Word: programming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Indonesia, for example, HIID helped assemble a credit program through local banks that lends to the poorest segment of society without the need for any government subsidies...
...They simply lost control of the program," Kiley says. "I asked how much money was left in the budget--it took five months to get an answer and even then, the number was clearly too large...
...Kiley says HIID's organization makes it prone to disputes like his. HIID project managers are expected to write monthly reports, detailing for the home office how each program is running. But, Kiley says, the reports are often little more than rehashed versions of the previous month's--sometimes with nothing more than a change of date...
...biggest "bad thing" to happen to HIID in recent years was the messy, public unraveling of its Russian program...
Recycling will gain momentum as we develop materials that are easier to reuse. For example, Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University, predicts that architects will increasingly rely on new types of foamed glass that can be made unusually strong but still lightweight. Glass is a very recyclable material made from sand, and it can be crushed back essentially into sand. Ausubel thinks we could see foamed glass replace much of the concrete in today's buildings...