank	Country	Capital
1.	China	Beijing
2.	Cuba	Havana
3.	Laos	Vientiane
4.	North Korea	Pyongyang
5.	Vietnam	Hanoi

1.China

China is the largest and most populated country in the world, it is considered to be the most communist country in the world, During 1949 Mao Zedong took the control of China and it was given the official name of People’s Republic of China and it became a communist country in the world. China is also known as Red China for being controlled by a strong communism party.

2. Cuba

Cuba is officially recognized as Republic of Cuba which is an island country located in the North America. Havana is the capital as well as the largest city of Cuba. It is covering the total area of 109884 sq km. More than 11,167,325 inhabitants are living in this country which became a wholly communist country in the world during 1961.

3. Laos

Laos is an Asian country which is officially recognized as Lao People’s Democratic Republic .It is a landlocked nation which is covering the total area of 236,800 sq km. currently it is given the third rank in the list of current communist countries in the world. It became a communist country in 1975 after following a revolution supported by the Soviet Union as well as Vietnam.

4. North Korea

North Korea is also an Asian Country which is officially recognized as Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is covering the total area of 120,540 sq km. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea. In the World War II, it was captured by Japan. Till the end of 1948, North Korea Couldn’t become a communist country but currently is the one of the communist countries in the world.

5. Vietnam

Vietnam is also an Asian Country which is officially recognized as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Hanoi is the capital while Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city of Vietnam. Total area of this nation is 331,210 square kilo meters. After the partition of Vietnam which was supposed to be a short-term separation, the North Vietnam became the communist but South Vietnam became a democratic country.After two decades, in 1676 Vietnam was unified and it became a communist nation in the world.

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Outsourcing Statistic Report 2014

Offshore Outsourcing Around The World

Key Advantages of Outsourcing At a Glance

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Do you know what are the Top Rated Outsourcing Countries in the world?

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