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World Economic Forum : An ILO Perspective 2013

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. It holds meetings throughout the year and issues a number of publications. To celebrate its first forty years, a book was published in 2009.* Its opening page carries a quote by Goethe “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always…

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West Indies and Martinique : Irish connections
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Described as “the island of flowers” Martinique is in the Lesser Antilles group of the Caribbean islands. Its political and administrative capital is Fort-de-France. Its famous daughter was Empress Joséphine, first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte. She was born Marie-Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, daughter of a wealthy white Creole family that owned a sugar plantation. Her maternal great- grandfather, Anthony Brown, was said to be Irish. V.S. Naipul in 1962 wrote Martinique is France. Arriving from Trinidad you…

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