But anticipating more recent work, Mr Phelps, the theory's other pioneer, has long emphasised the need for measures to lower the natural rate--essentially, by making more people employable at the prevailing level of wages.

ECONOMIST: Up the NAIRU without a paddle

Beneath even the institutional structure (which is set up badly for clients) and the billing approach (which is even worse) is another level of perversion in the prevailing mindset of Big Law.

FORBES: Law Firms and Overcharging: The System Itself Is Rotten

The efforts of the local government in charge then focused on participatory approaches to improve the prevailing conditions sharing decision making processes with neighbourhood groups, organizations on the grassroots level and other popular associations.

UNESCO: Background

The study aims to close this information gap and provide a framework for comparison of prevailing practices, in order to pave the way for the development of collaboration and partnership at regional level and beyond.

UNESCO: Education