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What effect does government responsiveness have on political participation? Since the 1940s political scientists have used attitudinal measures of perceived efficacy to explain participation. ... See More + More recent work has focused on underlying genetic factors that condition citizen engagement. The authors develop a 'calculus of participation' that incorporates objective efficacy, the extent to which an individual's participation actually has an impact, and test the model against behavioral data from FixMyStreet.com (n=399,364). The authors find that a successful first experience using FixMyStreet.com (e.g., reporting a pothole and having it fixed) is associated with a 54 percent increase in the probability of an individual submitting a second report. The authors also show that the experience of government responsiveness to the first report submitted has predictive power over all future report submissions. The findings highlight the importance of government responsiveness for fostering an active citizenry, while demonstrating the value of incidentally collected data to examine participatory behavior at the individual level. See Less -
Working Paper 99519 FEB 26, 2015
Sjoberg,Fredrik Matias; Mellon,Andrew Jonathan; Peixoto,Tiago Carneiro Disclosed
The objective of the additional financing for Higher Education Quality Improvement Project (HEQIP) for Yemen is to create the enabling conditions for the enhancement of the quality of university programs and graduate employability. ... See More + The project has four components. (1) Quality improvement for university programs component will be facilitating the establishment of a fully sustainable mechanism that will channel financial resources to higher education institutions in Yemen in order to support program development initiatives leading to significant qualitative improvement in teaching and learning, consonant with the social, economic, and employment priorities of the country. The proposed additional financing will fill the financing gap associated with the procurement of laboratory equipment and tools under this component. (2) Quality Assurance (QA) component supports activities that will institutionalize QA mechanisms and structures in higher education institutions and will foster enabling conditions conducive to the enhancement of the quality of university programs and graduate competencies. (3) Institutional capacity development component will support the planning and monitoring capacity of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and nurture the capacity of Taiz University in terms of its fiduciary management and to enhance accountability. (4) Monitoring and evaluation and project management component will support the project coordination, implementation, management, and monitoring and evaluation. See Less -
Project Paper PAD1025 AUG 09, 2014
This country profile aims to: 1) provide Bank task teams with an understanding of some of the historical, legal, and social issues that are involved in making a determination to apply Operational Policy (OP) 4.10 regarding Indigenous Peoples (IPs) the Russian Federation; 2) if OP 4.10 is invoked, to inform task teams of some of the key concerns of IPs and the requirements of the Russian legal context that may impact project sustainability; and 3) to define priority issues of concern to IPs in the Russian Federation that the Bank might reference as it continues to work with the Government to implement Theme 2: Expanding Human Potential of the Bank's Country Partnership Strategy for 2012-2016. ... See More + This profile is based on the following: a desk review of publically available English and Russian language materials; a questionnaire of recognized experts; a panel of stakeholders from government, civil society, and academia; and a working group meeting. The profile is structured as follows. Part I provides the historical context for the emergence of minority and indigenous issues in Russia, including the concept of indigeneity. Part II outlines the definition of IPs under Russian and international law, and according to World Bank policy as stated in OP 4.10. Part III discusses the legal and regulatory protections granted to IPs under Russian law and pursuant to OP 4.10. It focuses in particular on IPs' rights to participate in developmental processes, access to lands and related natural resources, commercial development of natural and cultural resources, physical relocation of IPs, and developmental assistance. Part IV outlines key developmental priorities of IPs in the Russian Federation, relying on input from the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East (RAIPON). This part also includes directions for further action that could be undertaken to support dialogue on IP rights in the Russian Federation. The annexes provide comparative data on the circumstances and locations of indigenous groups in Russia. See Less -
Working Paper 89151 JUN 01, 2014
English Disclosed
This Aide Memoire on Hurricane Felix Emergency Recovery Project in Nicaragua reports that a World Bank mission visited the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua (RAAN) from the 4th to the 6th February, 2014 to provide emergency follow-up on the Draft Emergency recovery after Hurricane Felix. ... See More + The main objective of the mission was to support critical issues that are affecting the execution of the project, and monitor the agreed Action Plan to improve the performance of the same. In addition, the mission supervised IDF advanced donations for the institutional Strengthening of GRAAN. In order to meet this purpose, conducted work sessions and visited communities and works were carried out under the project. This aide memoire summarizes the findings, recommendations and agreements reached during the mission, and will be publicly disclosed. See Less -
Aide Memoire 87129 APR 06, 2014
