June 2011
Lessons from Montserrat
Recently, I had the privilege of visiting Montserrat for the first time. Briefly, it is a small British overseas territory, just west of Antigua and because of issues with its active volcano, Montserrat has seen its population shrink through emigration, from 13 000 to about 4 700 now. The volcano is on the southern part
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The Power of Dreams
Last Tuesday evening my friend Jalaludin Khan invited me to chat with his Tour Guide class. Jalaludin teaches a Tour Guide vocational skills training programme that falls under the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP). According to the Government portal, YTEPP is an intervention strategy aimed at addressing the issue of escalating unemployment, particularly
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2012
Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, which is a large valley in the high plateaus in the centre of Mexico. Large is an understatement as the Mexico City metropolitan area has over 21 million people and the magnitude of the urban sprawl is best appreciated from the air as one lands at
Getting Airlift Right
There is no need to remind anyone that the world supply of natural gas is increasing and according to BP’s Chief Economist Christof Rühl, the global demand for oil/gas may have adjusted to a lower level from the previous peak. In economics, an increase in supply plus a decrease in demand, equals downward pressure on
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