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People's Republic of China and Its Neighbors: Partners or Competitors for Trade and Investment?

How has the recent dramatic growth of PRC's exports affected its neighbors? Have they lost export markets and seen foreign investment diverted to PRC? This paper surveys the empirical evidence on these important questions.



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Infrastructure Challenges in South Asia: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships

South Asian private sector participation in infrastructure development is examined, and recommendations are made for future development.



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The Kyrgyz Republic and ADB: 30 Years of Partnership (1994–2024)

This brochure explores the 30-year partnership between the Asian Development Bank and the Kyrgyz Republic, sharing highlights from key sectors.




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Operationalizing the Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership

The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has recently launched the Bangladesh Climate and Development Partnership to drive climate actions at scale and with urgency. The BCDP is an example of country-led climate platform established to scale up implementation of climate actions and is being recognized as an important modality by the global community to deliver climate actions at scale.




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A Qualitative Analysis of a Primary Care Medical-Legal Partnership: Impact, Barriers, and Facilitators

Background:

Certain health-related risk factors require legal interventions. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are collaborations between clinics and lawyers that address these health-harming legal needs (HHLNs) and have been shown to improve health and reduce utilization.

Objective:

The objective of this study is to explore the impact, barriers, and facilitators of MLP implementation in primary care clinics.

Methods:

A qualitative design using a semistructured interview assessed the perceived impact, barriers, and facilitators of an MLP, among clinicians, clinic and MLP staff, and clinic patients. Open AI software (otter.ai) was used to transcribe interviews, and NVivo was used to code the data. Braun & Clarke’s framework was used to identify themes and subthemes.

Results:

Sixteen (n = 16) participants were included in this study. Most respondents were women (81%) and white (56%). Four respondents were clinic staff, and 4 were MLP staff while 8 were clinic patients. Several primary themes emerged including: Patients experienced legal issues that were pernicious, pervasive, and complex; through trusting relationships, the MLP was able to improve health and resolve legal issues, for some; mistrust, communication gaps, and inconsistent staffing limited the impact of the MLP; and, the MLP identified coordination and communication strategies to enhance trust and amplify its impact.

Conclusion:

HHLNs can have a significant, negative impact on the physical and mental health of patients. Respondents perceived that MLPs improved health and resolved these needs, for some. Despite perceived successes, integration between the clinical and legal organizations was elusive.




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Establishment of the First Institution-Based Poison Information Center in Nepal Through a Multilateral International Partnership

ABSTRACTToxicological emergencies present a significant health challenge in Nepal. Despite the high burden, the country has inadequate formal toxicology training, medical toxicology expertise, and adequate poison control infrastructure. In recognition of this need, the Nepal Poison Information Center (PIC) was established as a collaborative effort involving local and international partners. Through a comprehensive partnership framework, the Nepal PIC provides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week expert guidance to health care workers, conducts educational webinars, and engages in research. Initial data from the pilot phase indicate successful consultation delivery. Challenges include bureaucratic hurdles and the need for sustainable funding. Despite these challenges, the Nepal PIC demonstrates early feasibility and potential for expansion into a comprehensive toxicology center, contributing to the advancement of clinical toxicology in Nepal. Long-term sustainability relies on governmental support and continued advocacy efforts.




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Early Lessons From Working With Local Partners to Expand Private-Sector Health Care Networks in Burundi and Mali

ABSTRACTThe private health care sector is an important source of service delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Yet, the private sector remains fragmented, making it difficult for health system actors to support and ensure the availability of quality health care services. In global health programs, social franchising is one model used to engage and organize the private health care sector. Two social franchise networks, ProFam in West Africa and Tunza in East and Central Africa, provide health care through branded networks of facilities. However, these social franchise networks include a limited number of private health care facilities, and in fragile contexts, like Burundi and Mali, they have faced challenges in integrating with national health systems. The MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery (MPHD) project in Burundi and Mali sought to expand the number of health facilities it engaged beyond the existing ProFam and Tunza networks. The expansion aimed to help improve service quality in more private facilities while advancing localization and reducing fragmentation for improved stewardship by health system actors. MPHD achieved this expansion by removing barriers for private health facilities to join inclusive, nonbranded networks and engaging local partners to build and maintain these networks. We share lessons learned regarding the growing role of local organizations as actors within mixed health systems and provide insights on strengthening stewardship of the increasingly heterogeneous private health care delivery sector in LMICs, particularly in fragile settings.




