Improving the educational system remains a top priority in Papua New Guinea. The country is committed to the sector both in terms of political will and increasing expenditure, and over time schools have seen great improvements as resource wealth enters the economy and supports the national budget. PNG has already made significant advances in recent years. In particular,...
While Papua New Guinea continues to contend with a number of health issues related to both environmental risks and provision of care, recent progress suggests that positive changes are in the works. The prime minister has made this sector a top priority and relevant efforts are starting to pay off. Sufficiently financing the sector may be a challenge, as will delivery of...
Though smaller than regional powerhouses Brazil and Mexico, the Colombian pharmaceutical market has been expanding at a rapid pace in the past few years. Growth prospects for the industry were significantly boosted in 2012, when a reform to the Mandatory Health Plan (Plan Obligatorio de Salud, POS) widened the spectrum of benefits under the...
In recent years Colombia has become more competitive in sports, raising the possibility of increased commercial prospects and providing a boost to national pride. For example, at the 2011 Pan American Games, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, Colombia was ranked sixth, and placed second, after Brazil, at the South American Games held in Santiago,...
The FIFA World Cup is a highly profitable global sporting event, and Brazil 2014 was particularly attractive for Colombia in terms of private investment. The Colombian national team reached the quarterfinals and climbed to the fourth spot in the FIFA ranking after 16 years without participating in a World Cup. This momentum has paid off and...
Just as low-cost airlines helped broaden access to air travel in South-east Asia, Malaysian entrepreneurs now see a unique opportunity to provide quality health care to all citizens in ASEAN and beyond. One of the most ambitious and far-reaching projects in this sector is the proposed International Medical Campus (IMC) at Kuala Lumpur...
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