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   Government to Set Up Online 'App Store'
Source: www.koreatime.co.kr
Source Date: Friday, February 26, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: Korean Ministry of Public Administration and Safety announced that the Lee Myounng-bak administration is looking to push a government 'App Store'to imporve the distribution of public information. Korea is among the first to plan an app store intented for public use. The Ministry is said to have been talking with other government agencies to expand the amount of public information made available on ... Read More
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   IMF Wants New Power to Supervise Global Financial System
Source: web.worldbank.org
Source Date: Monday, March 01, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants new authority to supervise the global financial system, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday…. ‘We must build on this positive momentum: to transform the Fund into an institution even better equipped to meet the challenges of the post-crisis era,’ Strauss-Kahn told a meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee….”
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   “Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All”: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark's Message on Women's Day
Source: scoop.co.nz
Source Date: Monday, March 08, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: Right now, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is gathering in New York to review progress towards gender equality since the groundbreaking Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. That landmark conference recognized the barriers women face in achieving full equality, and an internationally agreed plan to address the problem, titled the Beijing Platform for Action, was ... Read More
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   Gender Equality Instrumental for Achieving Internationally Agreed Development Goals
Source: web.worldbank.org
Source Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: “The EU said on Monday that gender equality and women's empowerment are instrumental toward the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, and called on the UN to address remaining challenges for the advancement of women…. Spanish Equality Minister Bibiana Aido reaffirmed the EU's support in the Beijing Platform for Action, which identified 12 critical areas of concern for women, all ... Read More
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   OECD Calls On Businesses to Step Up Their Fight Against Bribery
Source: oecd.org
Source Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: Companies should put in place strict internal controls and establish ethics and compliance programmes as part of a strategy to combat bribery in international business deals, according to a new guidance agreed by the 38 countries that are party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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   U.N. Meeting Examines Progress, Challenges in Achieving Women's Empowerment
Source: medicalnewstoday.com
Source Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: Despite gains in women's rights in the 15 years since the Beijing Declaration, U.N. Female Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Monday during the opening of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting acknowledged more action is needed to help countries advance gender equality and women's empowerment, VOA News reports.
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   Pacific Economies to Perform Slightly Better in 2010, Says ADB
Source: adb.org
Source Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: Building on improved prospects for the global economy, most Pacific island economies are expected to perform slightly better in 2010 than in 2009, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication.
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   Easing Trade, Investment Barriers Can Unlock South Asia's Vast Potential - Report
Source: adb.org
Source Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: Reducing visa restrictions and non-tariff barriers, and improving customs procedures, are among a host of steps South Asian countries can take to boost private sector-led growth, unlocking the region’s vast economic potential, says a report prepared by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
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   China Opens 2 Consumer Finance Firms to Boost Consumption
Source: Xinhua
Source Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: China's first two consumer finance companies opened Monday in Beijing and the southwestern city of Chengdu as the ountry seeks to boost domestic demand to balance economic growth.
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   China’s Anti-Corruption Measures Taking Effect at Local Level
Source: Xinhua
Source Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Focus: Citizen Engagement
Summary: For this year's Lunar New Year holiday, police officers in a county of central China's Henan Province were especially cautious when partying with mining and entertainment bosses.
4 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Mar 08, 2010
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