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Brazil a little less corrupt, says Transparency International

By: dustgeer

 Brazil improved five positions in the annual ranking of perceived corruption released on Tuesday by Transparency International, ranking 75th out of 180 countries.     The higher the country's position, the less corrupt it is considered to be. Despite the improvement, Brazil is still among the countries with ...

21 days ago

China becomes world’s wealthiest state

By: intellectual

China’s gold and currency reserves have recently hit the mark of $2 trillion. The nation can now boast of having the largest state reserves in the world. The Chinese people save up to 75 percent of their country’s GDP in spite of the fact that China does not pay pensions and does not have free of charge education and healthcare ...

21 days ago

Rashi From Copenhagen

By: kanwal

Rashi lives with her family in Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen is the largest city and capital of Denmark. Rashi is an expat and think that it was best decision of her parent to settle in Copenhagen. Copenhagen has repeatedly been recognized as one of the cities with the best quality of life and in 2008 it was singled out as the Most Liveable ...

about 1 month ago

Arab societies need nurturing institutions, supportive policies : ...

By: chnarendra

 Arab societies need nurturing institutions and supportive policies to experience a significant boost in knowledge production and creation, according to The Arab Knowledge Report 2009. The report, launched today, maintains that political, institutional, cultural and intellectual reforms, as well as reform of the media and information ...

about 1 month ago