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Ann Low, National Defense University: Excellence in Government through User-Centric Design
Around the world a revolution is occurring, not one of violent upheaval, but one of excellence. Estonia and New Zealand are the oft-cited exemplars of user-friendly eGovernment, but they are not alone. On every continent, government employees are waking up
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Travis Kalanick: Uber or Bust
Whether you’re the old-fashioned type that likes to hail a cab by the roadside or rich enough to have your own driver, it’s likely you’re aware of Uber. The company has entered the global consciousness and become a popular culture
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World Bank Group: Development Finance Frontline – Strategic Investment Funds
This is the first of a series of occasional interviews with senior strategic investment fund (SIF) professionals. Tasked with attracting private investors to priority economic sectors and projects, SIFs combine developmental aims with commercial financial return objectives. “The only way
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Otaviano Canuto, IMF: China’s Spill-Overs on Latin America and the Caribbean
The Chinese economy is rebalancing while softening its growth pace. China’s spillovers on the global economy have operated through trade, commodity prices, and financial channels. The global reach of the effects from China’s transition have recently been illustrated in risk
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Artificial Intelligence in FinTech
From Product Marketing, through RoboAdvice, Compliance and Fraud Detection activities, Artificial Intelligence is finding its place, but for the forseeable future will make more efficient, rather than replace human activities. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been getting a lot of attention
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Delta Group: Helping the World Save on Energy
Delta, founded in 1971 and headquartered in Taiwan, is a global leader in power and thermal management solutions and a world-class provider of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, networking, EV charging, data centre infrastructure, renewable energy, and display technologies.
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CFI.co Meets the Chairman & CEO of Image Nation Abu Dhabi: Mohamed Al Mubarak & Michael Garin
Mohamed Al Mubarak and Michael Garin were appointed chairman and CEO of Image Nation Abu Dhabi in 2011, three years after the company was established. Over the past six years, Messrs Al Mubarak and Garin have mapped the company’s business
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UK Independence Day
Great Britain has declared its independence. By a margin of 52 against 48, voters delivered a stunning blow to the establishment and instructed their government to take the country out of the European Union. The world, as it had been
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European Investment Bank: Investment Plan for Europe
Investment Plan for Europe – Paradigm Shift in the Use of Public Resources The Marshall Plan did much to inject life into the post-war recovery of Europe. Initially comprising $13 billion, mostly in direct aid, the plan constituted a substantial
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Venezuela: Economic Decline Too Steep to Tabulate
Venezuelan social media is a curious thing. There are few pictures of parents proudly showing off their kids, or of people buzzing with their hazy pictures of a boozy Friday night out littered with endless LMAOs and LOLs. Instead, the
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