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Several countries in the Asia-Pacific region are experiencing demographic changes. Over 60 per cent of the world …. They represent a key asset for the countries of this region. Young people are a major human resource for development, key …
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This paper examines the labour market characteristics for adults and the entire population. Then it analyses challenges and opportunities in labour market for youth. Next, the paper discusses the existing and needed policies for taking care of the challenges in overall and youth labour markets....
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unemployment and underemployment would remain a serious policy issue for many more years to come in India. In this context, this … paper examines the employment and unemployment situation of the youth in India during the last two-and-half decades viz …., 1983 to 2007-08. It analyses the trends in labour force and workforce participation rates, unemployment, joblessness …
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Productive employment generation is an important objective in most of the developing countries this motivation has … select developing countries the argument of high cost of labour reducing labour absorption has been examined critically. The … labour demand in these countries tends to reduce employment. …
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underestimated. Overall giving may be increasing in many countries, but so too are the numbers of nonprofits seeking donations. Add … nonprofit sector as the various comprehensive giving studies undertaken in countries such as Australia, the USA, the Netherlands …
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As part of a broader commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, major minerals companies are developing and implementing a management systems approach to community relations. While the application of management systems to community relations represents an advance...
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The standard neo-classical economic paradigm is the setting for most modern businesses. The underlying premises of this paradigm are not always in tune with the imperatives of the kind of corporate social responsibility agenda which businesses now face. This dissonance is rooted in an underlying...
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Measurements of corporate values are associated with a number of challenges. The needs for making measurements relate to making strategic decisions for internal and external stakeholders. Traditionally, these estimates of, for example, brand value, have been expressed purely in terms of...
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This study focuses on the wealth-protective effects of socially responsible firm behaviour by examining the association between corporate social performance (CSP) and financial risk for an extensive panel data sample of S&P 500 companies between the years 1992 and 2009. In addition, the link...
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