http://www.weforum.org 09.11.2009
Investing in Girls, Investing in Development — The Girl Effect
Empowering girls breaks the cycle of intergenerational poverty and helps build sustainable economies.
What needs to be done by business and government to ensure that girls are placed at the forefront of the regional development agenda?
Discussion Leaders
Vinita Bali, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Britannia Industries, India
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation, Nike, USA
Darryl Green, President, Asia Pacific, Manpower Inc, Singapore
Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick, Global Head, Citizenship and Diversity, KPMG International, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Talent & Diversity
Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, India; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit; Global Agenda Council on the Gender Gap
Rajshree Pathy, Chairman and Managing Director, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals, India
Moderated by
Barkha Dutt, Group Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India
Duration : 1:14:27
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Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the American co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple IncIn the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, created one of the first commercially successful personal computers. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven graphical user interface.[7] After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. NeXT’s subsequent 1997 buyout by Apple Computer Inc. brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its CEO since then. Steve Jobs was listed as Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Businessman of 2007.
Duration : 0:9:43
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Proposition 1D – California May 19 2009: Transfer of Child Development Funds
Duration : 0:1:46
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The DPI/NGO Conference is the main NGO event of the year at the United Nations. This years conference is organized by a partnership of the U.N. Department of Public Information in cooperation with the DPI/NGO Executive Committee, the Government of Mexico, and the U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs. For the second time in its six-decade history, the Conference is held outside the United Nations New York Headquarters.
Official Website of the Conference
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/
Mexicos United Nations Information Centre
http://www.cinu.org.mx/
Mexican NGO Focal Group
informacion.62dpi@gmail.com
Mexicos Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://participacionsocial.sre.gob.mx/
Duration : 0:3:45
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The DPI/NGO Conference is the main NGO event of the year at the United Nations. This years conference is organized by a partnership of the U.N. Department of Public Information in cooperation with the DPI/NGO Executive Committee, the Government of Mexico, and the U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs. For the second time in its six-decade history, the Conference is held outside the United Nations New York Headquarters.
Official Website of the Conference
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/
Mexicos United Nations Information Centre
http://www.cinu.org.mx/
Mexican NGO Focal Group
informacion.62dpi@gmail.com
Mexicos Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://participacionsocial.sre.gob.mx/
Duration : 0:3:45
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New song from Pete’s upcoming record Back and Fourth 23.6.09. PETE YORNS BACK AND FOURTH TRACK LISTING:
1. Dont Wanna Cry
2. Paradise Cove
3. Close
4. Social Development Dance
5. Shotgun
6. Last Summer
7. Thinking of You
8. Country
9. Four Years
10. Long Time
Duration : 0:3:58
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New song from Pete’s upcoming record Back and Fourth 23.6.09. PETE YORNS BACK AND FOURTH TRACK LISTING:
1. Dont Wanna Cry
2. Paradise Cove
3. Close
4. Social Development Dance
5. Shotgun
6. Last Summer
7. Thinking of You
8. Country
9. Four Years
10. Long Time
Duration : 0:3:58
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Portland’s Economic Development Strategy:
A Five-Year Plan for Promoting Job Creation and Economic Growth
In the midst of a period of extraordinary change, Portland needs a strategy to guide the city’s economic growth over the next five years. Under Mayor Sam Adams leadership, the Portland Development Commission has drafted a five-year plan to direct the investment necessary for Portland to compete in a transformed global economy.
Portland seeks to build the most sustainable economy in the U.S. and, in the process, create 10,000 new jobs. The city already possesses unique competitive advantages that make it a front runner to be the center of the U.S. green economy: an existing concentration of firms in wind, solar and green development clusters; years of recognized leadership in all facets of sustainable living — green building, transit, land use recycling, and bicycle use; and supportive state and local policy.
To build a sustainable economy, Portland must assert leadership in three overlapping areas: sustainable job growth, a sustainable way of life and inclusive prosperity. The interplay of these three elements creates a resilient economy where business activity reinforces our shared values, our way of life contributes to a thriving local economy and all Portland residents share in the benefits of this growth.
We hope you enjoy this short video that explains a few of the challenges Portland’s top business leaders face and how this new Economic Development Strategy will meet those challenges. For more information about the Economic Development Strategy, please visit http://www.pdxeconomicdevelopment.com
For more information about the Portland Development Commission, please visit http://www.pdc.us
This video was produced by John Cárdenas and Anne Mangan.
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