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SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA TOBACCO PRODUCTION FEATURE
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg
AFRICA’S tobacco leaf producers are facing troubled times.
Instead of capitalising on crop and currency woes in rival Brazil, too many producers across the world’s poorest continent are battling drought and low selling prices.
Brazil’s problems should have opened a door of opportunity for leading African producers to claim back at least part of the world leaf market lost to south American and other producers when Zimbabwe’s crop collapsed amid the violent seizure of white-owned farm land.…
CHINA PAINT INDUSTRY FEATURE AUTOMOBILE PAINTS USA CONSTRUCTION GROWTH
BY JANE MOIR, in Hong Kong
CONSTRUCTION is on the up, people are eagerly buying homes, cars are being churned out at a rapid pace and the 2008 Beijing Olympics are just around the corner. The demand for paint and coatings in China should never have been better.…
AFRICA MONEY LAUNDERING FEATURE LOOSE LEGAL CONTROLS CORRUPTION
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg
CENTRAL bankers, drug barons, warlords, corporate bosses and small town crooks in Africa are all washing their money despite attempts by governments and international law enforcement agencies to bring them to book. But financial crime has never been as lucrative as now on the world’s poorest continent.…
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS TRANSPARENCY - ACCOUNTS IMPROVEMENTS - EU GUIDELINES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Commission draft guidelines that would insist on the registration of all non-profit organisations in the European Union (EU), to guard against their abuse by terrorist groups, have been criticised by the London-based Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA).…
IT HIGHER EDUCATION STANDARDS, ISO, OPEN UNIVERSITY, E-LEARNING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
E LEARNING is to a large extent all about standards, and universities involved in developing electronic services need to be aware of what guidelines are available and useful. At a very basic level, they could not use the Internet at all without the common technical rules used by all computers working the web, from IP protocols to voltage and plug shapes.…
INDIA PAINT INDUSTRY FEATURE
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
THE INDIAN economy is booming and so, as a result, is the country’s US$1.8 billion paint and coating industry, which registered a 10 to 12% annual growth for third consecutive year, taking 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05 into account.…
LIECHTENSTEIN UNIVERSITY RECTOR INTERVIEW - SMALL EUROPEAN COUNTRY UNIVERSITIES
BY ALAN OSBORN
FACT BOX
Population: approx. 35,000
Number of students at the university: about 840
Percentage of its students who are Liechtensteiners: about 85%
Percentage of Liechtensteiners who attend university: about 30%
INTERVIEW
IT says something about the University of Liechtenstein that most of its masters programmes are taught in English even though the inhabitants of this tiny Alpine principality speak German and the country itself is sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria.…
PYROTECHNIC DEVICES AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) pending directive on the control of pyrotechnic substances which activate safety devices in vehicles got a robust public endorsement from the auto supply industry today (3/21).
Addressing a "mini-hearing" of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Klaus Pilatus on behalf of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), told legislators of the industry’s "full support" of the legislation and would like to see it adopted throughout the 25 nation grouping as soon as possible.…
DEVELOPMENT AID INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND UP, LEAD FREE PETROL, CULTURAL TRADE UNESCO, IFC ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNEP – RISK MANAGEMENT
A BOOK detailing practical ways in which governments can reduce the costs of dealing with major challenges such bird flu, terrorism and climate change has been released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).…
CFATF - CARIBBEAN REGIONAL ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANISATION
BY WESLEY GIBBINGS, in Port of Spain, Trinidad
WITH its multiple small jurisdictions, offshore tax havens and proximity to both drug producing countries in Latin America and the United States, the Caribbean has always been a focus of global anti-money laundering efforts.…