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Turkey's Political Future Turkey's Political Future Moderator Raghida Dergham , Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Al Hayat, USA, posed a series of rapid, timely questions to participants on the most important issues facing Turkey, such as its ...
Latin America Broadens Its Horizons Latin America Broadens Its Horizons Following the recent presidential elections in 12 countries, Latin America appears poised to take a middle road between a heavy-handed state-controlled economy and a hands-off laissez faire approach. Although ...
China Gets Innovative China Gets Innovative World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 Some 750 foreign-funded research and development centres opened in China last year, up from 200 four years ago. MNCs like Dow Chemical Company and Motorola are expanding their ...
Nobel Nightcap Nobel Nightcap Nobel prizewinners at this nightcap led a freewheeling, often irreverent discussion that focused on globalization, Europe’s economic future and especially global warming. Steve Chu , Director, Lawrence Berkeley National ...
The Age of the Avatar and Multiple Identities The Age of the Avatar and Multiple Identities Avatars – graphic identities used in role-playing games and other Internet applications – have become the latest popular online innovation, thanks to the growing popularity of secondlife.com and other ...
The Procreation Choice The Procreation Choice It has been nearly 30 years since the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born amid controversy and scientific triumph. Now the discussion focuses more on the great array of choices available through in vitro ...
Combating Counterfeiting and Criminal Syndicates Combating Counterfeiting and Criminal Syndicates Moderator Alec Hogg , Editor-in-Chief, Moneyweb Holdings, South Africa, asked participants to suggest possible action after hearing brief reports from the table discussion leaders. Moisés ...
The Global Economic Outlook 2007 The Global Economic Outlook 2007 The global economic outlook for 2007 is full of hope. Things are generally expected to go "fantastically well", with interest rates and inflation at benign levels, job creation continuing apace and consumer ...
How Red Is Your Tape? How Red Is Your Tape? Small enterprises and even some medium-sized companies operating outside the formal, government-regulated sector play a major – and even growing – role in many developing countries and transition economies. But although this ...
The City: Managing Rapid Urbanization in Developing Economies The City: Managing Rapid Urbanization in Developing Economies World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 What distinguishes a successful city from one that generates urban decay and declining wage rates? In the opinion of Ricardo Hausmann , ...
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