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...mine, one of the world's largest open-pit sites, is now closed as a result of the civil war, which officially ended in 2000.) Separately, the national government was forced to declare a state of emergency in Southern Highlands province three years ago when protests over a multinational consortium's proposed gas pipeline reached a crescendo. (The project has since stalled...
...projects would buoy liquidity and help roll forward debt payments. For example, Dubai's driverless metro system, one of the most advanced in the world, is financed through three-year notes, which the city-state believed they could renew as ticket fees helped pay the interest. Now, the international consortium that is building the system - including the Japanese construction giants Mitsubishi and Obayashi as well as the Turkish company Yapi Merkezi - are probably left with huge fees unpaid...
Many libraries use computer systems that are incompatible with other Harvard libraries and peer institutions, preventing collaboration both within and outside the university. Harvard is also the only Ivy League institution that does not participate in BorrowDirect, a library consortium that allows for inter-school loans and eases the burden on schools to maintain a frenetic pace of book acquisition...
...small interactive session, the Seidmans, who direct the International Consortium for Law and Development, related their decades of experience in twelve African nations. The talk, hosted by the Harvard Undergraduate Legal Committee, also focused on how legislation can spark change in developing nations...
...Consortium, which the Seidmans founded in 1981, is a non-profit organization that promotes participatory lawmaking in developing countries. It brings together ministry officials and university professors representing over 40 nations with varying legal structures...