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Training Will Increase Sales
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| Sales just happen without special skills or techniques and anyone can do it. Right? A person shows up at a prospective customer, presents the product or service, and walks away with an order. The attitude - no need to spend valuable resources, time, and money, to formulate sales goals, programs, and training when it is so easy to do is still pervasive in the minds and cultures of many business executives. Especially those that began in the "good ole days" when competition was scarce and people formed relationships that endured for years.
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Exports and parliamentary laziness
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| There are few moments at which business executives may safely weep and earn nothing but respect and admiration. One of these is at the opening of a new manufacturing plant. |
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Moving Forward: International Financial Institutions
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| The international financial institutions (IFIs) need to continue to provide
financial support to countries pursuing sustainable growth and
poverty-reduction strategies. |
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“TOP TEN TIPS TO EFFECTIVELY WORK WITH POLICY MAKERS”
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| We are sometimes called on to work with policy makers in a variety of organizations we are associated with in our personal, business and volunteer lives. Working with these policy makers can be very rewarding and can be very frustrating. Since 1970 I have been working with policy makers at all levels of government, non-profits, businesses, institutions and other organizations. And from the experience of those years, I developed a list of the top 10 tips to effectively work with policy makers. I have summarized those tips below:
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9.3 Micro-finance institutions (MFIs): Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| Micro-finance operators in Tanzania function within the framework of the
Government’s National Micro Finance Policy of 2000. The objectives of this policy are
to provide the basis for the evolution of an efficient and effective micro-finance system
to serve the low segment of society and contribute to economic growth and poverty
reduction (as described in MIT, 2002). The policy establishes a framework within which
micro-finance operators will develop, lays out the principles to guide operations of the
system, defines roles and responsibilities of actors, and provides guidelines for
coordinating mechanisms. The Central Bank was given the mandate to coordinate
implementation of the policy. It is interesting to note that the Micro Finance Policy
includes “gender equity” as a best practice. |
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5.1 Determinants of diversification in Africa: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| Diversification and policy variables constitute a two-way process in that diversification
not only influences policy outcomes, but is itself influenced by policy variables.
This proposition naturally leads to the search for those economic and non-economic
policy actions that are likely to affect the level and rate of diversification in a country.
What evidence is there that links economic and non-economic variables with
national capacity to diversify? |
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5.1 There can be little diversification without an optimal trade policy: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| The trade policy question and its role in economic growth and development continues
to dominate much of the debate in this era of globalization. |
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Moving Forward: Developing Countries
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| There are many economic, social, and environmental challenges along
the path to sustainable development, and there is no panacea to address
them all. Rather, accelerated development will require progress in multiple
policy areas, with the right policy mix and focus varying from country
to country. Countries may also need to make difficult choices regarding
trade-offs between competing policy objectives. Achieving more sustainable
development will thus require a concerted effort from developing
countries, the international community, and the international financial
institutions. |
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Introduction: Stock Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
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| This paper examines the economic importance and the future of African stock markets. It
seeks to shed light on the controversial link between stock market and economic growth—
from both corporate finance and macroeconomic perspectives. It also discusses policy
options for promoting the development of the stock market in Africa. |
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Is “Big Ben” Bernanke popping the Government Bubble?
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| As economic leaders in the world, the only thing that we have taught the rest of the world is to over borrow and over spend! Our economic leaders need to get truly committed to a strong dollar policy
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Does the Present Buy American AccordBy-Pass Popular Opinion Relative to Protectionism
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| In the October 1st, 2009 Procurement Insights post titled “Buy American Policy: Economic Imperative or Popular Opinion,” I provided an excerpt from my interview with Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day regarding the basis for the Buy American policy.
It was of course the Minister’s expressed belief that popular American opinion surrounding protectionism was the basis for Congressional support of the conditions associated with the stimulus bill that would block Canadian firms from accessing the US government market, versus the existence of legitimate economic imperatives. In short, the U.S. Congress was yielding to public sentiments. |
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Monetary Police is Science, Everything Else is Stamp-Collecting
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| This new Eric Leeper paper seems delusional in arguing that monetary policy is science, while fiscal policy is stamp-collecting, but I maybe I'm just being crotchety. The piece also comes up with the new-to-me argument that monetary policy would be even better science if it weren't for fiscal policy mucking things up. |
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Insurance Defense Costs
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| Does Your Business Insurance Policy Cover Defense Costs Within the Insurance Limit or Defense Costs Outside of the Insurance Limit?
Did you know that a liability policy, which is part of any typical business insurance policy or commercial insurance policy coverage, has two distinct obligations? A liability insurance policy, if it is a general liability, product liability or professional liability insurance policy is designed to protect you against your legal obligation to pay others because you have hurt them and/or have damaged their property. A policy also defends you against claims or lawsuits. In other words, besides paying for claims or suits, a liability policy also pays for their related legal costs and court fees. |
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