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...Beginning in mid-October, Lee sprang into action. The government earmarked $100 billion to guarantee new foreign debt for banks through mid-2009 in a bid to maintain the economy's access to foreign-currency borrowing. Shortly afterward, the Bank of Korea finalized a currency-swap agreement with the Federal Reserve to ensure a supply of dollars for the economy, which gave a big boost to confidence. In early November, the Finance Ministry announced an $11 billion stimulus package that included tax breaks and new infrastructure spending. The moves have recently brought some stability to stock and currency markets...
...Funded by the $25 fee each legally departing worker pays to the government, OWWA runs programs to support its globetrotting workforce, including mandatory predeparture orientations, free life insurance, a voluntary savings plan and, when workers return, family counseling, free job training and access to scholarships and loans. Migrant workers are also required to buy national health insurance, which extends to their families. But as more and more women leave, the government needs to step up its efforts to develop programs that specifically address the needs of workers' kids, says UNICEF. "We want children and families to be involved in every...
...free “Scan and Deliver” program is designed to save researchers the labor of photocopying materials and will provide faster access to the library’s extensive collections...
...resolved” the Mugabe-Tsvangirai agreement at its recent summit by suggesting the co-management of home affairs that so clearly favors Zanu-PF. The SADC compromise places all enforcement—army, national defense, and now police, under home affairs—at the access of Mugabe, a brutal dictator. South Africa’s new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, has said he will take a harder line with Mugabe in general policy, but the SADC’s findings thus far reveal a clear pro-Mugabe bias...
...authors of the study don't take into account the overall economic development of a country, only the access that men and women have to resources. This levels the playing field between economic powerhouses like the U.S. and third-world nations like Ethiopia. The result is that countries where there are more high-paying jobs for everyone are not given an advantage over countries where there is little economic opportunity. It's easy to understand the thinking here - fairness, basically - but the data does not paint an overall picture of how women are faring in their daily lives...