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30.09.2004 The World Development Report 2005 released by the World Bank this week, stresses that enhanced investment is crucial for decreasing poverty levels, adding that erratic government policies, corruption and crime continue to block growth in the developing world.

30.09.2004 Serbia and Montenegro provide a very favourable environment for the so-called high corruption which is used, according to the Study prepared by the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to measure the level of bribes taken by the judges, parliamentary representatives, government ministers and other holders of office, in order to adopt bad decisions, laws and regulations.

30.09.2004 Strani drzavljani i preduzeca, vecinom iz Rusije, Madjarske i Slovenije, kupuju citave komplekse zemlje na primorju, gdje skoro svakodnevno nicu citava naselja luksuznih kuca. Poznavaoci prilika u ovoj oblasti upozorili su da ce, ako se takav tempo prodaje zemlje i objekata nastavi, stranci uskoro biti vlasnici najatraktivnijih djelova crnogorske teritorije.

30.09.2004 A Bretton Woods project says it is shocking that the Bank continues to advocate privatisation as 'the policy option', when there have been serious problems in the Indian power sector.

29.09.2004 Several NGOs in the central Indian city of Bhopal, have released a draft on employment for rural youth to advocate for right to work.

29.09.2004 The union representing tens of thousands of striking public sector workers is heckling proposals to hike salaries for federal judges and MPs. The Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission is recommending a 10 per cent boost this year. Meanwhile, striking PSAC workers are being pressed to accept raises less than a quarter as generous.

29.09.2004 The national income accounts published every three months by Statistics Canada are not usually considered gripping reading. While a few nerdy number-crunchers pore eagerly over each release, normal Canadians pay them no attention. But the latest data, says economist Jim Stanford, tells a dramatic story more worthy of a gripping epic than an obscure numerical tome.

28.09.2004 Kryeadministratori i Kosovës Sorem Jesen-Petersen, ministri i Financave i Shqiperisë Arben Malaj dhe ministri i Ekonomisë e Financave Ali Sadriu nënshkruan sot Marrëveshja për Eliminimin e Taksimit të dyfishtë për qarkullimin e mallrave ndërmjet Kosovës dhe Shqipërisë.

28.09.2004 The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has expressed serious concerns over the non-implementation of the National Quality Policy of the country, and has demanded its implementation without further delay.

28.09.2004 The Canadian Minister for Industry has called for implementing ICTs in industries across the country. Addressing a national conference on e-economy
in Ottawa, Minister David L. Emerson said a fully ICT-enabled economy would
speed up growth and wealth generation in the country.

27.09.2004 Controversy rages in the labour movement as Canadian Labour Congress president Ken Georgetti tries to explain media reports that he now supports free trade. Georgetti insists CLC policy is to continue to oppose NAFTA and other similar trade deals. But a CLC position paper on the subject says free trade is not the "economic disaster" once predicted.

27.09.2004 California is taking the lead again on cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. The state's Air Resources Board has approved new rules to reduce emissions by up to 25 per cent by 2015. Anticipating that move last week, the Sierra Club urged Canada to follow suit, and to stop wasting time brokering a "voluntary" agreement with industry.

24.09.2004 VOLKSBANK BH dd zvanično se priključila projektu “Posao BiH” čiji je cilj organizovano unapređenje zapošljavanja u Bosni i Hercegovini.
VOLKSBANK BH dd je osnivanjem fonda već osigurala milion KM inicijalnih sredstava, a odobrenje prvih kredita se očekuje odmah nakon pristizanja i obrade prvih kreditnih zahtjeva upućenih banci u okviru ovog desetogodišnjeg projekta.

23.09.2004 With an idea to create job opportunities for educated rural youth, ruralnaukri.com has recently launched a programme with the acronym - REAP (Rural Employment Action Programme).

23.09.2004 U narednih nekoliko mjeseci odredice se ekonomska sudbina Crne Gore za narednih nekoliko decenija. Polazna pozicija za buducnost nam je vec katastrofalna, sto, prema Marfijevim zakonima, koji se kod nas mogu gotovo uvijek primijeniti, ne znaci da ne moze biti i gora. Do kraja ove i pocetkom naredne godine bice prodati Kombinat aluminijuma, koji sa Boksitima, Elektroprivredom i ostalima finalizuje 50 odsto drustvenog proizvoda Crne Gore. Do tada ce biti prodat i vecinski paket Telekoma, jedine preostale kompanije od cije privatizacije drzava moze dobro da zaradi.

23.09.2004 Iduća godina će biti velika godina za strane investicije u BiH, a glavni razlog tomu je jačanje bh. institucija, uspostave zakona i raščišćavanje slike o regiji, kazao je danas na konferenciji za novinare u Sarajevu direktor Agencije za promociju stranih investicija u BiH (FIPA) Mirza Hajrić.

22.09.2004 Premijer RS Dragan Mikerević i potpredsjednik kompanije DaimlerChrysler Peter Hajer dogovorili su danas da Elektroprivreda RS do kraja godine isporuči 140 megawata električne energije mostarskom preduzeću Aluminij.

22.09.2004 Sajam u Koventriju je jedan od najvećih privrednih skupova ove vrste u Evropi, i nudi izuzetnu priliku da se upoznaju nove tehnologije, te sklapanje poslovnih partnerstava, saopćeno je iz britanske ambasade u Sarajevu.

21.09.2004 Keskustelu palkkasotilaiden roolista Afrikassa on viime aikoina vilkastunut. Kipinän antoi 68 miehen pidätys epäiltyinä aikeista syöstä vallasta pienen mutta öljystä rikkaan Päiväntasaajan Guinean presidentti. Asiantuntijoiden mukaan vankila- tai edes kuolemantuomiot eivät lopeta palkkasotilaiden toimintaa Afrikassa. Siitä pitävät huolen maanosan öljy, timantit ja muut kaivannaiset.

21.09.2004 Predstavnici udruženja poljoprivrednika u BiH uputili su otvoreno pismo zastupnicima u Parlamentarnoj Skupštini BiH u kome traže da se poljoprivredni proizvodi iz potrošačke korpe oslobode poreza na dodanu vrijednost (PDV) i na taj način ne dozvoli švercerima da zarađuju ekstra profit na najsiromašnijem sloju stanovništva.