| Courts, public central to battling intellectual property violations
Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) spoke with several officials regarding intellectual property rights, and public and Government roles in dealing with counterfeit goods. Hoang Van Phong, science and technology minister The courts should play a more important role in dealing with IPR violations. Currently however, we only have administrative measures to deal with such violations. If a person violates intellectual property rights, the case uses an arbitrator. Under IPR laws, together with administrative measures, violators must compensate the copyright or patent owner and consumers, but penalties still fall short. Viet Nam is considering whether to treat such violations as criminal cases. Whether a case is a civil or criminal will be determined by the courts.
Looking Beyond Petroleum: A Stronger Case For Economic ...
This paper has been prepared by APICORP Research to support a communication to the forthcoming Seventh Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade (23-25 April 2007). It is an adaptation and generalization to the MENA region of an original analysis developed by Ali Aissaoui in: Algeria: The Political Economy of Oil & Gas, published by the Oxford University Press in 2001 for the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. The paper is published concomitantly in APICORPs monthly Economic Commentary dated April 2007. Comments or feedback may be sent to research@apicorp-arabia.com. It is widely admitted that specialization in a single economic sector, understood as the antonym of diversification, is a source of high risks. If the single sector involves natural resources extraction such as petroleum then these risks stem first and foremost from the exposure to the uncertainties of the international markets.
The F-Word; Feminism holds different meanings for today's teen girls
Ask a teen if she describes herself as a feminist: You'll either get a puzzled look or she'll snap her head back as if you just slapped her.
For teenage girls today, feminist has become the f-word. In fact, that's what some women's magazines now call it.
In a world where girls want - no, need - to be thought of as pretty to count, it's like asking if they would describe themselves as ugly or haters of boys.
For others, they've never heard of this thing - a feminist. Is that like a racist, women who are against men?
There's plenty of confusion about what feminism actually is.
Boiled down to its bare bones, the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary describes it as the "theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes."
A feminist is a person who believes and perhaps puts into practice through the way they live their life an idea that women and men should be treated equally.
Area unemployment rate improves this year in SCC
Although the county unemployment rate lags behind much of the state, the figure has risen since the same time last year. The improvement is not limited to Santa Cruz County. The rest of the state and the Southwest in general are also enjoying relative economic prosperity."It's a good time to be an employee or to find work," said Don Wehbey, a research administration senior economist at the Arizona Department of Economic Security.Arizona's Workforce, a recent report from Wehbey's department, details the unemployment picture throughout the state. The jobless rate in Santa Cruz County sat at 7.6 percent in January, down from 9.1 percent at the same time in 2006. Of the 16,475 available workers in the county, 1,250 were unemployed, the report says. The county jobless rate ranks ahead of only Apache (10.9 percent) and Najavo (8.1 percent) Counties.
Forex Changes Having Desired Economic Impact -IMF Economist
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Currency revaluations appear to be spurring a healthy rebalancing of activity among net-exporting countries and net-importing ones, the chief economist for the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. The goal of foreign exchange adjustments among major trading partners should be to increase domestic demand within net-exporting countries and boost domestic saving in net-importing countries, IMF Chief Economist Simon Johnson said at a media briefing on parts of the Fund's semi-annual World Economic Outlook report. "It's very important to get it right because that rebalancing in demand, if you get it, means you'll unwind the global imbalances without slowing the global economy," Johnson said. "That's what we're aiming to get, and that's where we think we are heading with the current alignment of policy." The U.S.
HBS, KSG announce new joint degree program
Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (KSG) announced Tuesday (April 3) the creation of a fully integrated joint degree program in business and government that represents an innovative approach to preparing leaders for a growing area of practice of critical importance to global society. Armed with the skills required to manage complex organizations and shape innovative public policy, students will be prepared to work in positions of influence at the interface of business, government, and nonprofit organizations, dealing with challenges in such critical areas as health care, the environment, economic development, and government regulation. "Graduates of this new program will be able to address some of the world's most pressing issues — issues that call for collaboration between the public and private sectors and that require leaders who can effectively operate in both areas," said Kennedy School Dean David T.
Determined to sell
As minister of investment, a member of the ruling National Democratic Party's Policies Committee and chairman of the party's Economy Committee, Mahmoud Mohieddin is in a unique position to articulate and draft Egypt's future economic and political agendas. In a roundtable discussion with Al-Ahram Weekly , Mohieddin showed enthusiasm about the outcome of economic reform and the long- term effects of the constitutional amendments. He noted that for 30 years the state failed to run public sector companies efficiently, and that keeping a loss-making company under the state umbrella is considered a crime. Bombarded by criticism over the past three years for selling what people view as the country's crown jewels does not seem to impede Mohieddin's determination to stay on the privatisation track.
Bangladesh revises visa policy to encourage foreign investment
The Bangladeshi caretaker government has revised the existing visa policy adopted in 2006 with a view to making it time-befitting, encouraging foreign investment, developing diplomatic and economic relations among the countries, and expanding trade and commerce, local daily The Independent reported Thursday. The visa policy was revised at a meeting held at the Home Ministry on Wednesday, the daily said, adding that the new visa policy, aimed at playing a significant role in developing the country's education, culture, industrial and tourism sectors as well as generating employment, came into effect from Wednesday. Home Ministry Secretary Md Abdul Karim said that there would be 33 categories of visas in the new visa policy for making the visa policy time-befitting, simpler and specific.
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