'Doing Business in South East Europe 2008 compares business regulations across seven economies (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) in four key areas: starting a business, dealing with licenses, registering property, and enforcing contracts. The study provides comparable data for 22 cities that can inspire reforms at the national and local level and add to the reform momentum of the region. The report shows that di more...
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'Aiming to help all community colleges unleash their potential for workforce and economic development the Office of Vocational and Adult Education of the U.S. Department of Education sought to identify ways college leaders can improve those programs and services that most directly affect the ability of citizens to compete in today’s increasingly demanding skill-based labor market, and the ability of employers to compete in today’s challenging global market.'
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Russia's military campaign this month in Georgia was a reminder that there is always a risk in running energy supply routes through this volatile part of the world -- a fact that is hitting home with potential investors in planned Caucasus natural-gas or oil pipelines.
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REPOA’s Research Report 08.2 examines:
•The contribution of small businesses to poverty alleviation:
issues covered are income generation, employment creation, salaries, profit margin and profitability.
•The influence of socio-economic factors:,
issues covered are gender, owner’s level of education, motivation for starting the business, sources of initial capital, owner’s prior activity, and use of technology.
•The impact of business formality on profit margins and empl more...
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Interested in expanding financial services to remote-rural areas, the Ford Foundation Affinity Group for Development Finance commissioned the Coady International Institute and a global team of researchers to conduct a study on member-owned financial institutions (MOIs). A key assumption for the study was that member-owned institutions offer distinct advantages for remote rural outreach.
The study involved several facets and spanned three years. First, a literature review was conducted on MOIs more...
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'Part of UNDP's growing inclusive market's initiative, the report Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor showcases 50 case studies by researchers in both emerging market economies and developed economies around the world. These studies demonstrate the successful pursuit of both revenues and socio-economic impact by local and international small-and medium sized enterprises as well as multinational corporations.
The report emphasises that the power of poor people t more...
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Cette note recommande la création d’un organisme de facilitation qui aurait pour mission de rassembler les connaissances en la matière, d’aider à surmonter les divergences d’intérêts et les carences institutionnelles, de demander des comptes à la Commission et aux États membres sur la réalisation des objectifs de facilitation, et de donner davantage de force à la voix de l’UE dans les organisations internationales concernées par les procédures commerciales et la facilitation d more...
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