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...Sight Officially, the Philippines knows it can't sustain having 10% of its population gone for decades at a time, particularly when a worldwide economic recession means fewer jobs overseas and smaller remittance checks sent home. During an October meeting on global migration in Manila, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that millions of migrants were at risk of losing their jobs in the wake of the financial crisis - grim news for both individual Filipinos and their government. By law, the government isn't allowed to promote overseas employment. But the Department of Labor does arrange state-to-state...
...China A Chinese New Deal? With its GDP growth rate projected to slow from 12% in 2007 to less than 9% in 2009, China announced a $586 billion stimulus to buoy the economy. While much of the spending is not new, the plan is meant to sustain the country's recent prosperity--and reinforce its political stability...
...When a country falls as rapidly as Zimbabwe has, it is absolutely necessary to hope that the country can rise just as improbably. Without hope, there will be no initiatives or efforts for improvement. As Harvard focuses on sustainability, students can hardly comprehend Zimbabwe, where there is so little to sustain. A main hospital in the nation’s capital, Harare Central, closed two weeks ago. In a country with 231 million percent inflation, a nurse cannot even buy a soda with her weekly paycheck, about 12 US cents. At the SADC summit, Tsvangirai warned that one million Zimbabweans...
...pool with relationships that will last a very long time,” Connolly said.The Crimson was done in this weekend by having to play catch-up throughout its two defeats. At times, it put together effectively executed set plays but was not able to sustain a high level of play against rather evenly matched opponents in MIT and Fordham.“We played worthy opponents in both [MIT and Fordham],” Tune said. “I thought we were well prepared and played hard, but just came out on the wrong end of a couple...
...It’s something that can sustain their community for generations to come,” Weiblen said. “There’s a direct investment in the local people and in preserving their forests through this research opportunity...