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Why expats find New Year’s resolutions harder to keep
Keeping a New Year’s resolution is always an uphill struggle. But is it even harder for those who live away from home? In his new monthly column, Chris Marshall takes a look at some of the tougher issues facing expats … Continue reading
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International Cost of Living Ranking: January 2011
Tokyo is the costliest city in the world in which to live as at January 2011. Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world in which to live, out of 300 global locations, surveyed as at January 2011. While … Continue reading
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Morocco, Rabat – Cost of Living
The latest cost of living rank for each of the 13 Basket Groups is now available. Continue reading
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International Cost Of Living Index Calculation
When comparing the cost of living between different locations the objective is to calculate the difference in the cost of living expressed as an index (e.g. dividing the cost of living in Location A by the cost of living in Location B may result in an index of 140). Continue reading
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Maldives, Male – Cost of Living
Male has an overall cost of living index which equates it with middle cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Continue reading
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Lebanon, Beirut – Cost of Living
The economy of Lebanon is characterized by remittances from Lebanese abroad which account for one fifth of the country’s economy. The thriving tourism and banking activities have made the services sector the most important part of the Lebanese economy employing nearly 65% of the workforce. Continue reading
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Expat Kids, not just cost of living
It is very important to consider your child’s opinions and constantly talk to your kids about how they are feeling. Listen to your children, really listen! We have also set each of the kids up on gmail, and they sometimes email us and let us know how they feel (even though we are not talking, they are still communicating with us on their feelings).
Trudie constantly communicated with her son – During our alone time I constantly reassured Matthew that dad will be with us soon, and when Dad did not come back to our home country, but to our expat spot and we had to go there Matthew was the first to jump at the idea. We also constantly talk about the fact that we will move again- this is not home yet- we will be here for a couple of years – we wanted Matthew to be prepared for that and use it to motivate him-work harder at school etc. Continue reading
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Gabon, Libreville – Cost of Living
The economy of Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most nations of sub-Saharan Africa. This has supported a sharp decline in extreme poverty; yet because of high income inequality a large proportion of the population remains … Continue reading
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France, Paris – Cost of Living
The economy of France is a mixed economy which is the fifth largest economy in the world, by measurement of GDP (nominal), behind the United States, Japan, China and Germany. It is the second largest economy in Europe. Paris is … Continue reading
Europe Cost of Living – 2010
Europe’s most expensive cities are those that are not on the Euro. The most expensive city in Europe is Geneva (ranked 8 in the world), while Zurich is Europe’s third most expensive city (ranked 10 in the world), making Switzerland … Continue reading
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