The shrewdest are not only hiring bilingual but also providing their employees language education.

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The country is divided over the best way to educate them, with bilingual programs gathering steam but also provoking a sometimes heated debate with those who favor an English-only approach.

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Brussels, historically a Dutch-speaking city, is officially bilingual (admittedly with a French-speaking majority now) but is also the capital of Dutch-speaking Flanders in addition to being the Belgian capital.

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But Argentina also has a young, well-educated labor force including some 30, 000 bilingual speakers, more than other Latin American countries, notes Jones Lang LaSalle.

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