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Global Services October 29, 2007 Rinku Tyagi	Outsourcing Will Be a Major Issue Outsourcing will be a major issue in the coming Presidential elections in the U.S.A. says Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics, Columbia University. Here, he discusses issues that are impacting globalization.
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Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Dorothea Schmidt	Globalization at Work The world economy has been expanding strongly... In 2005, the world's labor force ages 15 and older... The global unemployment rate in 2005 was 6.3%... Almost half of the world's unemployed are under 25... etc.
CIO March 15, 2004 Edited by Elana Varon	Debate Brews Over Jobs - Washington Watch Legislation targeting offshore outsourcing and a plan by president bush to welcome more foreign labor are fanning the election-year debate over jobs--and sending a mixed message to cios who are trying to develop outsourcing plans.
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