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Fighting poverty with $30 loans
Muhammad Yunus
20.05.2013
Economy & Finances, Social Responsibility, Politics & International AffairsBy coming up with a way to lend poor people as little as $30 to start businesses, he reduced poverty so much that he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.
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How to Boost Foreign Investment
Ana Palacio
09.05.2013
Economic Outlook, Economy & Finances, International Affairs & Global Outlook, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Theory, Financial Markets, Politics & International AffairsEconomic globalization, together with a rebalancing of power between the world’s north and south, has made developing countries, and many companies within them, key global economic actors.
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Mothering a Nation
Gro Harlem Brundtland
29.04.2013
Economy & Finances, International Affairs & Global Outlook, Sociological Perspective, Politics & International AffairsFrom an early age, my father, a doctor, inspired me to pursue medicine and politics. At just seven years old, I joined the Norwegian Labour Movement as part of its children's program and have been a member ever since.
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Rafa was always enthusiastic to train, I never had to force him
Toni Nadal
29.04.2013
Management Skills & Leadership, Motivational for Business, Motivation, Self-development & Successnterviewed at press-conference at the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Toni Nadal, uncle and coach of Rafa Nadal, talked about his relationship with his nephew.
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There Is No Instance Of A Large Economy Growing Through Austerity
Joseph Stiglitz
19.04.2013
Economic Outlook, Economy & Finances, Economic Theory, Financial Markets, Politics & International AffairsNobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has some choice words for anyone who thinks the only way to improve the economy is to tighten the country's belt. Among them: You're wrong.
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Beyond Profit: A Talk With Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus
19.04.2013
Economic Outlook, Economy & Finances, International Affairs & Global Outlook, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sociological Perspective, Financial Markets, Social Responsibility, Politics & International AffairsThe founder of the Grameen Bank, awarded with the USA Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his efforts to combat global poverty, and best known for his work pioneering and spreading microfinance is interviewed by The New York Times.
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You could say that social media can make or break a company in crisis
Nirmalya Kumar
12.04.2013
Economy & Finances, ManagementCompanies need to realise that such crises are about more than simply minimising legal liabilities.
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Mary Robinson Doesn’t Need to Be Popular
Mary Robinson
01.04.2013
International Affairs & Global Outlook, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sociological Perspective, Social Responsibility, Politics & International AffairsThe President of Ireland (1990-1997) and UN High Commissioner (1997-2002), is interviewed by The New York Times about her memoirs and her new post as UN envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region.
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Autumn of the Patriarchs
Shlomo Ben Ami
27.03.2013
Economy & Finances, International Affairs & Global Outlook, Politics & International AffairsA dictator’s death throes are a form of theater, featuring ecstatic masses, would-be successors fighting for political survival, and, behind the scenes, the dictator’s coterie locked in efforts to extend his life until they can secure their privileges.
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Leadership lessons from Ireland’s first female president
Mary Robinson
11.03.2013
Economy & Finances, International Affairs & Global Outlook, Politics & International AffairsMary Robinson became the first female president of Ireland in 1990 but refused to be a figurehead like her predecessors. Lacking formal power, she used the “moral authority” of her office to rally public opinion.
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