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5.2 Case Study 2: Enterprise solutions to poverty
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| Catalysing the pro-poor market
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2.3 Social Development I: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| While growth has recovered on the continent, the gains in terms of social development
and poverty reduction are still limited. This sub-section reviews the evidence
on social development through the lenses of the MDGs. Following a discussion
of progress and challenges for the various goals, the sub-section provides a more
detailed discussion of the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS. More details on progress
towards the MDGs in Africa is provided in various ECA documents, including a
forthcoming report (UNECA 2007), as well as reports by other United Nations
publications (e.g. UNDP and UNICEF 2002). |
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5.1 Employment, productivity and social dialogue: Working Out of Poverty
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| The ILO is mandated both by its Constitution and by the United Nations
to examine the functioning of economic, social and financial policies
from the perspective of employment creation as a central goal. Full, productive
and freely chosen employment is the primary means of reducing and
eventually eliminating extreme poverty. Moving toward this objective requires
a steady and brisk pace of growth that is sustainable in environmental,
social and economic terms. |
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A participatory learning system for microfinance
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| A key objective for impact assessment of microfinance programmes is 'internal learning' by field staff and programme managers about what is working, what is not working and why, in order to improve programme operations. |
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From Rhetoric to Action: The African Investment Climate Facility
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| The Investment Climate Facility (ICF) for Africa, an innovative public private partnership aimed at making Africa a better place in which to do business, was launched. The Commission for Africa, convened by the United Kingdom government, had proposed the initiative, which was endorsed at last year's World Economic Forum Africa Economic Summit and by the leaders of the G 8 industrialized nations at their summit in Scotland. According to ICF Co Chair and session Chair Niall FitzGerald, Chairman, Reuters, United Kingdom; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the facility had already received US$ 90 million in commitments. Additional unspecified pledges made by the European Union and the African Development Bank during the session were likely to push the total above US$ 100 million. |
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Sustainable Business Development - Benefiting your Community
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| Sustainable Business Development was popularized just over 22 years ago by a report put out by the Brundtland Commission. The world economy was growing and throughout the late 60’s and into the 80’s world development advanced rapidly with little regard to the environment and the Brundtland Commission, which came out of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, characterized ‘sustainable development’ as: “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
As a business leader and entrepreneur, we can benefit from the agenda established as a result of these United Nation Conferences in order to combat Poverty, Change Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Protect Bio-Diversity and Natural Resources. |
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Company Set Up Procedures in Hong Kong - How to Set Up Your Business in Hong Kong
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| Hong Kong is the world’s seventh largest Foreign Direct Investment recipient, as stated by the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2008. This article affirms why Hong Kong is an attractive
location to set up a new company or offshore business, and the procedures involved in doing so. Tax benefits,
economic freedom, government stability and reputation are a few of the many reasons why company
incorporation in Hong Kong is a prevalent decision. |
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SME - MILLENNIUM REGION IN THE GABONESE REPUBLIC
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| WUSME recommends to add supplementary series to the UN Millennium Villages Project by Regions of Economic-, Social-, and Enviromental Excellence. The UN Millennium Villages in African Countries under the auspices of the United Nations and the Earth Institute are a positive example for efficient actions to reach the Millennium Development Goals - MDGs. WUSME WORÉD UNION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES’s proposal aims at amending the Millennium Village Project by Regions of Economic Excellence based on a favorable environment for the development of Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises. The basic features of such Regions will briefly be outlined in this article. |
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How to Survive the Impact of Bankrupt Nations
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| Debt is slavery and influences life’s major decisions, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal that debt is affecting not only individuals and families but entire nations and it has the power to make entire nations subservient the whims of their creditors.
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Shady RAT World Wide Hacking
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| Recently McAffe published a worldwide hacking report about what they are calling Shady RAT. The United Nations, Olympic committees, governments, U.S. real estate company, a major media organization based in New York, a satellite communications company and other companies around the world, totaling 72 organizations, have been hacked by a "state actor".
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Why Small Government Is Better
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| I've written at length about what I see as the biggest need in the United States today: renewing limited government. Why? Because the strength and prosperity of free people throughout the world depends on limited government in the U.S. The more government grows, the more the economy shrinks, taking down with it the freedom, prosperity, and strength of all free nations.... |
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