Every one of the businesses here are going to be making determinations about where you locate based on the quality of the workforce, how much investment you have to make in training somebody to handle a million-dollar piece of equipment.

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They can also use the break to consolidate privatization and other reform measures, and to focus on new strategies, from increasing the quantity of international exports to improving the quality of the domestic workforce.

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But perhaps the greatest national challenge is ratcheting up the quality of the public education workforce.

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Each of these five countries, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have identified through their national education plans and strategies that improving the quality of their teaching workforce is of utmost importance in order to contribute towards increasing student achievement.

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''The UK is a centre of innovation, has a highly skilled workforce, and is respected internationally for the quality of its legal and educational systems.

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The quality of this solution is outstanding and energized our junior workforce team to quickly test and deliver a solution to our Air Force warfighters.

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He considered the education of the workforce in each metro area, as well as such quality-of-life issues as crime rates and cultural opportunities.

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But Sri Lanka's workforce is skilled and educated, able to make intricate pants of the highest quality.

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If the February education reform, aimed at improving standards to boost the overall quality of education, is successful, more young Mexicans will have the training to compete in the 21st century workforce.

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