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MODULE 3 Workplace HS

11 June 2024
Participants able to: » Describe office ergonomic safety » Understand your responsibility to keep yourself and others safe at work. » Outline Roles and Responsibilities and the Internal Responsibility System » Understand the range of responsibilities from Workers, Managers and Contractors » Stop…

AMLCFT Utilities The Possibilities Perils and PitfallsA Pacific Perspective

10 December 2020
Money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF) are priority issues for banks in the Pacific, which shoulder the risks and high costs associated with ML and TF. This presentation gives an overview of the banks’ process in onboarding new customers and offers a different Know Your Customer (KYC)…

International Money Laundering Drug Trafficking and Illegal Wildlife Trade Operation Dismantled

3 September 2020
This article discussed drug trafficking and the illegal wildlife trade.

Farming Veteran Warns Chinas Pig Crisis Only Getting Worse

28 October 2019
African swine fever is under-reported says FCStone’s Suderman. It will spur a restructure of People's Republic of China's (PRC) entire farm industry and trigger an escalation in meat prices globally. PRC's pork deficit may eclipse U.S. production, economist says.

Financing Tertiary Education

22 August 2018
Given the need to expand universities in Asia and therefore the critical role of financing, the author seeks to answer questions such as the case for university tuition charges and why student loans are necessary. He also differentiates between time-based repayment loans and income-contingent loans…

The Impact of Demographic Change on Labor Supply and Economic Growth Can Asia Meet the Challenge Ahead

18 May 2018
Some member-nations of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will see their working-age population grow or slightly decline by 2050; others will see them shrink. Several APEC countries rely on migration to expand their labor force and GDP. The labor force participation rates among people…

Opportunities and Challenges with Payments for Ecosystems in Brazil

8 December 2017
What can be learned from Brazil’s experiences in payments for ecosystem services? Participatory planning, empowerment, transparency, and education for sustainable development—these are some of Brazil’s strategies for success.

PostConflict in Colombia

16 June 2017
Citizen participation remains a big challenge in post-conflict Colombia despite the economic and social progress achieved in the early 2010s. Planning for peacebuilding started with the creation of a national development plan that highlights the sustainable development goals as a core component of…

Infrastructure and Inclusive Sustainable Development in Chile

16 June 2017
Sustainable infrastructure development in Chile is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and involves the participation of public, private, and civil society actors. While social evaluation of projects should be complemented by disaster risk assessment, the creation of…

The Sustainable Development Goals and Managing for Results Argentina

15 June 2017
By linking the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and targets to public policy decisions, the Government of Argentina fully commits itself to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ensuring achievement of the SDGs in Argentina will require the establishment of an…