And in societies where there is less trust between people, the quality of the legal system plays a larger part.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

He says a new system is needed to meet the speed and complexity of a twenty-first century global economy.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

The current economic downturn grew out of a culture of irresponsible lending and borrowing and "a failure of the entire system,"

VOA: special.2009.06.19

The World Health Organization, the United Nations health agency, uses a system of six phases to warn of possible influenza pandemics.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

This week it named the winners of a million dollar competition to improve its system for suggesting movies to its members.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

But with threats, a language barrier and fear of the legal system, victims are often unwilling or unable to seek help.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

Microfinance provides poor people with a way to build savings and work toward becoming part of a country's official financial system.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

A major reform of the American system of health care and insurance has moved farther in Congress than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Much harder,of course, is changing a system that let companies take the risks that led to the current financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar system's most famous planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

They used a system of measurement called the Body Mass Index to define words like obese and overweight.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

He says the display was designed to look like a map of the local Washington Metro train system instead of a tree.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Google has invested in a new company that wants to put up a system of satellites over Africa.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

The Italian government is trying to fix the problem with the construction of a seven billion dollar system of moving flood barriers.

VOA: special.2009.04.22