Vote-buying is pervasive, but not everywhere. What explains significant variations across countries in the greater use of pre-electoral transfers to mobilize voters relative to the use of pre-electoral promises of post-electoral transfers? ... See More + This paper explicitly models the trade-offs that politicians incur when they decide between mobilizing support with vote-buying or promises of post-electoral benefits. Politicians rely more on vote-buying when they are less credible, target vote-buying to those who do not believe their political promises, and only buy votes from those who would have received post-electoral transfers in a world of full political credibility. The enforcement of a prohibition on vote-buying reduces the welfare of those targeted with vote-buying, but improves the welfare of all other groups in society. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6653 OCT 01, 2013
Hanusch, Marek; Keefer, Philip Disclosed
This paper introduces a new explanation for political budget cycles: politicians have stronger incentives to increase spending around elections in the presence of younger political parties. ... See More + Previous research has shown that political budget cycles are larger when voters are uninformed about politician characteristics and when politicians are less credible. The effects of party age can be traced to organizational differences between younger and older parties that also affect voter information and politician credibility. Parties organized around particular individuals, rather than around policy labels or a party machine, are less likely to survive the departure of party leaders, to adopt organizational attributes that promote voter information and political credibility, and to limit political budget cycles. Previous research has also shown larger political budget cycles in younger democracies. Evidence presented here indicates that party age accounts for this effect. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6654 OCT 01, 2013
Hanusch, Marek; Keefer, Philip Disclosed
The political and social upheavals that followed the Arab Spring of 2011 continue to dominate economic activity and near term prospects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). ... See More + Prior to the Arab Spring, aggregate investment and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to MENA followed the rest of the world. This report shows that political turbulence since the early 2000s has affected not only the level of FDI in MENA, but also its composition. It has skewed towards activities that create the least jobs or that create jobs in non-resource tradable manufacturing and services needed for export upgrading and diversification. By hurting these efficiency-seeking investments, shocks to political stability exacerbate the clustering of FDI in the extractive industries and non-resource tradable sectors. The findings of the report outline several policy challenges and priorities. The report argues that MENA countries may find themselves in a resource trap unless they strengthen institutions and improve the investment climate, especially political and macroeconomic stability. Protecting the rule of law and property rights, and committing to stable and transparent policies will encourage investment, especially foreign investment in the labor-intensive non-oil manufacturing and service sectors of MENA, and thus job creation, growth, and structural transformation. Structural reforms address privileged businesses, macroeconomic imbalances, expensive subsidies, inadequate provision of infrastructure services, problems with education, and poorly functioning labor markets. These structural issues constrain growth with grim consequences for the unemployment problem, especially among youth and women. Achieving a consensus on political reforms is a necessary pre-requisite for sustainable, high growth in developing MENA. See Less -
Other Financial Sector Study 81757 OCT 01, 2013
Ianchovichina, Elena; Devarajan, Shantayanan; Burger, Martijn; Cosic, Damir; Rouis, Mustapha Disclosed
Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet ISDSC2090 JAN 22, 2013
Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet ISDSC2090 JAN 22, 2013
Reintegration is not only an economic process but also a social and political process, during which ex-combatants acquire civilian status. Citizenship training on issues pertaining to human rights, democracy, rule of law and gender eases the reintegration process for ex-combatants and their communities, helping to ensure long-term peace and stability as well as promote ex-combatants engagement with democratic and civil institutions. ... See More + Therefore, the ex-combatants economic reintegration into the mainstream of the society can be complemented by training on social and civil skills, including rights and obligations as well as promotion of non-discrimination as a basis for inclusive and stable societies. It is in this context that this handbook was conceptualized as a peace, democracy and human rights booklet that can be distributed to ex-combatants at demobilization or reinsertion centers prior to their return to the community. It is the hope that this handbook will be made readily accessible to ex-combatants by relevant institutions and agencies to help familiarize them with the way of life they are expected to conform to in the future. The handbook is a simple guide for ex-combatants, regardless of their origin, gender and age that includes key messages with pictograms to ensure the inclusion of a variety of reading levels. See Less -
Working Paper 78332 JAN 01, 2013
This Report Profile tells us a story on how innovation promotes good governance in Albania. For better governance, citizens need more access to information. ... See More + Budgets and local taxes need to be transparent. Women and youth need equal opportunities in business, and agriculture policies need to be developed openly. To address these, the government was drafting and implementing new policies for central and local government, with support from the World Bank Project for good governance in Albania. The World Bank was further supporting the government's agenda through support for civil society projects. The British Council was overseeing their implementation. More than 140 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) responded to an open call for innovative, sustainable and replicable ideas on how to improve governance. Another CSO project was studying how fast the government answers public information requests from citizens and media, and whether any ministries or agencies try to prevent the government from releasing public information that may be damaging to them. Yet another was evaluating how efficiently and fairly agricultural subsidies were being spent in one region. The World Bank continued to work towards good results of previous projects and studies, such as governance in the water sector, the education system and protection of immovable and property rights. All the projects, funded by World Bank were expected to result in more citizen participation in better governance, and to serve as examples in other parts of Albania. See Less -
