With a population of 67.2 million in 2001 (HDR 2003), and a GDP of US$ billions 114.1 in 2001 (HDR 2003), Iran is the second most populous country and the second largest economy in the middle-eastern region. It is also the second largest OPEC oil producer and has the world’s second largest reserves of gas. […]
Telecommuting a win-win for all
It is good for both employees and employers, and results in higher morale, greater job satisfaction and lower employee stress and attrition, a new study has found. Ravi S. Gajendran, a psychologist at Pennsylvania State University, led the study. Its findings have been published in the latest issue of Journal of Applied Psychology, Sciencedaily.com […]
Child Labour Still Exist
Defining child labour Though definitions vary, child labour means work that is done by children under the age of 15 (14 in some developing countries) which restricts or damages a child’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social and/or spiritual growth. Sometimes, work does not harm children. Work may even help them to learn new skills or to […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]
Why are some countries rich and others poor?
Richness and poverty are the outcomes of human effort. Richness is the result of efficient effort whereas poverty is the result of lack of efficiency in the historical background from time to time. Time can speak. It can speak according to the effectiveness of thought and its usage. Time is not bias to the richness […]
Promote gender equality to fight HIV/AIDS
Daniel Nana Aforo The Governments and Leaders of African should address and promote gender equality as a way to fight the most dreaded disease of HIV/AIDS. The fight for development cannot be won if governments, stakeholders, and policy makers do not stop the spread of HIV. It is simply a prerequisite for […]
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