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- a country, often a producer of primary goods such as cotton or rubber, which cannot generate investment income to stimulate growth and which possesses a national income that is vulnerable...
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- United Nations Development Programme and HP Announce Agreement to Expand Internet Access and Information Technology to Developing Countries; HP to Support UNDP's Sustainable Development Networking Programme
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 27, 1996--The United Nations Development Programme UNDP and Hewlett-Packard Company today announced an agreement to work together to help developing countries around the world receive a wide range of information technology, consulting and support services that could expand the use of the Internet and computer systems for...
- Research articles 1996-08-27
- Red Hat Supports UNDP's Sustainable Development Networking Program Efforts to Build ICT Capacity in Developing Countries
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 15, 1998--Red Hat Software is proud to announce that it has been working with, and will continue to work with, the United Nations Development Program's catalytic initiative, the Sustainable Development Networking Program SDNP.
- Research articles 1998-12-15
- The Efficacy Of Regulation In Developing Countries
- The receding role of direct state intervention coupled with a consensus on private sector-led growth and development has led to a reduction in economic regulation of industries. Most developing countries have undertaken liberalization and privatization as a first step toward free market regimes, though progress has been uneven. Although the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Capacity Building and Sustainability Knowledge in the Climate Change Regime
- Increasingly, there is evidence that developing countries are unable to meet their commitments under a number of international environmental treaties. This paper first examines the relationship between climate change and sustainable development in science and within the context of the climate change agreements. It then examines the problem of developing...
- White papers 2004-09-27
- Waste-Based Energy: One Piece Of The Sustainable Energy Puzzle
- Spittelau waste to energy plant provides district heating in Vienna. Image credit:Wikipedia In the past few years, there's been much talk about the variety of available and developing technologies that could help secure a more sustainable energy future. Since October is Energy Awareness Month, the discussion of these energy alternatives...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Renewables for Sustainable Village Power
- The key elements of NREL?s Renewables for Sustainable Village Power RSVP program were a multidisciplinary team, an application- and village-need-driven focus, a technology-neutral approach, a broad set of in-country activities, the development of complimentary partnerships, and the evolution of an integrated approach. The essential activities of the RSVP team included...
- White papers 2000-11-01
- Voluntary Health Insurance in Development: Review of Role in Africa Region and Other Selected Developing Country Experiences
- This paper summarizes the contribution made by voluntary health insurance (background, issues and policy options) to fiscally sustainable financing and financial protection against the cost of illness in the Africa Region. It provides a rationale for Bank/IFC involvement in exploring voluntary health insurance as one of several policy options in...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- Becton Dickinson F3Q07 (Qtr End 6/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And we'll go to the line of Mike Weinstein from J.P. Morgan. Please go ahead. Mike Weinstein - J.P. Morgan Thank you for taking the questions, good morning. I'd like to start on the MRSA opportunity, I think on our last update, you'd commented that...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-26
- Watch Mashable's Social Good Conference Live
- Today Mashable is hosting our first ever Social Good Conference, a one-day educational event celebrating the finale of the Summer of Social Good charitable campaign. The event is being held at the prestigious 92nd Street Y in New York City, but you don't have to be in New York to...
- News items 2009-08-28
- Genzyme Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Mark Schoenebaum of Bear Stearns. Mark Schoenebaum - Bear Stearns Okay, hey, thanks for taking my question. Great quarter, maybe I'll just use my question for David. Can you talk about the adult Myozyme trial, can you explain, there has...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-25
- The Great Global R&D Divide
- Many of the challenges countries and regions of the world are facing in such areas as sustainable development, economic growth; health care, education and agricultural production are increasingly subsumed to a common denominator: developing knowledge societies and economies. While the process towards knowledge societies is driven to a large extent...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Drumbeat: December 11, 2009
- IEA Cuts 2010 Non-OPEC Supply View on North America Bloomberg -- The International Energy Agency cut its forecast for oil supplies from outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries next year because of delays to North American projects. Non-OPEC producers, accounting for about...
- News items 2009-12-11
- Solar power may speed up cell phone revolution
- KAMPALA/HONG KONG - Watching his sons kick around a makeshift ball made from tightly bound plastic bags, Ugandan handyman Jackson Mawa marvels at the way business has improved since he bought a solar-powered mobile phone. "I am self-employed. Sometimes people call me and they find my cell phone is off....
- News items 2009-10-14
- Drumbeat: December 13, 2009
- Mexico's drug cartels siphon liquid gold : Bold theft of $1 billion in oil, resold in U.S., has dealt a major blow to the treasury MALTRATA, MEXICO -- Drug traffickers employing high-tech drills, miles of rubber hose and a fleet of stolen tanker trucks...
- News items 2009-12-13
- UAL Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you very much, sir. First, we will take questions from the analyst community, then we will take questions from the media. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the line of Frank Boroch of Bear Stearns. Please...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Wilmington Trust Co. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is coming Charlie Ernst of Sandler O'Neil. Charles Ernst - Sandler O'Neil Asset Management Good morning. Ted T. Cecala - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Morning. Charles Ernst - Sandler O'Neil Asset Management ...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-19
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