Brief 94108 APR 17, 2012
This Results Profile talks about public sector reform and the first Citizen Report Card (CRC) in Turkey. Public sector reform in Turkey was an ongoing effort involving granting of more autonomy and authority to lower levels of government for more democratic control and more effective central monitoring. ... See More + The reform was more difficult to implement at the local than the central level because civil society was not very well organized and lacked the means to participate fully in the decision-making processes. The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) and the World Bank conducted a workshop and provided technical assistance (TA) on the CRC to the Manisa citizen assembly in 2011. The World Bank facilitated the transfer of a proven experience from South Asia to Turkey, provided training on the CRC. The CRC focused on the quality of services rather than service providers and the private sector to overcome political biases and service overlaps. Intensive dialogue led the governorate and municipality to endorse the CRC and commit to transparency. Public awareness of the CRC was improved through extended media coverage and the use of social media. All responses of the people of Manisa were covered in the CRC report. The municipality demonstrated transparency by printing and distributing 1,000 copies of the report. The citizen assembly acts as a bridge between citizens and city administration, enhancing it as an effective governance mechanism. See Less -
Brief 94148 APR 17, 2012
The development objective of the Prevention and Management of Influenza Type Illness and Strengthening of Argentina's Epidemiological System Project is to support the Nation's high-level objective to reduce its burden of disease related to infectious and transmitted diseases, and specifically acute respiratory infections (ARI). ... See More + The restructuring involves the: 1) extend the project's closing date by 12 months from March 31, 2012, to March 31, 2013, 2) modify table one of the emergency project paper; and 3) reallocate loan proceeds. The restructuring will allow the project to fully achieve its targets. The extension is necessary to: a) integrate the pneumococcal vaccine campaign into the nation's regular vaccination schedule with the purpose of achieving the agreed 85 percent doses coverage; b) strengthen the capacity and quality of the Health Situation Rooms (HSR) to contribute to the public health intelligence system, upgrading the 'certification' through a second 'accreditation' process; c) improve the monitoring of project performance; d) strengthen the country's mobile emergency and urgency system, by completing the ongoing procurement process for ambulances; and e) complete impact evaluation and ongoing operational research on strategies for vaccination and epidemiological surveillance, ensuring the project's lessons will be identified and disseminated. This is the project's first extension. See Less -
Project Paper 67426 MAR 16, 2012
Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, the means of a livelihood, protection during emergencies, and collateral for credit that can be used for investment or consumption. ... See More + Unfortunately, few studies - either at the micro or macro levels- examine the gender dimensions of asset ownership. This paper sets out a framework for researchers who are interested in collecting data on individual level asset ownership and analyzing the gender asset gap. It reviews best practices in existing surveys with respect to data collection on assets at both the household and individual levels, and shows how various questions on individually owned assets can be incorporated with a minimum of effort and cost into existing multi-topic household surveys, using examples of three Living Standard Measurement Study surveys: the 1998-99 Ghana survey, the 2000 Guatemala survey, and the 1997-98 Vietnam survey questionnaires. The analysis shows that it is feasible to add a minimal set of questions to enable calculation of the gender asset gap. Adding a series of extra questions will permit a more satisfactory and nuanced analysis of asset acquisition, use, disposition, and valuation - information that is critical for policies promoting gender equality, poverty reduction, and economic growth. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4704 JUN 01, 2011
Doss, Cheryl; Grown, Caren; Deere, Carmen Diana Disclosed
Bangladesh has adopted the Westminster Model of democracy, for holding government and executive accountable for governmental actions and policies.
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Parliamentary control over financial management in the Westminster model of governance, involves several components: the preparation of a government plan for future expenditure; internal control exercised by the executive over its financial transactions; subsequent external audit conducted by the country's supreme audit institutions; and the scrutiny performed by the parliamentary oversight committees. In order to make the reform successful, there should be a defined portfolio of responsibilities, and reporting obligations for the emerging secretariat support unit in order for each of the officials to be accountable. The key recommendation is to combine all secretarial support functions, and make an institutional set up for the three committees within the existing structure of the Parliament Secretariat.
