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Co-funded grants aim to reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia as world food prices mount
LONDON and SEATTLE, Feb. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a coordinated effort to reduce hunger and poverty in developing countries by supporting agricultural research projects to help small farmers increase their yields and incomes. DFID and the foundation will work together to identify the projects, and the foundation's Agricultural Development initiative will manage them.
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The Rudd Government recently issued its response to the Productivity Commission's (Commission) final report on Australia's director and executive remu...
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Solutions from HID Global and Relegen Deliver Real-Time Armory Tracking Capabilities for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
IRVINE...
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WESTON, Fla. -- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions,...
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State legislatures have tremendously benefited from professional legislative staff services. The growth of legislative staff agencies has dramatically influenced the evolution of the legislative arena. However, the future of the legislative staff is threatened by uncertainties and changes such as advances in information technology and access, growing public distrust of government, productivity demands from state government and evolving nature, expectations and goals of elected officials.
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There is a sense of urgency about upskilling the workforce in the UK, stemming largely from a December 2006 report by House of Lords member Sandy Leitch that concluded that drastic measures must be taken to keep the UK workforce competitive with its industrialized counterparts. Leitch laid out a far-reaching reform agenda, calling upon employers and institutions of higher learning to partner with government to increase skill levels nationwide, in order to spur productivity and growth. Also paramount are recommendations on launching a new "pledge" for employers to voluntarily train more employees at work, and increasing employer investment in higher level qualifications, especially in apprenticeships and at degree and postgraduate levels. There is the proposal to offer significantly more...
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* Dell Global Public-Sector President, Alliance to Save Energy President commemorate Earth Day
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As Vietnam emerges into world markets, Vietnamese organizations are facing the predicament of how to avoid the low-cost labor trap and move up the production value-chain by improving quality and productivity. Continuous improvement (CI) practices have proved fundamental to building and sustaining competitive advantage in other Asian countries such as Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. If Vietnamese organizations are to pursue higher value-added activities, CI will be critical for them, too. Despite the tremendous interest in Vietnam from the international business community, little research on Vietnamese management practices has been done, particularly on the use of CI techniques. The language barrier, lack of reliable business data, and the culture of government and corporate secrecy in V...
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Agencies challenged by tight budgets and speed of technological change
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Government agencies at the federal, state and local...
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Editor's note: This article was adapted with permission from the September 2002 issue of National Tax Journal, a quarterly publication of the National...