U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) on 14 May, 2008 expressed “deep disappointment” over reports that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has taken retaliatory action against an employee who alerted authorities to the agency’s support of a company with links to Islamist militants in Somalia.
According to reports, UNDP employee Ismail Ahmed was threatened and fired after he exposed the agency’s cooperation with a company that has suspected links to the extremist faction al- more...
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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) on 14 May, 2008 expressed “deep disappointment” over reports that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has taken retaliatory action against an employee who alerted authorities to the agency’s support of a company with links to Islamist militants in Somalia.
According to reports, UNDP employee Ismail Ahmed was threatened and fired after he exposed the agency’s cooperation with a company that has suspected links to the extremist faction al- more...
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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) on 14 May, 2008 expressed “deep disappointment” over reports that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has taken retaliatory action against an employee who alerted authorities to the agency’s support of a company with links to Islamist militants in Somalia.
According to reports, UNDP employee Ismail Ahmed was threatened and fired after he exposed the agency’s cooperation with a company that has suspected links to the extremist faction al- more...
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'Survey research has a role to play in providing Muslim women with a public voice where custom and culture does not permit them their own. It can be used to inform and shape empowerment policies from the perspective of each population. The Women In Muslim Countries (WIMC) study, conducted by D3 Systems with contributions by KA Research for Turkey, is designed to measure women’s empowerment in actual daily practice, providing a deep look into the oft-perceived gap between current public policy more...
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Young people in Britain who leave school without qualifications find it particularly hard to get jobs, and U.K. authorities need to take vigorous action to help them with education and training and with job-search support, according to a new OECD publication.
Reversing a trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s when unemployment among 16 to 24 year olds was falling, job prospects for this age group have worsened in recent years at a time when the OECD average youth unemployment rate was fallin more...
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Ana María Blanco de Avedaño is a mother of four daughters who lives in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1988, she got a job as a 'house mother' with the Colombian Institute of Family Well-Being and started a kindergarten and daycare center. In 1993, she decided to move the preschool into her home, but she had no money to pay for the remodeling that was needed or to buy furniture for the children. At this time she heard about WWB affiliate CMM-Colombia. Based in Bogotá, CMM-Colombia has more than 47,000 more...
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'The capacity of a state to collect taxes, especially such direct
taxes as income, property and corporate taxes, can reveal its degree
of authority and legitimacy vis-à-vis the richer groups of society.
If a state dramatically lowers the top rates on direct taxes while
relying heavily on consumption taxes to collect revenue, its overall
tax structure is likely to be both ineffective and inequitable.' Di John, J (2008) Centre for Development Policy and Research, School of Oriental and Afric more...
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