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Working Paper 70311 APR 01, 2011
Corruption in land management from the perspective of a simple risk framework. These risk factors and forms of corruption spring from more general shortcomings in the integrity framework. ... See More + In this regard, this report argues that corruption is most likely to occur when an official or office has a monopoly, when the official or office has a great deal of discretion over how the decision is taken, and when there is little accountability for that decision or transparency, which might make it harder for the corruption to proceed unabated. Some public services may often require monopoly or a measure of discretion in provision, and in such cases, transparency and accountability are especially needed. And of course, there are often alternatives that better circumscribe the discretion and monopoly in the first place. The book analyzes and explains the causes of corruption in land administration and the existing types of corruption. Based on the analysis of the types of corruption and identification of the risk factors that are generating corruption in land management, the authors propose actions for each specific type of corruption and make some recommendations for prevention. This book represents the views of foreign institutions. The views and analysis of political and legal terms in this book only represent the views and opinions of the writers, not the official views of the party and our state. In order to provide a diverse set of viewpoints, we generally keep the authors' original text; although in some places we edited and footnoted to assist readers of the book. See Less -
Working Paper 59169 JAN 01, 2011
Alcaide Garrido,Maria Delfina; Anderson,James; Davidsen,Soren; Dr. Dang Hung Vo; Dr. Dang Ngoc Dinh; Tran,Huong Thi Lan-000363734 English Disclosed
This paper deals with the effect of constitutional rules on agricultural policy outcomes in a panel of observations for more than 70 developing and developed countries in the 1955-2005 period. ... See More + Testable hypotheses are drawn from recent developments in the comparative politics literature that see political institutions as key elements in shaping public policies. Using differences-in-differences regressions we find a positive effect of a transition into democracy on agricultural protection. However, this average effect masks substantial heterogeneities across different forms of democracy. Indeed, what matters are transitions to proportional democracies, as well as to permanent democracies. Moreover, while the author does not detect significant differences across alternative forms of government (presidential versus parliamentary systems), there is some evidence that the effect of proportional election is exacerbated under parliamentary regimes, and diminished under presidential ones. See Less -
Working Paper (Numbered Series) 55962 MAY 01, 2009
Olper, Alessandro; Raimondi, Valentina Disclosed
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He discusses on Singapore's remarkable progress along the road from poverty to prosperity which has also been discovered by many other countries in East Asia and around the world. ... See More + He talks about how each country must find its own path for people to pursue the same dreams of the chance to go to school, the security of a good job, and the ability to provide a better future for their children. He speaks about how throughout the world and importantly in the developing world, there is a growing recognition that the path to prosperity must be built on a solid foundation of good governance. He talks about ,rich countries that have a vital responsibility in the fight against corruption and the need to take action against bribe givers who often come from their countries and help the developing country partners recover stolen assets. He concludes by saying that the mission is to help pave the way for the poor by giving them opportunity to work, so that they can take control of their own destiny. See Less -
Working Paper 101355 SEP 19, 2006
Wolfowitz,Paul Disclosed
Health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data essential for planning, implementing, and evaluating public health activities, closely integrated with timely dissemination of the data to enable effective and efficient action to be taken to prevent and control disease. ... See More + The scope of surveillance is broad, from early warning systems for rapid response in the case of communicable diseases to planned response in the case of non-communicable diseases, where the lag time between exposure and disease is longer than for communicable diseases. Most countries have laws or regulations on mandatory reporting of a list of conditions determined by each country, primarily communicable diseases such as childhood vaccine-preventable diseases (polio, measles, tetanus, and diphtheria), TB, hepatitis, meningitis, and leprosy. Relatively small investments can be very effective in reducing death, disease, and disability. Surveillance can make the health system more effective and efficient, and better able to control devastating epidemics. It can lead to early detection of local epidemics when control is more effective, less costly, and involves less loss of life. Surveillance is also important for controlling and preventing endemic diseases that reduce productivity and can be costly to manage. Good surveillance systems permit early identification of diseases such as TB and syphilis that can be cured easily with low-cost treatments, combined with other public health actions. See Less -
Brief 53649 MAY 01, 2006
The newsletter discusses activities at the Bank's Cairo Offices during the last quarter of 2005. Contents include: World Bank MNA regional conference o the job creation and skill development; an interview with Emmanuel Ebi; new World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz stresses results agenda in the Annual Meetings 2005 speech; call for parliamentarians to deliver results for poor; reducing poverty and human development in MENA; HIV/AIDS prevention in the Middle East and North Africa, WB launches regional strategy to help countries develop national HIV/ADIS plans; major events at he Bank Egypt country office: 2005 in a snapshot; Egypt's Public Information Center (PIC). ... See More + See Less -
Newsletter 37114 DEC 01, 2005
El Naggar, Dina [editor]; El Kouesny, Nehal [editor] English
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|Indigenous peoples of Russia : country profile (Russian) See More +
