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Encouraging Rural Entrepreneurship

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The authors propose that fostering entrepreneurship represents a viable avenue for driving economic growth in rural regions. ” The researchers hope that their work will help to inform policy making and highlight the need for more specific interventions if rural entrepreneurship is to be encouraged. ” . ”

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Minority Entrepreneurs Still Face Discrimination When Seeking Finance

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Nearly ten years ago, a group of researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and Rutgers shed light on a disconcerting phenomenon: discrimination within the realm of bank loan services, which cast a shadow over the American Dream for minority entrepreneurs. metro area ovesix weeksan to inquire about small business loans.

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Migration Can Act As A Force For Growth

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A force for growth Each year the World Bank publishes its World Development Report , and the 2023 edition focuses on migration. The match and motive framework proposed by the authors provides policymakers with a valuable tool to effectively respond, while the report identifies a number of essential policies.

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How High Inflation Affects Home Ownership

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It proposes that many homeowners purchase property as a means of safeguarding against potential future price surges. Scarred from the past To support their findings, the researchers analyzed data from the European Central Bank’s Household Finance and Consumption Survey, which covers 220,000 households across 22 European countries.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

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The Benefits Of SocioEconomic Diversity To Organizations

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The paper argues that whilst many organizations today have diversity policies in some shape or form, precious few consider the angle from the perspective of one’s social class. The topic has been returned to in a new paper from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. In the beginning. ”