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		<title>UID Project in India &#8211; Catalytic in achieving Inclusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the key policy issues that the Unique Identification Authority of India hopes to address with the envisioned UID is bringing Inclusion with Micropayments. The linked pdf is a working paper released by the Planning Commission and I suggest that the readers skim through it once.
It starts off with a brief on the transformation that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/uid-project-in-india-catalytic-in-achieving-inclusion/</link>
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		<title>There is no alternative to regulation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The collapse of Lehman Brothers in midst of September 2008 made people become sensitive towards bonus payments in the investment banking sector.We all know that they are different from the ones in middle sized or big companies.
Of course, everyone was aware of the fact that investment bankers receive an especially high remuneration – but until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/there-is-no-alternative-to-regulation/</link>
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		<title>Importance of the developing world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though the recent crisis has affected the upliftment of poverty ridden people towards giving them a better life, the transition is still happening, even if slower than the crisis free scenario. 
The global economic crisis will continue to affect the long term development prospects well beyond 2015 in terms of slowing down the momentum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/importance-of-the-developing-world/</link>
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		<title>StartingBloc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After attending the student convention, which was as awesome as World Business Dialogue, I have been thinking about the other such engagements that a university student like us can take advantage of which talks about the structural constraints and the possible solutions that prevail in the Development through Enterprise sector.
I hope that organizations or institutions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/startingbloc/</link>
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		<title>Sustainability sucks!?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sustainability sucks? At least that´s the impression we get when thinking about the social, economic and ecologic problems we are facing and the things people do or don´t do to change the way the world moves.
Even single persons struggle with integrating sustainability into their daily life. Public transport to get to the office? Recycling? Car-Sharing?
When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/sustainability-sucks/</link>
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		<title>“Blindfolded – The future of our children”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The future of our children” – The title seems to affect all of us, no matter which generation we belong to.
For the old generation, the future is connected with the fear of having depreciated the things they achieved.
Our parents in contrast feel fear and hope at the same time when thinking about their children´s (which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/%e2%80%9cblindfolded-%e2%80%93-the-future-of-our-children%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Can we really price nature: or what is the other version of the crisis we have today?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article does not want to give the answer to the question, but rather wants to discuss the issue with the World Business Dialogue participants. The right answers are under development and many question raised in this article are the challenge for our generation to find the clue-solutions. At the World Business Dialogue, this challenge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/can-we-really-price-nature-or-what-is-the-other-version-of-the-crisis-we-have-today/</link>
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		<title>Looking forward to green gadgets in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across various links show casing the future of technology products. These products not only substantiated the importance of green in the coming future but also demonstrated that the resources are being directed to bring about such innovations.
That the green is being taken seriously! This is obviously something to be happy about. Ingenious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/looking-forward-to-green-gadgets-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>The consumer’s power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of a flashmob might be known by lots of people, as there have been many of such gatherings lately.
One great and widely recognized example during election time in Germany was the flashmob called “And everyone goes Yeah” that was organized by the online community during a speech of Angela Merkel, where the people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/the-consumer%e2%80%99s-power/</link>
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		<title>The crisis and media strategies for marketing places &#8211; Part Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marketing is a universal process that can be applied to developing and promoting many entities, including products, services, experiences, places, persons, properties, ideas, causes, and information.
Since the early 90’s there has been increasing interest in place marketing, place image and place branding. The number of countries taking part in the global economy and global tourism [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainforum.org/the-crisis-and-media-strategies-for-marketing-places-part-three/</link>
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