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|Nicaragua - Hurricane Felix Emergency Recovery Project : urgent follow-up mission - February 4 to 6, 2014 : Nicaragua - Proyecto de Emergencia para la Recuperacion Despues del Huracan Felix : mision de seguimiento urgente : 4 al 6 de Febrero de 2014 (Spanish) See More +
|Aide Memoire
|Promises, promises : vote-buying and the electoral mobilization strategies of non-credible politicians (English) See More +
|Policy Research Working Paper
|Political budget cycles and the organization of political parties (English) See More +
|Policy Research Working Paper
|Middle East and North Africa - economic developments and prospects : investing in turbulent times (English) See More +
|Other Financial Sector Study
|Morocco - New governance framework Implementation support project (English) See More +
|Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet
|Morocco - New governance framework Implementation support project (English) See More +
|Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet
|Peace, democracy and human rights : handbook for ex-combatants (Arabic) See More +
|Working Paper
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|Innovation promotes good governance in Albania (Albanian) See More +
|Public sector reform and the first citizen report card in Turkey : Réforme du secteur public et première enquête de satisfaction citoyenne en Turquie (French) See More +
|Argentina - Prevention and Management of Influenza Type Illness and Strengthening of Argentina's Epidemiological System Project : restructuring (Vol. 2) : Data sheet (English) See More +
|Project Paper
|Gender and asset ownership : a guide to collecting individual-level data (English) See More +
|Policy Research Working Paper
|Bangladesh - Strengthening oversight (finance) committee (English) See More +
|Working Paper
|Recognizing and reducing corruption risks in land management in Vietnam : Nhan dien va giam thieu cac rui ro dan den tham nhung trong quan ly dat dai o Vietnam (Vietnamese) See More +
|Working Paper
|Constitutional rules and agricultural policy outcomes (English) See More +
|Working Paper (Numbered Series)
|Path to prosperity, annual meetings 2006, Singapore with Paul Wolfowitz, World Bank President : Jalan menuju kemakmuran, pidato Paul Wolfowitz Presiden Kelompok Bank Dunia kepada Singapura (Bahasa (Indonesian)) See More +
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Customers have particular opinions on their purchase or consumption experience from a product or service. Nowadays, firms are realizing that time has been passed to keep the customers only on price, but need to fulfill the customer's desires, expectations and needs in relation to the service. Competition among the firms, increased drastically due to the globalization, is leading them to keep focus on esteemed customers to make satisfied. Though customers are the main concern and precious asset that is why most of the companies are thinking their current and future needs by analyzing customer satisfaction. The study was made for a case of National Life Insurance Company Limited, Khulna Branch and the objective was to find out its customers' satisfaction level as well as to provide significant recommendations to improve it. Quantitative survey method was employed by means of a questionnaire. The questionnaires, designed questions related to the customer satisfaction elements, were distributed among the customers and the responses were collected later on. Finally, the result was shown and analyzed through graphical presentations. The results of the research revealed that current business strategies of National life Insurance Company, Khulna branch are not playing positive impact on customers' satisfaction level. So, customers suggested that a number of actions should be taken to improve customer service, staff training, technology application, service environment, trustworthiness.


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pretty wild to have hot & dusty conditions here at the end of december....
We got tons of snow up here and plenty rain down low. Forecast dry for next 10 days. Great riding weather. Will get out the next couple days.
Truck is starting to look like a tank. If people didn't get out of your way before, they should now. Your trips to Lowe's will take on a new air as you get jealous and appreciative looks.
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yep, it was whooped out.... truck looks good!
Prineville is one of the most incredible places in the west. Unreal beauty.
The Tundra when done is going to be world class... should be final for my west America trip that starts in April. My first stop is Bachelor...
sounds good, hit me up a month in advance & lets plan it our better this time, hopefully the good ST will be snow free by then...
Nobody makes a more dependable truck than Toyota. It's looking awesome btw
Ummmm ...... i gotz over 200K on my 03 D-MAXXXXXXX
Truck is lookin good TT
I had the same rims on my last Chebby
I've still got my 2001 Duramax, I'm the original owner and have 108,000 on it...absolutely love that truck.
Well all this talk about duramax... I got a 2004.5 dodge quad cab Laramie 5.9HO Cummins 6 speed manual. You guys can keep your V8 converted diesels.
My buddy has 630,000 kms on his 2007 Tundra long box. He did ball joints/control arms at 440,000. Motor and transmission are original and excellent.
In the three quarter and one ton trucks, I am a huge GM Duramax fan. The powertrain will outlast the rest of the truck
Duramax would be my second choice for sure. The ride of the truck is better and they have automatic tranny that's worth a shit, unlike the dodge garbage.
My truck is now too nice. Must buy a car now. And that means the bikes must leave the garage. That means I need a bigger better shed..,
I'm going to get a part time job...
My Yukon Denali was an amazing ride. Would have bought a gmc truck but the pricing was
Yebbut the Denali is an SUV with coils in the corners, thats like cheating.
Loved my Avalanches for that same reason, but they kinda sucked as trucks
No hating here. I've got close to 200k on mine and have only had to do tie rod ends and ball joints, besides oil changes and fuel filters. Owned the truck since 45k and for eight years.
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Operation Olive Branch was launched by Turkey on January 20 to remove the PKK/PYD/YPG/KCK and Daesh terrorists from Afrin in northwestern Syria.
Turkey views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is deemed a terrorist group by the U.S., the European Union and Turkey.
