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Struggling with aging infrastructure, strapped resources, and poor access, privatization is being pitched as the cure to Mexico’s water woes. But will it leave people high and dry?
31 March 2015
Lee Kuan Yew is no more. He will be remembered by many for many reasons. Today corruption.net is looking at why he will be remembered for his relentless fight against ant-corruption.
In October 1951, a large shipment of opium was hijacked by thieves from the port town of Punggol, in north-east Singapore. British authorities investigated and found that the thieves included several high ranking officers of the Singapore Police Force. In the aftermath of the scandal, the British colonial government set up the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in 1952 and sited in the Attorney-General’s Chambers. Tiếp tục đọc “Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew’s fight against corruption”
Jul 27 2015
Worldeconomicforum – Countries are poor because governments are corrupt. And, unless they ensure that public resources are not stolen, and that public power is not used for private gain, they will remain poor, right?
It certainly is tempting to believe so. Here, after all, is a narrative that neatly aligns the promise of prosperity with the struggle against injustice. As Pope Francis said on his recent trip to Latin America: “corruption is the moth, the gangrene of a people.” The corrupt deserve to be “tied to a rock and cast into the sea.”
Perhaps they do. But that won’t necessarily make their countries more prosperous. Tiếp tục đọc “Why fighting corruption won’t end poverty”
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Một thông báo mới đây của Bộ trưởng Bộ Nhập cư và Bảo vệ biên giới Úc – cho hay chính phủ Úc và Chính phủ Việt Nam (VN) vừa phối hợp bẻ gãy một vụ mạo hiểm đưa người vượt biên trái phép. Để tìm hiểu rõ hơn về chính sách của Úc trong vấn đề ngăn chặn tình trạng nhập cư trái phép bằng tàu thuyền, cũng như chính sách áp dụng đối với những người muốn nhập cư tới Úc theo con đường hợp pháp, PV báo Pháp Luật TP.HCM đã phỏng vấn ngài Hugh Borrowman, Đại sứ Úc tại VN(ảnh). Tiếp tục đọc “Vượt biên trái phép đến Úc: Mạo hiểm và vô ích!”
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There are different ways of operating a Solar Home Systems (SHS) business. Although each SHS program has unique characteristics, there are two general approaches to bringing Photovoltaic (PV) to customers in the developing world: Open market approach In the most common approach, described by the World Bank as the open market approach, there is a roughly unrestricted market in which PV dealers and developers can conduct direct sales and — with government, donor, and nongovernmental organization involvement — establish PV microcredit, leasing, or direct sale programs. Contents |
Energypedia – There are different ways of operating a Solar Home Systems (SHS) business. Tiếp tục đọc “Business Operation Models for Solar Home Systems (SHS)”
The SIT-REP gives you links to all of CSIS Southeast Asia’s (@SoutheastAsiaDC) best updates and programs in a five minute read. This issue includes extensive South China Sea coverage, a look at Singapore’s pivotal upcoming elections, a podcast discussion of developments in the Philippines, and much more. Links will take you to the full publications, multimedia, or to registration for upcoming programs when available. To jump to a section, select one of the following:
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