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                    [Title] => Education policies pushed to produce globally competitive workforce
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The Philippines should pursue education policies that would help develop a globally competitive workforce and intensify public-private partnerships to fast-track political and economic reforms in the country, the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) said yesterday.

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The focus should be shifted towards setting up sub-regional groups, ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda told a conference in Manila.

"Reaching a broad political and social consensus needed to develop a far-reaching pan-Asian grand plan of regional economic integration does not appear feasible at this stage," he said.
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In open-ended plans, a pre-need firm pays the tuition of a beneficiary regardless of the amount due.

This is opposed to a fixed value plan that specifies a fixed amount the beneficiary would receive upon maturity.

FPPC president Juan Miguel Vazquez said there should be a cap for open-ended benefits to ensure the survival of pre-need companies.
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                    [Title] => Education policies pushed to produce globally competitive workforce
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The Philippines should pursue education policies that would help develop a globally competitive workforce and intensify public-private partnerships to fast-track political and economic reforms in the country, the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) said yesterday.

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The focus should be shifted towards setting up sub-regional groups, ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda told a conference in Manila.

"Reaching a broad political and social consensus needed to develop a far-reaching pan-Asian grand plan of regional economic integration does not appear feasible at this stage," he said.
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In open-ended plans, a pre-need firm pays the tuition of a beneficiary regardless of the amount due.

This is opposed to a fixed value plan that specifies a fixed amount the beneficiary would receive upon maturity.

FPPC president Juan Miguel Vazquez said there should be a cap for open-ended benefits to ensure the survival of pre-need companies.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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