A total of 3,347 terrorists have been "neutralized" since the start of Operation Olive Branch in Syria's northwestern Afrin region, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Monday morning.
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters are seen with villagers in eastern Afrin, Syria on March 9, 2018. They also took control of the village of Ka'n Kurk in the Jindires district. More than one million people are now in Afrin city and villages around it after fleeing the fighting, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor group.
Erdogan said that Turkey shares a 911-kilometer (566-mile) border with Syria, adding that it has been harassed by both terrorist groups and the Syrian regime.
"Of course, Turkey will not permit this", Ramazani said.
"The global community must support the resistance of Afrin people and break silence towards the invasive attacks", it said, calling on the UNSC to establish a no-fly-zone over Afrin. Erdogan also denounced North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on Sunday, accusing the Western military alliance of failing to back Turkey's campaign.
"With these things happening in Syria, when will you, NATO, take our side?" he said. Erdogan said in remarks to supporters in Bolu, a city east of Istanbul.
"We have a 911-kilometer border [with Syria] and terrorist organizations are harassing us constantly from this border". Unfortunately, until now, there has not been a positive word or voice. "Are we not a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member?"
Foreigners who returned to their home countries, after completing their undergraduate and graduate studies in Turkey, have voiced support for Operation Olive Branch in northwestern Syria.
The YPG too denies any direct organisational links to Turkey's PKK- an assertion backed by a US -led coalition whose air strikes have helped the militia and allied Arab fighters drive Islamic State militants out of tens of thousands of square kilometres of Syria.
Misfiring strikers continue to give Antonio Conte cause for concern
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Free agent CB Sherman to visit 49ers
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Kenya: the president,residence leader to resolve differences
The election season blunted growth in Kenya , East Africa's richest economy and a Western ally in a volatile region. Odinga said the opposition had chose to change tactics for the sake of the country's unity.
850 sq km now under control in Afrin: Erdogan
The military intervention came after the U.S. said it would set up a 30,000-strong militant border force at Turkish doorstep. Euphrates Shield, which began in August in 2016 and ended in March 2017, eliminated terrorists along the Syrian border.
Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein to retire by year end
Lloyd Blanknfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs for 12 years, is planning to step down this summer, according to the Wall Street Journal . Paulson succeeded Jon Corzine, who entered New Jersey state politics after Goldman, serving as a senator and then governor.
BJP releases a list of 8 Rajya Sabha nominees
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot is being fielded from Bihar. The other two Union ministers, Parshottam Rupala and Manusukh Mandaviya, will contest from Gujarat .
Protestors react to visit by Saudi Crown Prince
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PS4 Pro update finally makes more games look better on 1080p TVs
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I have really bad sleep (patterns) and so does my mom. "But I love her for the fact that she's always 100 percent herself". She said: "I basically feel like I am dating " The Bachelor ", like, the show".
Alabama keeps NCAA hopes alive with buzzer beater in SEC tournament
Teshaun Hightower came up big off the bench for Georgia, matching his career high of 13 points. Up next, the Crimson Tide will face the victor of No. 4-seed Kentucky and No. 12-seed Georgia.
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President Maithripala Sirisena, meeting with newspaper editors and media heads on Friday said the unity government would proceed for the remainder of its term and called for the support of all, irrespective of political differences, to strengthen his hand to take the country forward. "Priority now should be given to the development strategies for the benefit of the country", he said adding that the Kandy incidents and the No Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister affected the development work undertaken by the government to a certain extent. He said that in spite of what happened in parliament he was responsible to the people.
The President's intentions, laudable though they may be, is bound to come unstuck in a climate of uncertainty that is still palpable in the aftermath of the No Confidence Motion. Chief among the reasons for this uncertainty is the role that is being played by the SLFP ministers, who voted in favour of the NCM, in parliament. The UNP wants them to quit the government on the basis that they have no moral right to remain in the government enjoying all the perks of office while voting against the PM. The Pro-NCM SLFP ministers are not making things easy either, for the President, by not making their stance clear in this regard. Yesterday's newspapers reported that the six ministers who voted for the NCM wanted to quit while in the same breath stating that only the President can decide on their fate.
Vocational Training and Skills Development Minister Chandima Weerakkody says they were ever willing to step down from their ministerial posts and had communicated this to the President orally and in writing. However, later speaking to the media after attending a ceremony in Galle, he said that it is the President who will decide whether they will remain ministers in the Cabinet or relinquish office to become ordinary MPs.
But what is interesting is when he says that they voted in favour of the NCM in keeping with public opinion completely disregarding their position. They had to take that stand as politicians elected by the people's mandate. He goes on to state that as a person who received the largest preference vote from the Galle District, he had a duty to bow his head to public opinion and vote in favour of the NCM.
