For example, the projects it backs must take pains not to despoil the environment unduly or uproot indigenous peoples unfairly.
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She gave, as an example, pilot projects for 11 to 14 year olds in maths, Latin and Japanese, and Channel 4's Bafta award-winning Gridclub, which helps 7 to 11 year olds with homework.
He describes, for example, antigravity projects now under way at NASA and at BAE Systems in the U.K. FORBES' phone calls to these organizations verified Cook's facts, though folks were awfully careful with their language.
Officials say children who do not visit will benefit from learning about the experiences of those who do and say schools could set up their own commemoration projects, for example collecting photographs and uncovering local stories.
For many years UNESCO and IFLA have cooperated closely in developing information capacities of UNESCO Member States, in particular in the field of libraries, including information services with a broad scope of projects ranging for example from "Guidelines for Digitization" to "Information Literacy", and from "Preserving the African Documentary Heritage" to "Public and School Libraries in the Caribbean".
For example, Drevna noted that expansion projects at the nation's existing refineries have had the effect of adding the equivalent of a brand new refinery every year.
Chicago, for example, has about 350 green-roof projects covering more than 4.5 million square feet.
Energy-efficiency and fuel-switching, for example, accounted for 40% of the projects started last year, while biomass, wind- and hydro-power made up another 24%.
So, for example, we've got more road projects going on here in Wisconsin and around the country than at any time since -- (applause) -- road projects, sewer projects, a whole bunch of deferred stuff that needed to be done.
New projects are lacking too: in retailing, for example, where supermarket outlets have a mere 1% market share, compared with 18% and rising in Poland.
Projects carried out by UNESCO in Haiti, for example, have found that the vibrant local culture plays an important part in rebuilding a sense of community after disasters and is a key asset during the difficult process of rebuilding.
More broadly, I think the proliferation of streetcars is an example of the waste that tends to occur when money for local projects is allocated at the federal level.
But rail is a powerful example because it demonstrates exactly how this bias for high-profile triumphal projects causes people to miss the obvious.
It has helped rebuild the Tanzam railway, for example, linking Zambia's copper belt, where China has large projects, and Dar-es-Salaam, where it has modernised the port.
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In Ethiopia, for example, farmers receive cash and food in exchange for work on community projects through the government-led Productive Safety Nets Program, which both the U.S. and the UK support.
The Johnson School of Business at Cornell, for example, has set up a programme that links MBAs with short-term projects over the summer.
For example, career concerns and takeover threats may pressure managers to select more conventional projects which can be more easily communicated to dispersed shareholders.
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For example, Table 1 includes only a portion of expected U.S. LNG projects going forward, as compared to the full list of DOE applications.
It's already leading -- for example, the Department of Veterans Affairs, it led them to cancel some IT projects that were just being poorly managed.
In January, for example, both groups opposed the government's decision to lift, for future projects, a rule known as Press Note 18 that acted as a deterrent to investment by giving Indian firms a veto over their foreign joint-venture partners' other investments in India.
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Nine out of 10 respondents, for example, say they have received 100% of the savings they expected from their cloud computing projects.
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For example, ExxonMobil was our lead sponsor last year, and we are doing some very innovative projects with them as a strong partner in several countries.
Some people point to the French example where the common good is held up as a sufficient reason to ensure that big development projects such as airports and railway lines proceed.
Take U.S. foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa in 2002, counting only projects that could build a future for the poor (infrastructure and education, for example), and you get all of 6 cents per capita.
For example, a recent report says that that there was a dramatic increase in late and over-budget projects in 2010 as compared with 2009.
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For example, the interstate highway system, air traffic control system and even the Internet were the result of DoD projects.
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There are huge improvements that can be made and that are being made in the management of those IT investments, including, for example, a simple measure -- the It dashboard, where you can go online, click on individual IT projects, see whether they're behind schedule or not.
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