Word: globalization
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...radical on the issue saying that its Treasury is "all in" and will raise whatever money is necessary to fix its economy and reverse job losses. Nations like Germany and France think the approach is irresponsible, and they may not have the credit ratings and access to global capital that the US does, which makes the disagreement academic...
...they have made to Africa. These two have also argued that trade and investment will be more important than aid. But while business grows, African leaders at the International Monetary Fund conference in Tanzania in March made clear that development assistance is still needed too, for now. Kathy McKiernan, Global Communications Director, One, WASHINGTON...
...idea of "Common Wealth" that was a part of last year's cover story [March 24, 2008]. Why? Is the challenge of cutting extreme poverty, hunger and disease - the defining challenge of the 21st century - no longer important, or has it perhaps already been accomplished? The global economic crisis that started at the end of 2008 will certainly go on for at least four more years, intensifying the problems of extreme poverty, hunger and disease. Rubens Amaral, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL...
...financial meltdown has turned into global economic crisis, the human cost in terms of lost jobs and displaced workers is growing at a terrifying pace. The International Labor Organization (ILO) predicts that 38 million people around the world could lose their jobs this year alone, sending unemployment rates in Europe and the U.S. into double digits for the first time in years and slowing - or in some places reversing - the massive jobs growth of recent years in Asia. Alarmed by the social and political consequences, governments, companies and labor unions in countries across the globe are scrambling...
Government suasion is particularly strong in China, where the global economic crisis has led to the closure of 7.5% of the country's small and mid-size companies since the end of 2008. In February, the central government's powerful State Council ordered companies throughout the country to notify local government-backed labor unions if they planned to cut either 10% of staff or more than 20 employees. In Beijing, state-owned enterprises have been ordered not to lay off any of their employees this year. The government is also looking to make positive examples of private businesses that keep...