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Women, Science and Robots: The Gender (R)evolution Ushers-in Precision Medicine
In Germany, a team developing an AI-based human resource tool thought they had found a way to feed their system data while respecting privacy laws: they used information from newspapers dating back to the 1950s. By Shahnaz Radjy and Maria
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Malpass Shows Pragmatism and Relevant Smarts in his New Role
Some critics see the nomination and election of the new president of the World Bank, David Malpass, as a continuation of the Trump administration’s stance on multilateral institutions and China. David Malpass saw President Donald Trump as an agent of
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ADAM Global: Global Reach, Personalised Service Proves a Winner
ADAM Global provides a platform for independent professional business services and networks, operating out of London and Dubai. It all began back in 1999, with a group of close friends and business associates who shared a vision of cultivating long-term
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Unveiling the Role of the COO: The Playing Field is Changing
While the role of the Chief Operating Officer, or COO, has been embraced by organisations for decades, the true value of the position is still unfolding as economies emerge and diversify. As the way we work, live and interact evolves,
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Invest Durban: ‘First-Stop-Shop’ to Stimulate Growth in South African Metropolis
Invest Durban was an initiative recommended by the Durban City Council and private businesses as the “first-stop-shop” to stimulate new investment in the South African metropolis. It acts as a link between the council and the private business sector, offering
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Mohamed A El-Erian: America’s Unusual Recovery is Now Also its Longest
Data released over the next few months will show that the current US economic expansion is the longest on record. But while the United States continues to outperform other advanced economies, this success has yet to dispel many Americans’ persistent
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Otaviano Canuto, Center for Macroeconomics and Development: Is There a Middle-Income Trap?
The “middle-income trap” has become a broad designation trying to capture the many cases of developing countries that succeeded in evolving from low- to middle-levels of per capita income, but then appeared to stall, losing momentum along the route toward
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Ann Low, US Department of State: Combat Corruption by Enabling Tax Payment – El Salvador Case Study
In May 2016, the US Department of State funded a project in El Salvador’s third-largest city, Santa Ana, to discover whether incentives for business registration and enabling tax payments could reduce corruption and rebuild trust in government. Two years later,
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An Exclusive Interview with Gabriel Chaleplis, Founder: The Leader That Makes Leaders
What helps to differentiate you from the competition? Gabriel Chaleplis: Since the beginning of the internet, platform-providers around the globe faced a crucial challenge: Online betting and gaming can be a market of minute margins. In the last 20-plus years,
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Ian Fletcher, IBM: Immersive Transportation and the Internet of Everything
As we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we may come to the stark realisation that nothing will ever remain the same. We are being exposed to continuous change, exciting new areas of innovation and groundbreaking technologies that are transforming the
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