ISBN 978-92-64-04632-0 OECD Employment Outlook © OECD 2008 Chapter 3 The Price of Prejudice: Labour Market Discrimination on the Grounds of Gender and Ethnicity Despite some progress, there is still evidence of discrimination on the grounds of gender and ethnic or racial origins in OECD labour markets. Field experiments show pervasive ethnic discrimination in many countries. Indirect evidence shows that on average at least 8% of the gender employment gap and a larger proportion of the gender
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European Commission EVALUATION OF RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IN BANGLADESH Technical Paper # 4 National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme The National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP) was initiated to enhance national capacity to implement the National Food Policy (NFP) and the ensuing Plan of Action. The NFPCSP is implemented jointly by the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) under the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM), Government of the People’s
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[pic] Department of Accounting Term Paper On [pic] (Value Added Tax) Submitted To – Supervisor Mrs. Ummea Hazera Khatun Assistant Professor Department of Accounting Lalmatia Mahila College Submitted By – Nilima Akther BBA (Honor’s) 2nd year Roll No. - 9808944 Registration No. – 1860636 Session – 2010-2011 Department of Accounting Lalmatia Mahila College Date of Submission – 21 May 2014 Acknowledgement At first I would like to express my gratitude to the almighty
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American International Journal of Contemporary Research Vol. 2 No. 3; March 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility in Higher Education Institutions: Istanbul Bilgi University Case Gresi Sanje Dahan, PhD Assistant Professor Istanbul Bilgi University Advertising Department Kazım Karabekir Cad. No:1 34060 Eyup Istanbul, Turkey Isil Senol, PhD Teaching Assistant Istanbul Bilgi University Advertising Department Kazım Karabekir Cad. No:1 34060 Eyup Istanbul, Turkey Abstract Universities, especially
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9-111-016 REV: OCTOBER 26, 2010 KARTHIK RAMANNA GEORGE SERAFEIM ALDO SESIA Urban Water Partners (A) Introduction Early in August 2010, Dr. Porter Jones (MBA ’11) and his Harvard Business School (HBS) classmate Aaron Matto were on the ground in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in the Republic of Tanzania. They were there to assess the progress of the first slowsand water filter of their company— Urban Water Partners (UWP). Four months earlier, Jones and Matto, along with Ajay Kori (MBA
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a 61% increase in safety with just 1 accident for every 2.7 million flights. In 2011 alone, 2.8 billion people flew 3.1 trillion miles on routes out of 3,800 commercial airports. 48 million tons of cargo, worth 5.3 trillion was shipped by air, accounting for approximately one-third of world trade. The industry supports 57 million jobs and 2.2 trillion in economic activity (SIA Safety, Security & Environment Dept., 2012). However, the industry is also one of the most regulated, with many governments
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the characteristics CSR displays. They established that CSR encompasses 6 core characteristics that are evident and should be considered: Voluntary (activities beyond the legal requirements of a business), Internalizing or managing externalities (accounting for the positive and negative side effects the business has on society), Multiple Stakeholder
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Social Development Working Paper No.1 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN SECTOR WIDE APPROACHES Andrew Norton, Bella Bird May 1998 ISSN: 1462-8651 ISBN: 1 86192 042 3 The aim of the Working Paper series is to generate knowledge on social development that is pertinent to DFID’s goal of eliminating world poverty. It is hoped that the series will provoke new thought and discussion on issues of policy and practice rather than simply reflecting established ideas and positions. Social Development
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SMEs in Bangladesh Promotion of SMEs for Sustainable Development Access to Finance Barriers to the Promotion of the SME sector in Bangladesh Booster Sectors of SME The program for SME in Bangladesh (Government & NGOs) SME Foundation SME Development through Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Gender related Issues in SME Development Gender Equality 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 23 24 30 30 30 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 33 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 38 38
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and India, development of global marketing; global marketers view the world as one market and create products that fit various regional marketplaces. GLOBALISATION: * Increasing interconnection in the world’s economic, cultural and political systems. FORMS OF GLOBALISATION: ECONOMIC: under both the GATT and its successor WTO, world trade has expanded rapidly; TNCs have increased economic interdependence and several generations of NICs have emerged CULTURAL: western culture diffused to all
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