A PowerPoint file explaining the reasons, the effects and the current scenario of the Greek crises.

1. GREECE: A FAILING
ECONOMY.

2. INTRODUCTION
 Greece is a country located in Southern Europe
 The government system is a parliamentary republic
 Current president of Greece is Prokopis Pavlopoulos .
 Alexis Tsipras is the prime minister of Greece.
 Greece had a current GDP of $238 billion per annum.
 Greececonomy based on the service sector (81%) and industry (16%).
Agriculture contributed 3.4%

3. BACKGROUND TO GREECE
DEBT CRISES
 From the mid-1990s, Greece was constantly spending more than it was
collecting tax.
 This led to deficit due to which Greece started borrowing from its
neighbors.
 This has led to severe economic crisis in Greece.
 Greece faced a collapse in economic growth, high rate of
unemployment and instability in the country’s banking system.
 Greece also has very high level of corruption and an inflated public
sector.

4. CAUSES OF GREEK’S DEBT
CRISES
 POLITICAL FACTOR
1. Foreign relations with Turkey and the terrorist activities within the
country have also given rise to political unrest.
2. All the governments have publicly criticized corruption and nepotism
leading to adverse situation in Greece.
3. The Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International represents
Greece's ranking in terms of corruption fell from 62 to 80 in 2007, but
Greece in 2008 securing the 78th rank.

7. CAUSES OF GREEK’S DEBT
CRISES
 ECONOMIC FACTOR
1. Poor government budgets and poor competitiveness of
the Greek economy increased the deficits at a high rate.
2. Exports also became increasingly uncompetitive.
3. Tourism has faced low profitability due to increasing
labor costs and poor labor quality.

9. CAUSES OF GREEK’S DEBT
CRISES
 International Banking Crises (2008)
1. European Commission estimated in 2006 that 30% of Greek taxes – or
3.4% of the Greek GDP – were unpaid.
2. International credit crisis spread(2008-2009) and Greece was recorded of
low reform capacity and economic weaknesses.
3. Greek government subsequently became incapable of paying back their
debts which led to reduction in price of Greek’s bonds .
4. Greek government acted irresponsibly with its fiscal policy and debt
accumulation leading to economic weaknesses.

10. GREECE’S DOWNFALL:
2000- 2008
 Due to high debt burden - (214% of GDP in 2008) with public
debt (111% of GDP) and consumer lending (15% of GDP) the
highest in Europe.
 The large public and private sector spending between 2000 and
2008 (97% of the cumulative GDP growth was driven by
consumption) created a deteriorating trade balance.

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D R O W N I N G E F F E C T S F I R S T, ” –
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12. GREECE’S DOWNFALL:
2000- 2008
 The exports of Greece never pay for its import.
 The government spending increased by 6.5% from 2000-2009 to
keep up with the expenses by increasing public employees salary and
pension.
 Greek government income also reduced by 5% of GDP.

14. GREEK DEBT CRISES: 2010
 In May 2010, the European Union and IMF approved a 110
billion euro loan package to the Greek government in return for
promises of spending cuts to sharply reduce the Greek public deficit.
 In spite of this rescue package and another, 130 billion euro,
package put together between July 2011 and March 2012, the debt
crisis in Greece continues into 2012.

15. GREEK DEBT CRISES:
TODAY
 "The crisis afflicting some years now our place was marked by a highly tragic dimension.
The increase in suicides. Those that are least known, since experts believe that their number
always is considerably higher". – Kathimerini
1. Unemployment: The unemployment rate had fluctuated around the 10% mark
in the first half of the previous decade.
2. Unemployment figures reached their lowest level for over a decade which has
been 6.6% of the labor force only.
3. Long-term unemployment increased even faster to 889,000 workers or 18% of
the labor force in the first quarter of 2013.

17. GREEK DEBT CRISES:
TODAY
 RELATIVE POVERTY:
1. Relative poverty in Greece rose from 20.0% in 2009 to 21.3% in 2012.
2. National incomes in Greece have also fallen from €570 per month in
2009 to €622 per month in 2012.
3. Anchored poverty has risen from 20.0% in 2009 to 37.0% in 2012.

19. CONCLUSION

20. INTRODUCTION

21. ECONOMIC SECTORS
OF BRAZILIAN
ECONOMY

22. INDUSTRY

24. ECONOMIC SECTOR

26. THE STATE OF SAO PAULO

27. SUGARCANE INDUSTRY

29. SUGARCANE ETHANOL

31. FUTURE OF ETHANOL

32. Conclusion