These are hardly the sentiments of a government minister that would bring about stability to the government which the President obviously implied when he called for the support and corporation of all to take forward the unity government for the remainder of its term. Obviously, Minister Weerakkody meant the outcome of the local government election when he said they had to bow to public opinion. He certainly is overlooking the fact that the mandate he derived did not originate from the LG poll results but the general election in August 2015 when the people gave this government a mandate to rule for five years. If the Minister says that the people gave them a fresh mandate at the LG polls then he should bow to that mandate and step down as a Minister since he and the SLFP was trounced at the LG poll and with it went his highest preference vote he received in Galle which he so proudly boasts about. Similar sentiments were also expressed by Dayasiri Jayasekera as justification of him remaining as a Cabinet Minister.
How the likes of Weerakkody and Jaysekera can work with a Prime Minister, whom they tried to oust, in the same Cabinet, where they obviously have to exchange views with him on policy, not to mention financial allocations for subjects pertaining to their ministries, only they will be able to explain, since the PM is the fulcrum on which any government revolves.
Be that as it may, the President should decide on the fate of the 16 SLFP ministers and state ministers one way or the other without further delay. These ministers, in any event, were openly hostile to the Prime Minister and the No Confidence Motion, no doubt, has exacerbated feelings which is not the ideal recipe for the stability which the President desires for the unity government.
Having ministers in a government who are ever willing to trip the Prime Minister in that government cannot be condoned for whatever reason. Besides, these ministers are allocated financial provisions from the annual budget to run their ministries and it is ridiculous for them to be showered with such largess while supporting a No Confidence Motion to remove the Prime Minister. They should gracefully step down without causing further difficulties for the Government and join their erstwhile colleagues in the Joint Opposition.
They cannot be allowed to run with the hare and hunt with the hound. The government has only another two years to serve before the next general election. It cannot afford to squander the little time that is left while ministers are undecided whether to quit or stay. The public is least interested, one way or the other, on the fate of their representatives who are only sponging on them.


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In Ireland overnight, former European Champion 1st Season Sire & Chatswood Stud shuttler Invincible Spirit (Green Desert-Rafha, by Kris) added a group success when 5YO entire Kargali (Invincible Spirit-Karliyka, by Last Tycoon) scored a 0.75-length victory in the €60,000 (A$90,000) Gr3 Gladness Stakes (7 furlongs) for 4YOs & up at The Curragh to better his 3rd-placing in this same race last year. Kargali (ridden by Johnny Murtagh for trainer Luke Comer) defeated favoured 4YO entire Rayeni (Indian Ridge-Rayyana, by Rainbow Quest) & fellow 4YO entire Croisultan (Refuse To Bend-Zoudie, by Ezzoud). Last year Kargali also won Ireland's Listed Heritage Stakes (8 furlongs) at Leopardstown.


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Western Promoted Mass-Immigration Deprives Africa of Its Future
[Especially of the talents of the well-educated and well-to-do who can easily leave their country in time of turmoil or deprivation for a better location and never return when conditions improve, because they have established their credentials and place on their nre location! – AQ Tom]
Unlike the leftwing European bishops and Pope Francis, the African Church warns of mass-emigration because it deprives the continent of its future.
Accordingly Africa born Curia Cardinal Peter Turkson, confronted by the diocesan newspaper of Albenga, Italy (June 24) with the question "how to promote the culture of solidarity toward the [illegal im]migrants", did not answer as expected,
"We should not limit ourselves to hospitality but should promote interventions in the countries of origin", he said.
Turkson applied the parable of the Good Samaritan to those who help prospective immigrants to stay in their countries pointing out that emigration from Africa is connected to Western arms trafficking which promotes wars and emigration. [I do not exactly know what His Eminence means by the latter part of that statement. – AQ Tom]
Already in July 2017 Turkson said that it was high time to "close the tap" of African immigration into Europe.


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Frank Huber recently tackled my post about Monetization in his Blog
http://blog.firstmedia.de/?p=763 (in German)
and contradicted my views of the subject based on 2 reasons: in his opinion, YouTube has shown that "size does matter" and sevenload hasn't followed my recommended strategy at all. Here's my reply to his post:
1) It's undeniable that the "natural market leader", who's the one that goes for reach first, is the one who can win the rat race for size. I did point this out myself in my own post. However, it would be wrong to believe that the YouTube strategy and more specifically the YouTube exit is something that can be replicated. Ex post, Google's investment in YouTube makes a lot of sense for a company that gave up a fraction of it's shares. But there is exactly one buyer fitting that profile, and that is Google. There's always exactly one worldwide or www-wide dominant company per segment that can be successful with a sheer "reach" priorization and with such an Exit strategy – so it's hardly good advice for startups to emulate that model unless the startup is entirely sure of being the first one in its category.
