Word: developement
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...sending countries develop economically, they "now feel they have a moral obligation to protect their workers," says Christopher Lowenstein-Lom of the International Organization for Migration (ILO) in Bangkok. The Philippines - one of the world's largest migrant-sending countries - has set up worker-resource centers in destination countries to help distressed workers find help while they're overseas. Thailand, both a source and sending country for migrant labor, also offers consular services for its workers overseas, many who have suffered at the hands of human traffickers...
Morris Chang is living proof of Taiwan's ability to transform its economy. In 1985, the China-born Chang, once a long-serving executive at Texas Instruments in the U.S., was lured to Taiwan by the government as part of its effort to develop a high-tech industry. He was hired to manage a state-funded research institute, but shortly after his arrival, an influential technocrat, Li Kuo-ting, called Chang to his office and told him: "Think about how you want to start a company." The conversation led Chang, backed by state funding, to found Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
...government's grand plans is fostering innovation. Though its companies and research centers have been adept in past decades at advancing manufacturing systems and paying catch-up with the West, they haven't proven as capable of breaking new ground. To remain competitive, Taiwan has to develop its own technology, not just manufacture technology products...
...vaunted Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a state-funded think tank housed on a landscaped campus near Hsinchu, produced many critical breakthroughs since its founding in 1973. But ITRI's future may lie within the center's Creativity Lab. At its entryway is a collection of odd video games developed at the lab, including one that allows visitors to interact with a digitally generated infant. Inside, researchers dress in blue jeans and polo shirts instead of the usual white coats, and converse in a room with movable walls. ITRI's managers encourage its Ph.D.s to spend time...
...press conference, Healy announced that the City has asked Robert Wasserman, a national expert on police strategy, diversity, and management, and Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, to chair a committee "to facilitate an analysis and develop recommendations" from the incident. Healy said that the committee's mission is "larger than a mere investigation into the events of July 16," and that it will examine the police department's organization, policies, and relationships with the local community...