Mr. Gross is a dedicated international development worker who has devoted his life to helping people in more than 50 countries.

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This plan would not only jump start development of distinct child and worker incentives, but could also provide a stepping stone toward broader tax reform.

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Several of the champions of the new economy are firms that were once hailed as plucky little start-ups but have long since grown huge, such as Apple, Google and Facebook. (In August Apple was the world's largest listed company by market capitalisation.) American firms with 5, 000 or more people spend more than twice as much per worker on research and development as those with 100-500.

ECONOMIST: Why large firms are often more inventive than small ones

Each year on April 25 the world recognizes World Malaria Day to call attention to the disease that kills nearly one million people each year and, negatively affects educational achievement, worker productivity, and economic development, and to mobilize action to combat it.

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But Angela Baron, of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, says long titles seek to explain what a worker actually does.

BBC: Can you justify your job title?

They achieved important social gains in terms of worker health and safety, wage equity and skills development.

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As the daughter of a factory worker, I benefited from academic scholarships that the development of Sputnik prompted.

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The helicopter lands in a remote camp at Gardez, where State Department aid worker Rick Carbone says the road will bring economic development.

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Worker bees spend 12 days of their 21-day development period in a capped brood cell.

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