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The rather optimistic title of this forum (... after the Turmoil) says it all: Host Ackermann sees "the dust settling". What is the response to crisis, how can this lead to an "optimal system"?

The basis of this discussion is that Mervin King suggested the IMF should become a non-resident board, IMF might be in charge of lending decisions, but the management should be much more independent. Thomas Mirow, President of ERDB, recommends to be cautious. "All that is decided, has daily impact on the people." To think "the people will just be doing fine" would be naive (err...

• Which way next for Sierra Leone?
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• University of Cambridge - Sustainability Research Digest
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As the smoke seems to have cleared by now, I thought it would be good to sum up the major developments about the Ruggie-Report on Business and Human Rights.

• ICT4Peace Inventorisation Wiki - A wiki that explores the application ...

A couple of weeks ago, the pension fund of the MEP (Members of European Parliament) divested from Petrochina, China's state-run oil firm and Sudan's largest oil partner.

IBM and National Geographic invites you to send in a part of your cheek and to see if you're originally (and genetically) from Africa (I'm a spoiler: Yes, you are).