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...operate under perpetual fear of arrest and intimidation. Iran's official media continue to portray Iran as a success story. Indeed, so does President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. However, at Ahmadinejad's most recent press conference, in mid-February, a reporter asked the President about the omission of third-quarter GDP growth figures from the latest report by Iran's Central Bank. Ahmadinejad simply dismissed the importance of interim figures as "mere estimates" and claimed that current growth stood at 6.9%. Significantly, the newspaper World of Industry, not a government organ but one that caters to economists and technocrats, pointed out that...
...last available official figures put Iran's economic growth at just 2.5% for the first half of the Iranian year (March-August 2009) - far short of the 8% targeted in Iran's fourth Economic Development Plan, which ends this year. Despite the apparent unknowability of third-quarter statistics, figures closely associated with growth - capital investment and permits for new construction projects - showed double-digit declines. Overall unemployment stood at 11.3%, while the out-of-work figure for those between the ages of 15 and 24 was estimated to be just over 24%. Real unemployment figures, however, are suspected...
...last few years the IOP has hoped to strengthen its career service offerings, and the recent growth in students seeking political jobs, coupled with the record number of applicants to the Director’s Internship program have encouraged the Institute to move forward, said IOP Director Bill Purcell...
...Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Dean Cherry A. Murray discussed the future of SEAS during her second “All-Hands Meeting” yesterday afternoon, where she presented plans to tap into the school’s financial reserves to fund continued faculty and staff growth...
...There aren’t really enough faculty in each discipline to do the effective teaching we need for the 21st century,” Murray said. “The board of overseers and the president and provost agree with that. So our growth will be high priority...