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In the Past few years the phenomenon called 'Demographic Dividend' has become a catchphrase and is being widely used by statesman and policy thinkers. Indian Economy which entered into the take-off stage in 1991 is ready to get metamorphosed into what is being described as the most spectacular economic transition of the twenty first century. The changing demographic structure of Indian population due to smaller families and declining fertility rates...
42) The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion New Customers
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Right now, the number of people living on $2 or less a day is more than the entire population of the world in 1950. These 2.7 billion people are not just the world's greatest challenge; they represent an extraordinary market opportunity. By learning how to serve them ethically and effectively, businesses can earn handsome profits while helping to solve one of the world's most intractable problems. The key is what Paul Polak and Mal Warwick call Zero-Based...
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Spinner, Gründer und Erfinder - Ein Bericht zwischen Panikmache und Euphorie Faszinierend und zum Fürchten zugleich. Wer ins Silicon Valley kommt, fühlt sich manisch-depressiv. Manisch, weil der Ort buchstäblich vibriert vor Erfolg, Erfindergeist, Enthusiasmus und fiebriger Schnelligkeit. Depressiv, weil sofort klar ist, verglichen mit dem neuen Zentrum des Universums, sieht Europa alt aus, sehr alt… Aus erster Hand berichtet Christoph Keese...
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Government and Community introduces readers to the relationship between government and community, including information about how government works, what taxes are for, and why people vote. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources...
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The annual Asian Development Outlook analyzes economic performance in the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia. Growth prospects in the region are upbeat, buoyed by favorable demand at home and abroad. A strong performance in 2017 reflected a surge in exports, which will likely abate this year and next, and rapidly expanding domestic demand. While the outlook...
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The time has come for women to be equal to men in various works of life. In the world today, almost 90 percent of women are not meeting up with life, they are suffering despite the fact that they are good managers if given a chance. Culture especially in Africa and the middle east are not helping matters. Women that are given a chance in the public and private sector perform excellently well better than men. Women are confident, and should be allowed...
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Throughout almost 30-years in business and finance, Wayne Wakefield discovered there were what he called unbreakable 'Laws' that would secure a person to be successful in their finances and business.
One of the biggest travesties is that most of us were never taught anything about money and finances in high school or college. All we learned was to get a good job, buy a house with a 30-year mortgage, finance our cars and be up to our neck in debt...
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The economy of Maldives faced two very challenging episodes traced to the 2004 tsunami and the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. To develop alternative sources of funding and to improve services delivery, the government, with the help of partners like the Asian Development Bank and others, succeeded in transforming the country's revenue system into a modern, e-enabled system for effective tax collection and development of a broader tax base. Find...
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En el conjunto de actividades de la Cátedra Modelo Económico Sostenible de Valencia y su entorno, se presentan cuatro investigaciones que se consideran claves en el marco de la transformación del modelo económico valenciano para la ciudad de Valencia y su entorno inmediato. En el primer capítulo se presenta la información disponible sobre indicadores de sostenibilidad de la ciudad de Valencia y se comparan con otras ciudades españolas. En el...
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This report summarizes the results of discussions among ASEAN+3 central bank and central securities depository officers who voluntarily participated in the Cross-border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF). ASEAN+3 finance ministers and central bank governors endorsed the establishment of the CSIF under the Asian Bond Markets Initiative in May 2013 to facilitate discussions on the improvement of cross-border bond and cash settlement infrastructures...
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The ASEAN+3 Multi-Currency Bond Issuance Framework (AMBIF) is a policy initiative of the Asian Bond Markets Initiative to create a nexus among domestic professional local currency bond markets in the region by facilitating intra-regional transactions through standardized bond and note issuance and investment processes. This report follows up on the proposal described in the Phase 2 Report of the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (Sub-Forum 1), published in...
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Spanning more than 800 kilometers of India's eastern coastline, the Vizag–Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) is part of the country's East Coast Economic Corridor. This initiative can help unify the large domestic market as well as integrate the Indian economy with the dynamic global value chains of Asia and drive India's Act East policy. VCIC will also be an important component of the government's Make in India campaign to attract foreign investors...
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The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in a project-based partnership to promote regional prosperity by improving cross-border connectivity, facilitating faster and less costly trade among member countries, and strengthening regional economic cooperation. Since 2001, the Asian Development Bank has inversted more than $5.6 billion through loan and...
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El desarrollo rural en Colombia requiere de un cambio en su dinámica social y económica, el cual no puede darse sin el acompañamiento de mejoras en la infraestructura. Las condiciones de transporte de carga para la productividad del campo son pieza fundamental. Otro aspecto indispensable para mejorar de calidad de vida rural implica analizar las condiciones en que la población domiciliada en lugares apartados de las redes de servicios se surte...
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This progress report developed by the Cross-Border Settlement Infrastructure Forum (CSIF), composed of the central banks and central securities depositories in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea---collectively known as ASEAN+3, is an important step for the establishment of Central Securities Depository-Real-Time Gross Settlement (CSD-RTGS) Linkages as a regional settlement...
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Kazakhstan has the potential to become an economic leader in Central Asia. Relying on oil and gas alone, however, will not produce the long-run level of growth needed to meet this potential. Reforms geared to improve the business climate, enhance competitiveness, and increase private sector participation are essential. This book examines reforms to accelerate economic diversification in the country. This involves not only modernizing and using public...
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This commemorative book celebrates 10 years of productive collaboration under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program. Under CAREC, its member countries have made significant gains in regional transport, energy infrastructure, and trade facilitation and policy, which have increased both the pace and quality of development in the subregion. The spirit of trust and confidence that has evolved through the years among good neighbors...
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This report is an outcome of Phase 3 discussions under the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Sub-Forum 2, which have focused on making bond market infrastructures in the region more inter-operable through the harmonization of transaction flows, standardization of messaging items, and implementation of international standards. Most markets in the region will have commenced these harmonization and standardization efforts by 2020, thus taking a significant step...
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Introduction -- Morality and prosperity -- The coup that failed -- American business unleashed -- Trump's tax revolution -- Boom time and Beijing -- Eyes wide open -- The media's Trump boom -- The cost of covid -- Is Bidenomics turning out to be Bernienomics? -- Trump's unfinished business.
"The global markets editor at Fox Business Network and host of Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News highlights how Trump has been good for business, and his accomplishments...
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