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Twinning Partnership Network: A Learning and Experience-Sharing Network Among Health Professionals in Rwanda to Improve Health Services

ABSTRACTWe describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a novel twinning approach: the Twinning Partnership Network (TPN). Twinning is a well-known approach to peer learning that has been used in a variety of settings to build organizational capacity. Although twinning takes many forms, the heart of the approach is that institutions with shared characteristics collaborate via sharing information and experiences to achieve a specific goal. We adapted a twinning partnership strategy developed by the World Health Organization to create a network of like-minded health institutions. The key innovation of the TPN is the network, which ensures that an institution always has a high-performing peer with whom to partner on a specific topic area of interest. We identified 10 hospitals and 30 districts in Rwanda to participate in the TPN. These districts and hospitals participated in a kickoff workshop in which they identified capacity gaps, clarified goals, and selected twinning partners. After the workshop, districts and hospitals participated in exchange visits, coaching visits, and virtual and in-person learning events. We found that districts and hospitals that selected specific areas and worked on them throughout the duration of the TPN with their peers improved their performance significantly when compared with those that selected and worked on other areas. Accreditation scores improved by 5.6% more in hospitals selecting accreditation than those that did not. Districts that selected improving community-based health insurance coverage improved by 4.8% more than districts that did not select this topic area. We hypothesize that these results are due to senior management’s interest and motivation to improve in these specific areas, the motivation gained by learning from high-performing peers with similar resources, and context-specific knowledge sharing from peer hospitals and districts.




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Famous Doddie Weir trousers worn to promote charity's new Balmoral partnership

The concierge team at The Balmoral have helped raise awareness for a special event to raise money for charity in memory of Scotland legend Doddie Weir.




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English partnership Matty Lee and Noah Williams win synchronised diving gold at Commonwealth Games

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  • Geraint Thomas wins bronze but early crash costs him gold
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    AMD partners launch Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards

    $329/£300 graphics card is said to be "future ready" for your 1080p gaming needs.




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    Hombale Films to collaborate with Prabhas in a three-film partnership

    Hombale Films and Prabhas will begin their three-film partnership with ‘Salaar 2’, to be directed by Prashanth Neel




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    Rivian-Volkswagen partnership to produce EV tech for model to be manufactured in Georgia

    Rivian is teaming up with Volkswagen in a $5.8 billion joint venture for EV innovation on its R2 model, which the company says will eventually be manufactured in Georgia.




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    AIOCD urges DCGI to immediately stop partnership between Swiggy & PharmEasy for rapid drug delivery

    Raising deep concern over the partnership between Swiggy Instamart and PharmEasy for a rapid drug delivery model, the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has apprised the Drug Controller




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    Bormioli Pharma partners with Chiesi to supplypackaging in Carbon Capture PET

    Bormioli Pharma has announced a partnership with Chiesi, an international, research-focused biopharmaceutical company (Chiesi Group), to supply Carbon Capture PET bottles.




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    Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project: The Promise and Peril of High-Potential Environmental Partnerships

    In the first comprehensive post-mortem analysis of the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (NKMCAP), Reine Rambert and Amanda Sardonis examine how NKMCAP failed to live up to its potential, by focusing on three different dimensions of partnership effectiveness: 1) the sustainability of the partnership, 2) the effectiveness of the collaboration process itself, and 3) the achievement of the planned objectives. Rambert and Sardonis extract several transferable lessons from the challenges faced by NKMCAP that are highly consequential to partnership effectiveness.




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    Two peoples. Two states. Why U.S. diplomacy in Israel and Palestine needs vision, partners, and a backbone

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian says Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin once told him, “There is no military solution to this conflict, only a political one.” Rabin was assassinated a few years later, and today bullets are flying, bombs are falling, and 1,200 Israelis are dead after the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7 and nearly 30,000 Gazans have been killed in the Israeli response. Yet Djerejain still believes that a breakthrough is possible even in the current moment, as horrible as it is. Djerejian, a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Relations, says the crisis has shaken the regional status quo to the point where—if the United States pursues diplomacy that includes principled pragmatism, coalition-building, and good old-fashioned backbone—a breakthrough may finally be possible. But in a recent paper he argues that any breakthrough will have to be built around a two-state solution, which he says is the only path to peace and stability not only in Israel and Palestine, but the wider Middle East. Djerejian’s career as a diplomat spanned eight U.S. presidential administrations beginning with John F. Kennedy’s, and he also served as U.S. Ambassador to Syria and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.  




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    Reflecting on the U.S. Strategy Towards Africa: Embracing Partnership & Pragmatism

    The Africa in Focus series is a forum for the intellectual and critical analysis of processes and policies from the continent and its engagement with the international community. Through thoughtful and dynamic programming, Africa in Focus brings greater African perspectives into broader policy conversations at HKS.




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    Blu� Homes Partners with Real Simple and This Old House to Launch the �Design Smart, Live Beautifully� Home Tour and Announce the Selection of Blu�s L.A. Breezehouse as the First-Ever 

    The �Design Smart, Live Beautifully� Home Tour coincides with the launch of the 2014 model of Blu�s award-winning�Breezehouse, which is�packed with luxurious features and an even more spacious floor plan






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    BGC Partners And Cantor Fitzgerald Raise Approximately $12 Million On BGC's Eleventh Annual Charity Day - BGC Charity Day 2015

    Dozens of nonprofits, celebrities and BGC partners unite for Charity Day 2015.




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    Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners Raise Approximately $12 Million on Cantor Fitzgerald's Annual Charity Day - Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day 2015

    Dozens of charities and celebrity ambassadors join Cantor Fitzgerald on their 5th annual Charity Day in New York




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    Extended Stay America Partners With The Noerr Programs To Create The "Official Hotel of Santa Claus" - Santa Claus� Travel Secrets

    Santa Claus and Extended Stay America, �Santa�s Official Hotel,� Partner to ease holiday travel woes. In time for the holiday season, the ultimate holiday travel guru shares holiday travel tips.




