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Advanced Strategies for Development: Building Knowledge Economies for Senior Asian Policymakers
The forum on "Advanced Strategies for Development: Building Knowledge Economies for Senior Asian Policymakers" took place on February 22, 2008 and brought together 31 participants from 11 countries from East and South Asia. This one-day special forum was designed to cover the overview of knowledge economy in the form of core concepts, global trends. . .
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08 May 2008 |
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Thi Tran
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发改委提出今年改革重点 重点推进垄断行业改革
今年是十七大之后的开局之年，亦是改革开放三十周年，经济体制改革处于攻坚阶段。5月5日，武汉，2008年全国经济体制改革工作会议在此召开。
在这次会上，国家发改委副主任杜鹰就2008年深化国企、生产要素、农村、社会、涉外、现代市场等六个方面的改革做了部署。
其中包括，将择机出台深化收入分配制度改革指导意见，研究制定铁路体制改革方案，研究起草中央政府投资项目决策责任追究指导意见等。
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06 May 2008 |
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cuore aquilani
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Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil
This study provides a broad, cross-sectoral analysis of Brazil's capacity for producing knowledge and innovation. As such, it moves beyond the traditional recommendations- that is, build a stable macroeconomic environment and business-friendly physical and policy infrastructure – and instead seeks a more comprehensive approach.
The fact is that . . .
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02 May 2008 |
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Thi Tran
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"Foreign High-Tech R&D in China"
Subtitle: 'RISKS, REWARDS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS"
From the Forward: "This study explores the confluence
of two key aspects of the architecture of international relations in the 21st
century—globalization and an increasingly trade-oriented conception of
national security—within the specific context of foreign high-tech
resea. . .
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01 May 2008 |
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John Daly
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ICT Policies and Studies
The ICT Policies and Studies Theme website has been developed through a partnership of the Communications Initiative with the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD).
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30 Apr 2008 |
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John Daly
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"A Low-Cost Route to the Web"
"Meraki, a Silicon Valley start-up company that has powered thousands of simple, inexpensive wireless networks around the world, began with a concept different from the single source 'hub-and-spoke' model of a network with a central source. Developed initially by students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States (US), it works . . .
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30 Apr 2008 |
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John Daly
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IssueLab: Registration page for nonprofit research contributors
IssueLab is an online publishing forum for nonprofit research. Our mission is to more effectively archive, distribute and promote the extensive and diverse body of work being produced by the third sector. A Research Contributor account is strictly for maintaining your organization's research collection.
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23 Apr 2008 |
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Carmen Villegas Caballero
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World IP Today: A Report On Global Technology Innovations from 1997-2006
"In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, 2007, Thomson Scientific reviews the massive increase in technology innovations developed globally over the past ten years (1997-2006), highlighting tri-lateral inventions or
inventions that have been filed in the U.S., Europe and Japan." (PDF, 7 pages.)
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18 Apr 2008 |
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John Daly
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Accessing Global Knowledge Workshop
March 17, 2008, New Delhi, India.
In the context of preparing the India Innovation project and as part of the Diaspora of Highly Skilled practice, this workshop, organized by the Indian Department of Science and Technology, explored contest-based mechanisms to elicit proposals from diverse actors of Indian society to generate diversity of models a. . .
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Thi Tran
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Black-Tie Optional: 'Stepsister' Cities Flourish in the Shadows
Author: Josh Stephens -
Say you're a big city. But right next door is an even bigger big city. What do you do to stand out? Josh Stephens explores the unique plight of America's so-called stepsister cities.
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Giulia D'Amico
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U.S. housing collapse spreads overseas
By Mark Landler Published: April 14, 2008 from New York Times -
DUBLIN: The collapse of the housing bubble in the United States is mutating into a global phenomenon, with real estate prices down from the Irish countryside and the Spanish coast to Baltic seaports and even in parts of India.
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Giulia D'Amico
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Beijing Stops Construction for Olympics
By ANDREW JACOBS from New York Times-
Published: April 15, 2008
BEIJING — Officials laid out an ambitious series of measures on Monday that will freeze construction projects, slow down steel production and shutter quarries in and around the capital this summer in an attempt to clear the air for the Olympics. Even spray painting outdoors will be b. . .
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Giulia D'Amico
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Bernard Kouchner: ''The defence of peace goes hand-in-hand with the upholding of human rights''
[17/04/2008 13:00:00] Addressing the Assembly on 17 April, Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of France, paid tribute to the work of the Council of Europe, describing the organisation as a genuine instrument of freedom and peace in Europe for the past 60 years. The progress made in the protection of human rights and the r. . .
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Giulia D'Amico
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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries(REDD)
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MaríaJ. Sanz
UNFCCC Secretariat - Global deforestation was estimated at 13 million ha/yr for 1990-2005(FAO 2005).Deforestation and forest degradation result in substantial reductions in forest carbon stocks and increase in emissions.The initiative, known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD, essentially am. . .
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Giulia D'Amico
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Pope Benedict: Laying the Groundwork for a Sustainable Civilization?
Gary Gardner - April 15, 2008-
Whether he does or not, his young papacy can claim to be the "greenest" ever. Benedict has identified extensive common ground between sustainability concerns and a Catholic worldview - adding weight to the argument that the world's religions could be instrumental in nudging policymakers and the public to . . .
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17 Apr 2008 |
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Giulia D'Amico
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