This changed when Marcelo Fujimoto, a Brazilian born private equity consultant from Chicago, came to work with the girls on a volunteer basis in July 2010.

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This was followed by a UNDP consultant mission in December 1969, which led to a report that established the basis for further planning around Lumbini.

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"The companies interested in long-term incentives, mostly foreign subsidiaries, are now accepting that they have to do it on a cash basis, with the cost consequences that entails, " says Robert Sperl, a compensation consultant at WatsonWyatt London.

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