My argument wasn't that reach or the number of users/clients won is irrelevant- in fact, it's the opposite. I just think that it is healthier to achieve this reach or customer base with a working and efficient business model than without one. And XING is a good example of this: From its first day back in 2003, Lars Hinrichs (Founder of XING) was already charging 5- € in monthly membership fees, even though at the time subscription models were still widely perceived as unfeasable in the German internet market.
2) sevenload's strategy is NOT that of gaining a gross increase in our reach at all costs. We're following an approach of pure, organic growth (up to now we haven't spent a single € for advertising) which allows us to best offer a differentiated platform and cover the "Long Tail" of content. This allows us to offer advertisers rates that are up to a factor of 10 greater than those of normal video portals – and of most most conventional internet portals as well. Because of this difference, we are the market leader as measured in:
- Unique Visitors (> 10 Mil real unique visitors per month),
- active registered users (> 300,000),
- average visit duration (> 25 min. per visit and registered users > 45 min),
- content volume and
- revenue (we will be the Web 2.0 company with the highest turnover in Germany this year and most likely the only one that will be profitable). We achieve all this thanks to a revolutionary advertising model that is highly effective for advertisers.
Interestingly, though gross reach was not a primary target, this strategy has led to an sustained increase in precisely our gross reach and has put us in second place in the German market in terms of gross reach, right ahead of Clipfish, despite Clipfish's massive cross-media subsidisation by the leading German TV Channel, RTL, and a full integration in DSDS, Germany's "American Idol" Format.
In my opinion this once again proves the wisdom of Al Ries's main marketing theorem:
Create a new category, then dominate it
My post on monetization does nothing more than offer a methodic approach to defining the category a startup strives to dominate in business model terms rather than in media terms.
In a recent discussion I had at a meeting of which I am a non-executive member, the eternal discussion of
whether priority should be given to monetization or to reach and internationalization
was brought up. The debate centered around the question of whether or not the exit perspectives of the venture (of which I am also a shareholder) would increase or decrease, depending on whether the business model was first proven, at the detriment of international reach, or whether monetization should be allowed to lag because entry into several international markets at once would be a priority.
To me, this debate simply has the wrong starting point. While it is true that exit markets, such as the stock market or the M&A market, are – just like any other market – subject to buyer preference analysis, and while there is some credit to the claim that understanding the decision making "fashions" of typical M&A acquirers does help you in setting the price of your venture at exit,
timing towards such an exit market is more of a gamble than a company strategy.
In my experience, having now gone through two boom and one bust phases, the best strategy for a company to pursue is to
create a viable business model that creates value for customers that customers are prepared to pay for.
This may not always be the "sexiest" portrayal a startup can give itself (as opposed to: we are the next Facebook), but to paraphrase the old saying about design following function or form following function-
PR and the Elevator Pitch should follow the strategy and not the other way around.
This is why I literally get angry at classic venture capital thinking that sees company strategy solely in the dimension of "How will this fit my exit market? How can I sell this story to an acquirer?". I would always strongly advise any founder
to have a clear and separate vision of their business model that cannot be influenced or swayed, save by the customer
and to work relentlessly on proving and creating that.
Incidentally, succesful American start-ups have often proven that this is the best strategy since they have always focused on gaining size and growth in their home markets before over-focussing on internationalization. In general, this has given them the size and clout necessary to, if need be, acquire whoever it was in a landscape within a specific market. It is true, that this does not always work and that some local markets have been lost even for giants such as Yahoo! and E-bay because they haven't gone local on time, but conversely there is no known example of a company that went for reach without a viable business model and survived.
Eventually, you do have to pay the bills.
So if you do have to reach several international markets at once (because you are in a European market with too small a home market or because your board is adamant or because you have that peculiar megalomania that most entrepreneurs – including me – indulge in, I would advise the following order or priorities in formulating your company strategy:
1) Define your Business Model
2) Prove it by acquiring your reference customer base
3) Identify the growth factors in your business model with respect to paying customers
4) Identify the multipliers or incumbents in other international markets
5) Internationalize on a sales / business model driven basis by acquiring reference paying customers in those markets
The perceptions of your target exit markets can change faster than you can change the positioning of your company.
But a functioning business model and a continuous revenue stream are two realities that a) always let your survive independently of your VC backing and b) always find an acquirer.
Where there is a business model, there always eventually is an exit market.


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Bank of Russia has appointed Ksenia Yudayeva as its new first deputy governor, rounding up a reshuffle that saw her predecessor, Alexei Ulyukayev, put in charge of the economy ministry and then-economics minister Andrei Belousov appointed chief economic adviser to Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, earlier this year. Elvira Nabiullina, who held that position prior to Belousov, in turn took the reins of the central bank.
Yudayeva, who co-ordinated the recent G-20 meetings in Russia, will be "res
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