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The Economic Impact of the Japanese Disasters

Harvard Business Review

Human suffering is certainly our main concern in the immediate aftermath of Japan's 3/11 tragedy. But even as we focus on immediate human needs, we cannot avoid recognizing — and coping with — the long economic shadow cast by this disaster. Analysts have already reduced forecasted GDP growth rates for Japan by 0.5%

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Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce, and World

Harvard Business Review

But as good managers have discovered in so many realms of human need, pure philanthropy is not the only means for addressing social challenges. We need to remind ourselves that educating skilled workforces is an investment opportunity. higher GDP per capita than countries with average literacy scores.

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