Dr Jacob Puliyel, a paediatrician in Delhi, wrote in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics last year that "the polio eradication programme epitomises nearly everything that is wrong with donor-funded 'disease specific' vertical projects, at the cost of investments in community-oriented primary care".

BBC: Bill Gates: The world can defeat polio

What used to be a high-touch (and high cost) unit in many organizations has now become automated, outsourced, and oriented towards self-service.

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Combined with a new, streamlined organization, a substantially improved cost base, a strengthened capital structure, and a more customer-oriented culture, we have all the right measures in place to create shareholder value going forward.

CNN: Airline SAS cuts 3,000 jobs, announces restructuring plans

Defined contribution retirement plans, in addition to shifting responsibility for investment decision-making onto workers, almost always force workers into higher cost, poorer performing retail oriented investment options.

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Flush as Oz is feeling now after 11 years of mostly market-oriented policies under John Howard, the nation will not find a host of new cost pressures so bullish for the export economy.

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