http://www.weforum.org 28.01.2010
Africa’s growth strategy is developing new plot lines as the International Monetary Fund expects growth in sub-Saharan Africa to be 1% above the global average; trade with China now tops US$ 100 billion a year.
How is Africa’s growth strategy changing and what will it reveal in 2010 and beyond?
Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (ADB), Tunis
Jakaya M. Kikwete, President of Tanzania
Li Ruogu, Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of China, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on the International Monetary System
Jubril Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive, Oando, Nigeria; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Africa
Moderated by
Maria Ramos, Group Chief Executive, Absa Group, South Africa; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Africa
Duration : 1:2:17
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http://www.weforum.org 31.01.2010
The Annual Meeting Co-Chairs examine what industry and government should do to lead the global economy on a path of sustainability and job growth in 2010.
Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank, Germany; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Chair of the Governors Meeting for Financial Services 2010; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Azim H. Premji, Chairman, Wipro, India; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank, United Kingdom; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Ronald A. Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Patricia A. Woertz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), USA; Co-Chair of the Governors Meeting for Consumer Industries 2010; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Chaired by
Michael Oreskes, Senior Managing Editor, Associated Press (AP), USA
Davos Annual Meeting 2010 – Being Responsible for the Future
Special Guest
Rowan D. Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, United Kingdom
With
Joao Rafael Brites, Global Changemaker, British Council Global Changemakers, Portugal
Tshepiso Gower, Global Changemaker, British Council Global Changemakers, Botswana
Sarah Jameel, Global Changemaker, British Council Global Changemakers, Sri Lanka
Carmina Mancenon, Global Changemaker, British Council Global Changemakers, Japan
Mousa Musa, Global Changemaker, British Council Global Changemakers, Iraq
Nishin Nathwani, Global Changemaker, British Council Global Changemakers, Canada
Moderated by
Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Duration : 1:46:44
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http://www.weforum.org 27.01.2010
Despite an upward revision of the International Monetary Fund’s most recent World Economic Outlook, average real GDP growth of the global economy over the next five years is expected to be less than that of the five years (2003-2007) before the crisis.
In partnership with Time magazine, industry leaders, economists and policy-makers rethink the “new normal” for key economies going forward.
Dennis Nally, Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA
Arif M. Naqvi, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Abraaj Capital, United Arab Emirates; Co-Chair of the Governors Meeting for Investors 2010; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Pakistan
Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA
Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, Roubini Global Economics Monitor, USA; Global Agenda Council on the International Monetary System
David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Carlyle Group, USA
Heizo Takenaka, Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University, Japan; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Japan
Moderated by
Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International, Time Magazine, USA
Duration : 1:19:11
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http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2010
China’s transition from a low-cost, export-driven developing economy into an advanced one with a diversified industrial base is happening faster than the rest of the world expected.
What are the global dimensions of China’s historic economic transition that need rethinking both in China and abroad?
In partnership with the World Economic Forum, CCTV hosts this debate focusing on China’s growth.
Klaus Kleinfeld, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcoa, USA
David Li Daokui, Director and Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics, Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE), Tsinghua University, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mining & Metals
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Blackstone Group, USA
John Zhao, Chief Executive Officer, Hony Capital, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on the Future of China
Moderated by
Rui Chenggang, Director and Anchor, China Central Television, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Journalism
Duration : 1:11:17
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http://www.weforum.org 27.01.2010
Shifts in supply and demand, as well as challenges posed by climate change, will exert ever greater pressure on both corporate and national energy planning over the next decades.
What is needed to tackle the interlinked issues of energy security, economic growth and climate change?
Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency, Paris; Global Agenda Council on Energy Security
Robert D. Hormats, US Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
Lars G. Josefsson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vattenfall, Sweden
Jim Leape, Director-General, WWF International, World Wide Fund for Nature, Switzerland; Global Agenda Council on Climate Change
Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India
Moderated by
Armen Sarkissian, President and Founder, Eurasia House International, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Energy Security
Duration : 1:22:12
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People living in New Orleans City Council District B come together to talk about the future of their neighborhood — but it’s the same issue that keeps tearing them apart.
Duration : 0:1:52
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This is from a panel discussion with Professor Al Bartlett and former Colorado Governer Dick Lamm at the October 2009 ASPO-USA Denver, Colorado symposium on peak oil. For more information and additional panel videos, see www.AlBartlett.org . Also see www.ASPO-USA.org .
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The President lays out his vision for innovation, growth, and quality jobs from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. September 21, 2009.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Hello, Hudson Valley! (Applause.) Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you. Thank you very much. What a wonderful reception. It is great to be here. Thanks for whoever organized the weather. (Laughter.)
I want to, first of all, say thank you to Jill Biden, who has been a teacher for almost three decades and shes spent most of that time in community colleges. She understands, as all of you do, the power of these institutions to prepare students for 21st century jobs, and to prepare America for a 21st century global economy. And thats whats happening right here at Hudson Valley Community College. So give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)
We’ve got some special guests here that I want to acknowledge, in addition to Jill. First of all, a wonderful man, the governor of the great state of New York — David Paterson is in the house. (Applause.) Your shy and retiring Attorney General — Andrew Cuomo is in the house. (Applause.) Andrew is doing great work enforcing the laws that need to be enforced.
