Uganda: Lessons for the Poor Commonwealth
The News Review:
- Uganda: Lessons for the Poor Commonwealth
- Bill with tougher fuel rules could face president’s veto
- Saturated market? Not in India. International coffee brands wake up…
- America’s ‘can-do’ company
- INDUSTRY BUZZ
- Work needed ahead of possible World Cup bid – PFA
Uganda: Lessons for the Poor Commonwealth
AllAfrica.com – Dec 2, 2007
Another Commonwealth member, Malaysia, was struggling with a per capita income as low as $784 in 1960. Today, it is basking in income per capita as high as $9,700. In Africa, Botswana shows a possible path for home grown development. The historical similarities between these countries and most of the poor Commonwealth countries make the emergence of the former in the last four decades an important factor in the design of the development strategies and developmental prospects of the latter. Relevant Links East AfricaEconomy, Business and FinanceUganda In the subsequent articles, I set out to examine ways through which the growth trends in the BRICs and 'developmental states' can be replicated in the poor Commonwealth countries while being cautious that the realisation of these 'developmental lessons' are not a magical panacea – giving them any simple blueprint for imitation. Specifically, I will attempt to scan the growth lessons that the latter can learn from the former to transform their societiesContinues next Sunday.
Bill with tougher fuel rules could face president’s veto
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 2, 2007
, who has pushed for higher standards for years. But while an agreement has been reached on tougher miles-per-gallon rules for vehicles, congressional negotiators labored over the weekend to try to complete work on other aspects of the energy bill. The bill is expected to include a requirement, popular among farm-state lawmakers, that greater amounts of home-grown fuel such as ethanol be added to the nation’s gasoline supply. It also is likely to include a measure that earlier ran into trouble in the Senate that would require utilities to generate more electricity from cleaner sources such as sun and wind. Still, Democratic leaders were optimistic they could get a bill to the president’s desk before the end of the year. The tougher fuel economy standards are the centerpiece of the bill, expected to come before the House for a vote this week. Whether President Bush will sign the bill was uncertain.
Saturated market? Not in India. International coffee brands wake up…
The Independent – Independent – Dec 2, 2007
And so far chains have only touched the top 40 cities in a country that is soon to have more than 60 cities populated by more than a million people. In a twist, Caf Coffee Day is launching a chain of 50 outlets across Eastern Europe. Perhaps, before long, Indians in London will be able to sit with the comfortably familiarity of their own home-grown cha.
America’s ‘can-do’ company
Telegraph.co.uk – Dec 2, 2007
“From what I understand,” says the articulate, easy-going Pennsylvanian, “we’re in good shape, and I know ticket sales last year were very, very high. “With The Washington Post describing one recent performance as “a moving panorama of American Ballet at its peak”, it seems the US critics are on-side, too. “Ballet Theatre” was founded in 1940 (the “American” was added in 1956), with the intention of building a grand library of classics while also promoting fresh, home-grown work. For a decade or so, the company had an abundance of terrific new pieces created by the likes of Antony Tudor and Jerome Robbins, but from the 1950s, although the commissions by no means dried up, the Balanchine-led City Ballet was considered the hotbed of US dance creativity, with ABT noted above all, by the 1960s and 1970s, as the company for star performances by the likes of Erik Bruhn, Carla Fracci, Gelsey Kirkland and Baryshnikov. Today, although ABT’s repertory is anything but static (a new Sleeping Beauty by McKenzie, himself a former principal, opens in New York in June, and there are two further premières slated for later in the year), in terms of rep it’s perhaps still regarded first and foremost as a heritage company. It is significant that not only Herrera but also another Argentinian principal, the spectacularly athletic Herman Cornejo, were drawn to ABT by the reputations of its most glittering stars. Cornejo, who often dances with fellow principal Xiomara Reyes (but whose burgeoning stage partnership with jewel-like corps member Sarah Lane is also one to watch), says: “Before I came to ABT, I didn’t know the name of American Ballet Theatre – I knew the dancers.
INDUSTRY BUZZ
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 2, 2007
Depending on how “Charlie Wilson’s War” and “Sweeney Todd” fare with academy members, Bird might want to clear space on his mantel for a new trophy. THANKSGIVING: Writers Guild of America members have churned out a flood of blogs, opinion pieces and YouTube videos to mock the studios and make their case for a bigger cut of DVD and new-media revenues. The home-grown PR has attracted high-profile supporters, including Alicia Keys, who delivered a fiery “I’m a writer, too” speech before several thousand writers gathered for a march down Hollywood Boulevard last month. A few days earlier, presidential candidate John Edwards pressed the flesh at the picket line outside NBC Universal studios. Guild members also enjoyed a vote of confidence from blue-collar types when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union sent a truckload of frozen turkeys and other holiday provisions to WGA headquarters. Hugh Hart is a Chronicle correspondent.
Work needed ahead of possible World Cup bid – PFA
Ireland Online – Dec 2, 2007