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United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS): Sustainable Results in Challenging Environments
From building shelters in Haiti or helping to improve the school system in South Sudan, to buying medicines in Myanmar or equipment for clearing the snowy passes of Afghanistan – UNOPS provides sustainable infrastructure, project management and procurement services in
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Zurich Insurance Company: Insurance in Latin America – Economic Growth Brings New Opportunities
To continue its success story, Latin America will need to address a number of socio-economic challenges. Insurance has the potential to help the nations of the region to tackle such challenges. Yet insurance potential of the region remains largely untapped.
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Peter Macnee: IFC Helps Virgin Mobile Find Untapped Demographic
For Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) Latin America is virgin territory. Barely 0.5% of installed network capacity is currently leased out to providers that do not themselves own any telecom assets. UK operator Virgin Mobile has taken note and is
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Emmanuel Nnadozie, ACBF: Africa – BRICS Partnership Is Growing Rapidly
Emerging trends show that recently the BRICS group has become a major force in the global economic arena. The OECD predicts that the balance of economic power is expected to shift dramatically over the next fifty years with China becoming
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Alessandro Carlucci: Going Global on Intuition and Emotion
Ethics and aesthetics: That is what Alessandro Carlucci sells as CEO of Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura, now wrapping up its 44th year in business with an annual revenue north of $3.2bn. At the forefront of conservation efforts and mindful of
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Corporate Tax and Transfer Pricing Forum Brazil
With frequent and significant changes occurring to Brazil’s corporate tax and transfer pricing rules in the last year, it is critical that companies quickly adjust to the new landscape in order to avoid investigations, litigation and huge fines which can
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Fata Morgana in the High Alps: Musings on Davos
While currencies crumbled in emerging markets ranging from Turkey to Argentina, the world’s mostly self-appointed leaders and assorted hangers-on gathered in Davos, Switzerland to assure global audiences that the future looks bright and promising indeed. Keep Calm and Carry On.
Read More José Piñera Echenique: Robbing the State of Its Piggy Bank
Chile owes a debt of gratitude to the Piñera family. This debt may not always be universally acknowledged but most Chileans would readily agree that the Piñeras have played a key role in the country’s politics and economics over the
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Carlos Slim: Timing Is Everything – Seizing the Moment to Build a Fortune
Estimates of the exact size of his fortune vary, but Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim is up there with the multiple mega rich. Forbes, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal busily add up the billions and rank the founder of
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CFI.co Meets the CEO of Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz: Alberto Valdés Andreatta
Mr Valdés Andreatta, CEO of Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz (BMSC), was born on March 21, 1966 in Bolivia’s capital city La Paz. After finishing high school in 1983, he attended Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah where he obtained
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