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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/china-create-15-million-jobs-year-171022103712345.html |
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Monday, October 23, 2017 |
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Institution and HR Management
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China needs to create jobs for 15 million people every year and will maintain support for entrepreneurship to help achieve this, the country’s labour minister said on Sunday. |
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6 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 23, 2017 |
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http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/10/afghanistan-171020211654565.html |
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Friday, October 20, 2017 |
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Institution and HR Management
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The latest wave of Taliban attacks calls into question both US strategy and the Afghan government's capabilities. |
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7 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 23, 2017 |
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/10/22/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-emerges-stronger-win-faces-nation-still-divided-constitutional-revision/#.We1zq1WWbIU |
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Sunday, October 22, 2017 |
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Institution and HR Management
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With early results pointing to a big win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition in Sunday’s Lower House election, supporters may celebrate what appears to be a clear path to policy dominance. |
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7 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 23, 2017 |
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http://www.oecd.org |
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Monday, October 16, 2017 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government
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Governments have dismantled, or are in the process of amending, nearly 100 preferential tax regimes as part of the OECD/G20 BEPS standards to improve the international tax framework, according to a progress report released today. |
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21 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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http://unctad.org |
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Monday, October 16, 2017 |
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ICT for MDGs
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These are still the early days of the digital economy. But already it is clear that it has had, and will continue to have, globally transformative impacts on the way we live, work and develop our economies.
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16 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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https://techcrunch.com |
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Monday, October 16, 2017 |
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ICT for MDGs
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As an urban technologist, I’m often asked to give an example of a compelling smart city application that real people are using. But to be honest, there really isn’t too much to point to – yet. Cities may be getting smarter, but they haven’t noticeably changed from a user perspective. |
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14 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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http://www.information-age.com |
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Monday, October 16, 2017 |
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ICT for MDGs
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In 1900, only 14% percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas. Today, for the first time in history, more than half the planet’s population resides in cities, which are fast becoming innovation hubs and are developing quickly into smart cities. The number of smart cities around the world is expected to grow exponentially over the next few years and by 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s po ... Read More |
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12 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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http://www.oecd.org |
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017 |
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Citizen Engagement
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The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age in employment – increased by 0.2 percentage point in the second quarter of 2017, to 67.6%; 3.2 percentage points above the 2009 low and 1.0 percentage point above the previous peak in 2008. Around 559 million persons were employed in the second quarter of 2017, 26 million more than in the second quarter of 2008. |
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5 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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https://www.opengovpartnership.org |
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government
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Participatory budgeting’s (PB) roots lie in a radical democratic project led by the leftist Workers’ Party in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the late 1980s. |
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3 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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| Source: |
http://www.oecd.org |
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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Citizen Engagement
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Younger generations will face greater risks of inequality in old age than current retirees and for generations born since the 1960s, their experience of old age will change dramatically. Moreover, with family sizes falling, higher inequality over working lives and reforms that have cut pension incomes, some groups will face a high risk of poverty, according to a new OECD report. |
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7 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 20, 2017 |
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