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• Women Bear The Brunt of Global Climate Change

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 137
  So says a report from the United Nations Population Fund : UNFPA – State of World Population 2009 via kwout Gender and Climate Change: Poor Women Bear Brunt of Global Warming – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International via kwout This is a point well-illustrated by this graph from the ...
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• Online Money Mules Aide Theft and Fraud

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Mules are relatively unaware people who get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a criminal enterprise. The mules often respond to “help wanted” ads from online job placement sites. Shipping scams are a common tactic ...
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• Nirvana is Just a Band

  
  Organizations and Markets — Authority: 498
  |Craig Pirrong| Last week I wrote about one justification for exchange trading and clearing mandates in derivatives markets–the market power argument.  This week I’ll examine another argument, and render a similarly skeptical verdict. In a chapter of Restoring Financial Stability , Viral Acharya, Rob Engle, ...
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• The Economic Minute: Phoenix and the Recovery, or Beyond Ground Zero

  
  Downtown Voices Coalition — Authority: 432
  [Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey] – In this edition of The Economic Minute, economist Dennis Hoffman says that Arizona could be called “ground zero of the worst recession since World War II.”  The hard economic fact is that Arizona depends on in migration to keeps its economy vibrant, and the state is not ...
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• How prosperous is Zambia?

  
  Zambian Economist — Authority: 135
  That depends on your comparator. According to the recently released 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index , Zambia is not very prosperous globally (89/104), but slightly better regionally (7th in Africa). The good: Social Capital - Ranked 21st : Just 12% of all Zambians feel they can trust their fellow citizen, placing ...
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• Haiti: Elections Coming

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 731
  “The new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), reconstituted in October, has set nationwide elections for 99 deputies and 11 senators for Feb. 28, 2010″: HaitiAnalysis.com reports.
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• Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to National Emblem

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 731
  The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Soile Lautsi, who was offended by crucifixes displayed in her childs school in Italy, states : The compulsory display of a symbol of a given confession in premises used by the public authorities… restricted the right of parents to educate ...
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• A score for In Trust for Scotland in dispute with NTS

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 487
  The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) members’ lobby group, In Trust for Scotland (ITFS) has been engaged in a confrontation with the organisation since the precipitate announcement in the Spring of this year that the NTS was to close or revise the function and status of 11 of its properties.The group attracted ...
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• Russia: Local Authorities Slow Broadband Development

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 731
  Town of Kraskovo coat of arms (from the official site) Russian activists gathered in Kraskovo, a small town near Moscow, to call for increasing broadband Internet access and protest against Internet provider monopoly.  The activists also talked about superficial regulations that slow down the development of wide ...
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• Sub-Saharan Africa still faces corruption

  
  ONE — Authority: 535
  On Tuesday, Transparency International (TI) released their 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing that many sub-Saharan African countries remain among the most corrupt world-wide.The annually-released index ranks how corrupt governments are perceived to be, according to international institutions such as ...
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• The “Inner Democracy” of Leadingship

  
  P2P Foundation — Authority: 595
  Rune Kvist Olsen has published a new paper, entitled: * The DemoCratic Workplace. Empowering People (demos) to Rule (cratos) their own workplace. Organizing Individual and Group Decision Processes through Personal Competence-based Authority. By Rune Kvist Olsen, 2009 It distinguishes leadership from leadingship, ...
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• ICSI proposes 7-Company cap on maximum number of directorship in listed companies

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 449
  The maximum number of listed companies in which an individual can serve as a director should not be more than seven, proposed the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) to the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA). The proposal came in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
  19 hours ago

• Govt may introduce Governance code for unlisted companies

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 449
  The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is all set to introduce a governance code for unlisted companies on the lines of the one for listed firms to encourage more companies to register on the stock exchanges. Elaborate disclosures and compliance with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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• Cry, beloved Pakistan

  
  Wonders of Pakistan — Authority: 125
  Above is a painting (courtesy: www.slingsby.co.za/paintings.htm ). It depicts separation, self gratification / self destruction, when there is perpetual poverty and things are going down at a terrible pace . WERE WE DESTINED FOR THIS??? by Roedad Khan ...
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• Leverage Outsourcing Governance to Reduce Value Leakage from Your Outsourcing Contracts

  
  Consider the Source — Authority: 113
  by John Pirtle, Partner, TPI Outsourcing governance is the business of ensuring that all of the potential value of an outsourcing contract is actually achieved. During our 20 years of helping companies maximize the value of their outsourcing contracts, we have identified these TPI Top 5 observations related ...
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• UTMB FACULTY SENATE OCTOBER MINUTES

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 132
  Image via Wikipedia The UTMB Faculty Senate met on October 12th and has posted its minutes .  The minutes are more remarkable for what they dont say than what they do.  First, Provost Garland Anderson, the mastermind of the RIF and RIF appeals processes, the processes that utterly cut faculty out of any input ...
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• Disinvest, use money for green assets: Finance Commission chief (With Images)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The government should sell off half its public sector undertakings and use the $200 billion it will thus make to build environmental assets, 13th Finance Commission Chairman Vijay Kelkar said here Friday.“India built physical assets by setting up public sector undertakings when that was ...
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• Dissecting Indian Corporate Governance

  
  INDIAN CORPORATE LAW — Authority: 124
  India Knowledge@Wharton carries a discussion (or a mutual interview of sorts) between Wharton professors Jitendra Singh and Harbir Singh and former SEBI Chairman M. Damodaran on several issues pertaining to Indian corporate governance, including the role of independent directors. The discussion is rich in that it ...
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• Ukraine looks to a brighter economic future

  
  INNOVATION. International Journal by 2thinknow. — Authority: 127
  Foundation for Effective Governance and Financial Times to Host ‘Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges’ Conference in New York December Event at Four Seasons Hotel to Address New Economic Landscape in Ukraine NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance ...
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• Projections and ideology

  
  Balneus — Authority: 129
  The comments to this post a couple of days back made me think about the difficulties of rational conversations between those of different ideologies. Dealing with projections is a problem, and it probably stuffs up policy development more than we can afford. I’m not talking about extrapolations of figures, but ...
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