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Setting Social Security Standards in a Global Society
White Paper Social protection is a powerful tool for alleviating poverty and inequality. Social security is declared as a human right in the major United Nations human rights instruments. However, at the beginning of the... [11 Nov 2009]
Using the Triangle Inequality to Accelerate k-Means
White Paper The accelerated algorithm avoids unnecessary distance calculations by applying the triangle inequality in two different ways, and by keeping track of lower and upper bounds for distances between points and centers. [29 Aug 2009]
Fuzzy Data Mining of Term Associations for Flexible Query Answering
White Paper In particular, the paper considers conditional probability to increase the utility of association, Chebyshev's inequality to reflect statistical confidence, and the relative cardinality measure, introduced by Delgado et... [29 Aug 2009]
Pay gap: UK female execs better off in IT
News This contrasts starkly with female fortunes in the media sector - the worst inequality offender - where women execs are paid a third less (34 per cent) than men, despite reaching top roles three years earlier, according... [30 Jul 2009]
Inbox: Let's plug the UK's notspots
Comment Reports abound about the economic benefits of higher speed connectivity so let's not lose sight of that while we also try and resolve the social inequality aspect of broadband coverage. Filling in the UK's 'notspots' got... [30 Jan 2009]
The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes
Comment But simply recognising inequality exists does not change long-entrenched views of worth and value. So however much you know about the business you'll find it hard to shake off the techie label, says the Naked CIO. [07 Apr 2008]
PCs too pricey for the poor
News According to research from the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU), which is part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 77 per cent of respondents said current trends in IT would widen the digital divide between the rich and poor, and... [01 Sep 2005]
Devil's Advocate: What makes IT workers happy?
Comment The main determinant of national happiness, according to the report, is the extent of income security, measured in terms of income protection and a low degree of income inequality. While everyone loves a raise, Martin... [07 Sep 2004]
CEOs reap big bucks from offshoring
News The study, published by two groups concerned with economic inequality, found that average CEO compensation at the 50 firms outsourcing the most service jobs abroad increased by 46 per cent in 2003. Chief executive... [01 Sep 2004]
Technology offers Asia a lifeline out of recession
News Escap has noted that developments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) could be used to tackle the problems of inequality which are so prevalent in the region, by opening up trade beyond national boundaries. [27 Apr 1999]
UN claims IT can help the poor
News In its latest survey on Asia and Pacific regions, the UN claims: "Applications of ICT (information & communications technology) can provide a major opportunity to tackle problems of income inequality and poverty so... [09 Apr 1999]