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    Stella Artois Joins Forces with Water.org and Co-Founders Matt Damon and Gary White to Call on Consumers to Leave a Mark and Help End the Global Water Crisis - Stella Artois partners with Water.org

    Stella Artois joins forces with Water.org and Co-Founders Matt Damon and Gary White to call on consumers to leave a mark and help end the global water crisis.




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    Nuelle Partners with Indiegogo Fundraising Platform to Launch Fiera� Arouser for Her - About Fiera� Arouser for Her� Overview

    Nuelle� Chief Commercial Officer Lesa Musatto briefly shares why Fiera� was created, its benefits and how it works.




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    The Holiday Inn� Brand Partners With Small Business Owners In Next Evolution Of Its Journey To Extraordinary Campaign - Sword & Plough Commercial

    When traveling, the hotel becomes Sword & Plough�s mobile office, and Holiday Inn� hotels have become an integral extension of their team while on the road.




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    Changing the Research Paradigm with a Patient-Powered Network - CCFA Partners: A patient-powered research network

    CCFA Partners is an innovative network where patients and researchers work together. Become a part of groundbreaking research: www.ccfapartners.org.




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    Strategic Partners, Inc. Launches New Medical Apparel Line with CERTAINTY� Antimicrobial Technology - CERTAINTY� Video

    Strategic Partners, Inc. has created the next generation of medical apparel using the leading antimicrobial technology of CERTAINTY�.




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    Danica Patrick All Smiles as Aspen Dental Management, Inc. Extends Partnership, Doubles Commitment - Danica�s Racecar Honors Veterans

    Aspen Dental & Danica Patrick unveil a salute to more than 2,200 veterans at Chicagoland Speedway to honor their service and raise awareness about the need for oral health care.





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    Osteo Bi-Flex� Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Title For 'Largest Merengue Lesson' Led By Celebrity Choreographer Mary Murphy - Mary Murphy partners with Osteo Bi-Flex�

    Mary Murphy partners with Osteo Bi-Flex�




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    Conversion of partnership from into private limited

    One of the partnership firm wants to convert the firm into a private limited company. However, both existing partners will become directors in the private limited company, maintaining the same share ratio and ownership as in the partnership. No new directors will be appointed, and no existing partne




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    How we’re helping partners with improved and expanded AI-based flood forecasting

    We’re expanding flood forecasting to over 100 countries and making our breakthrough AI model available to researchers and partners.





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    New partnership will explore how SL can avoid pollution from human waste

    IWMI/Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage research project will look at how human waste from septic tanks can be turned into valuable fertilizer rather than an environmental concern. Download full media release

    The post New partnership will explore how SL can avoid pollution from human waste first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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    CEA partners with IWMI to turn organic waste into high-quality fertilizer

    Colombo.25 July 2013. At the request of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) signed an agreement to collaborate towards Resource Recovery and Reuse in Sri Lanka. IWMI and CEA join hands in targeting two main challenges that Sri Lanka is currently facing: Urban waste management; and the need to increase […]

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    CEA partners with IWMI to improve Colombo’s municipal waste management and farmers’ access to organic fertilizers

    Colombo, December 10, 2013. At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the City of Colombo. The meeting was held at the […]

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    WHO Partnership to Boost India's Healthcare Innovation

    The Indian government has announced a significant step towards establishing the country as a global leader in medlinkhealthcare/medlink innovation.






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    Strengthening water security: IWMI and League of Arab States forge strategic partnership

    Through partnerships with the LAS and other relevant stakeholders, IWMI seeks to enhance regional coordination on water security goals.

    The post Strengthening water security: IWMI and League of Arab States forge strategic partnership first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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    Swedish Cancer Institute and Elekta Launch Renewed Partnership Agreement to Continue the Flow of World-Class Technology, Services to Cancer Patients in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond

    Swedish Cancer Institute and Elekta Launch Renewed Partnership Agreement to Continue the Flow of World-Class Technology,




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    Nurse-Family Partnership Viral Facebook Campaign Gains More Than One Million Users in Only One Day

    Nurse-Family Partnership Viral Facebook Campaign Gains More Than One Million Users in Only One Day




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    Cellular Dynamics Partners with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. to In-License Seminal iPS Cell Patent Portfolio

    Cellular Dynamics Partners with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. to In-License Seminal iPS Cell Patent Portfolio




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    Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Present at the MoneyShow Conference

    Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Present at the MoneyShow Conference




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    Ayurveda and Homoeopathy: New Partnership Forged

    The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences - Captain Srinivasa Murthy Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CSMCARI) and Commissionerate of




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    Effects of Trans-Pacific Partnership on Pharmaceutical World

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a multi-national trade agreement now being considered by 12 countries. The ramifications of major components of




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    India and Australia Join Forces With (Dollor) 100K One Health Partnership

    The University of Sydney has committed AU (Dollor) 100,000 to strengthen its long-standing collaboration with the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). This