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13 October 2015
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The Best Story in the World
"This is the best story in the world today". These words were spoken by Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President, and refer to the poverty eradication. The latest World Bank report is ...
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13 October 2015
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Discrimination against Women deepens Poverty
Discrimination against women does not belong to the past. Women are often regarded as members of a cultural minority. And yet, they account for more than 50% of the world's population! Of ...
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28 September 2015
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A Continent under Pressure
The economic crisis left traces in a majority of european countries. Lower and middle classes are afraid for their jobs and their future. The fight against youth unemployment failed in many ...
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28 September 2015
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A Strong Aerospace Industry
We can estimate that the aerospace and defense (A&D) industries in Europe employ about 800,000 people and generate a turnover of € 198 Billion. Attention has often been drawn, and rightly ...
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8 September 2015
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The Future of Manufacturing Industry
European industry has been in decline since the last financial crisis in 2008. But in fact, losing production to countries outside Europe is not a new phenomenon. Industry represented 15% of ...
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8 September 2015
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The Retail Model of the Future
It is expected that e-commerce sales in Europe will increase by 18.4% in 2015 and will be worth €185.39 billion (study:RetailMeNot). These figures relate only to retail spending. The growth of ...
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21 August 2015
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The Economic Weight of Tourism
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) estimates the impact of tourism in the world economy at 9% of world GDP in 2013. In Europe it is the third largest socio-economic sector. It is of vital ...
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21 August 2015
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The Invasion of our Privacy
Despite our denials we gladly sacrifice privacy for the sake of convenience. How could we today live without the Internet or a credit card? It is impossible in a professional environment. And it ...
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31 July 2015
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It's Time to Boost Europe's High-Tech
Europe has a difficulty in breaking through in high-tech industries. A new industrial policy must focus on innovation in order to prevent the weakening of its position in global competition. It is ...
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31 July 2015
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Warnings about Declining Birth Rates
The magic number needed to keep the population from starting to shrink is 2.1. And yet this "replacement fertility rate" was only 1.55 live births per woman in the EU in 2013. Since the ...
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