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A year since the reach of free childcare was doubled for two-year-olds, local areas are ensuring families benefit

Modern youth centres deliver social benefits valued at twice the amount they cost, OnSide research reveals

When students appear to be struggling, faculty members often suggest tutoring or other academic resources. But what if the student is hungry? What if she is being evicted from her apartment?

Often, family companies find they need to bring in outside professional management once the founders retire, because succeeding generations lack the interest or competence to carry on. Not so in Nuevo Leon, where many companies remain in family hands while professionalizing their management thanks to the strong business-oriented tradition of local families and universities. And as new generations of highly trained entrepreneurs come along, so new companies are being formed -- not least in the financial sector, where there is always room for new players with a new vision. It helps make Monterrey the center of Mexico's most dynamic business region. Adapted from the source document.

Das langsame Tempo der Privatisierung in den Jahren 1992 bis 1994 war eines der Haupthemmnisse für die Wiederbelebung der lettischen Wirtschaft. Der im Jahre 1995 wesentlich beschleunigte Privatisierungsprozeß hat - bei anhaltender Tendenz im Jahre 1996 - eine Reihe von positiven Ergebnissen gebracht. Wesentliche Probleme bestehen jedoch nach wie vor. Dazu zählt insbesondere die Verschuldung der bereits privatisierten bzw. der für die Privatisierung vorgesehenen Unternehmen. (BIOst-Mrk)

A report on Turkey's multifarious links with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and, in particular, on its role in the OIC's Standing Commitee for Economic Co-operation. Prime Minister Turgut Özal is depicted as a fervent supporter of inter-Islamic trade and of an Islamic free-trade zone. (DÜI-Asd)