I want to thank the Comptroller — Thomas DiNapoli is in the house. (Applause.) Speaker Sheldon Silver is in the house. (Applause.) The Democratic Conference Leader, State Senator John Sampson. (Applause.) Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings. (Applause.) We’ve got three outstanding members of Congress who are just doing great work every single day — Maurice Hinchey, Paul Tonko, Scott Murphy — please give them a big round of applause. (Applause.)
The President of Hudson Valley Community College, Andrew Matonak, is in the house. (Applause.) Did I pronounce that right, Andrew? And Joe Sarubbi, Executive Director of TEC-SMART, who did a — gave me a wonderful tour — (applause.)
Now, you may ask, why are we here at Hudson Valley? We’re here because this is a place where anyone with the …
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Mayor Gavin Newsom’s 2008 State of the City economic development webisode.
Duration : 0:46:29
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皇太子 李显龙 出巡, BM 林文兴贴身护驾!
PM Lee Comes, BM Lim Guard!
Ready GO!
准备-走!
Here Comes The Prince !
太子到!
We can get Police Permit to ride bicycles and assemble freely anywhere we like !
我们喜欢到哪儿集会和骑脚踏车都可以!
因为我们是 (PAP 王太子) 党 !
我们能够取得警察准证, 别的政党就是没有办法得到!
Because we are PAP, not other Parties!
Come and Join us and Enjoy!
加入 (PAP 王太子) 党 !
享受特权!
bodyguard
保镳,护卫
林文兴
Lim Boon Heng:
Hi, everybody, remember me?
哈罗, 认得我吗?
Ya, after I retired from the NTUC, I am now the bodyguard of our beloved PM, Prince Minister.
是呀, 我已经从职总下崗了, 我現在擔任王太子貼身保鑣.
Ya, they call me BM, Bodyguard Minister.
他们都叫我做BM, 貼身护卫长.
You know what? I get better paid now!
你知道吗, 我比以前更高薪了呢!
If u are smart in carry ball, u can also get better paid after retirement like me!
如果你也像我那么精乖, 自然也可以在退休后找到一份更好的优差!
This is why I told u all to continue to work and not to quit even after 85.
所以我常勸你们不要退休, 甚至超过85岁后, 也要一直工作,.
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Has my daddy told u all that he is confident about the next 5 to 10 years “because the conditions
are favourable” ?
我 Daddy 不是已經告訴你们了嗎 ? 他对未來5至10年很乐观, 因为”客观环境有利” .
So what the worries u all are asking me?
你们还要担心甚麼? 問甚么?
My daddy said “growth can easily be 4 to 6 per cent, maybe 7 to 8 per cent.” U all don’t trust him
har?
我 Daddy 说 “增长率能輕易達到4至6巴仙, 甚至7至8巴仙”.
你们竟敢怀疑他的预测, har?
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_256845.html
July 12, 2008
MM Lee: Next 5 to 10 years the most promising for S’pore
By Bryan Lee, Economics Correspondent
THE Singapore economy may be facing both immediate and long-term challenges but Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew thinks the next five to 10 years will be the most promising in the country’s history.
In fact, the economy could still grow by as much as 8 per cent a year – a rapid clip for a developed nation – as efforts to transform Singapore into an international and cosmopolitan city pay off.
‘We are moving to a new plateau, a new platform. You can see it visibly before your eyes,’ said Mr Lee last night at the annual dinner of the Economic Society of Singapore.
‘If there are no big recessions worldwide, growth can easily be 4 to 6 per cent, maybe 7 to 8 per cent.’
Mr Lee’s optimism for the local economy comes even as gross domestic product growth in the second quarter slumped to its worst in five years.
A slowing US economy and accelerating inflation are taking their toll, while structural issues such as an ageing population and a widening income divide loom in the horizon. ‘The point is that we have got enormous options,’ he said.
He described to a packed Ritz Carlton Hotel ballroom his recent drive around the Marina Bay area, which is being developed as a new business district as well as the site for one of Singapore’s two integrated resorts. ‘It will be a beautiful city… in 10 years, it will be wonderful.’
Still, there is no room for complacency, given Singapore’s lack of natural resources, he warned.
In fact, he said that retaining human talent is a big challenge: ‘The biggest problem Singapore faces is that we have educated the Singaporean in English to the best of world standards. We have made him viable, employable anywhere in the world.’
This outflow is more than offset by an influx of ‘even larger numbers of bright people from the region’. But a majority of ‘born and bred Singaporeans’ is still needed to ensure the new immigrants are rooted here.
‘You need 65 per cent of the population to be born and bred Singaporeans, steeped with the culture, steeped with instincts of what a Singaporean is. They will slowly influence the migrants who join us to become like us.’
After Mr Lee’s comments, prizes for an annual essay writing competition organised by the society and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) were given out.
National University of Singapore undergraduate Ishita Dhamani won first prize in the university category while former Anglo-Chinese Junior College student John Ying, who is in national service, came up tops in the pre-university category.
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