Even from that point, though, there are many stumbling blocks on the way to social progress.
But there are stumbling blocks on the way to social progress from here.
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As the executive director of an organization rocketed into existence 20 years ago because of a piece of media (the filming by a bystander of the beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles police department), I firmly believe in the accelerating powers of visual media as applied to social progress.
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Is it feasible for businesses to promote social progress as strongly as, say, Unilever promotes handwashing?
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His classes stress collaboration across disciplines and revolve around projects to advance social progress.
Some of its practitioners say they create sustainable organizations to drive social progress.
Can businesses re-align their core values to incorporate social progress?
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Afghan civil groups, meeting on the sidelines in Tokyo, demanded stricter conditions attached to the aid to combat corruption, and to guarantee that social progress in the past decade is not sold away for an easier peace with the Taliban.
The government, casting around for facts to support its claims of social progress, subtracted that 33% reduction from the 50% increase to claim a net increase in capacity of 17%.
What does this all have to do with accelerating social progress?
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The Annual Ministerial Review is organized each year by the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs to assess progress made in the implementation of the MDGs.
The reality is that ever since President Hugo Chavez was first elected, Venezuela has defied these negative predictions and brought unprecedented social progress to the country over the last 14 years.
For reasons that I am unable to fathom, for no person is less interested in sports than I, the United Nations Development Program regularly sends me updates on its efforts to promote economic and social progress through athletics.
Finally, when the ideas are on the table, it is necessary to empower and enable the ideas owners to progress these ideas by creating a social entreprise focused on the subject.
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Given our current circumstances, however, much more needs to be done, with a greater sense of urgency, if the US is to make substantial progress against major social challenges.
That's what success will look like: stable Iraq where you're making political progress, the essential services are being provided, economic progress, and the social progress that needs to be taken as well.
This shows that social progress in Venezuela has been consolidated and that there is a desire to further expand this progress.
Oil brought political stability and some social progress until the ratio of petrodollars to people turned against the country in the 1980s.
Stiglitz was chair of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress in 2008 and last year was appointed to the United Nations General Assembly as chair of the Commission of Experts on Reform of the International Financial and Monetary System.
An update was presented to AMs also on the progress made in delivering the 'Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action' document.
President Vicente Fox has made little progress in passing the reforms to speed up economic and social development that he promised on being elected in 2000.
Although it is widely recognised that eliminating gender disparities with regards to access to education is essential for long-term social and economic development, progress towards this objective has been limited as evidenced by, for example, the limited range of adult literacy programmes targeting women.
The Health and Social Care Committee met on 2 May 2012 to gather evidence on the progress of the organ donation bill.
If consumers and activists have made progress in pressuring companies to be more conscientious and proactive about social impact at a grassroots level, what role do talented job seekers play in developing corporate social responsibility and what can companies do to attract the brightest, and most aware, employees?
When all these conditions are fulfilled, citizen videos can become powerful catalysts that move people to act, thus realizing their enormous potential as tools for human rights and social progress.
Disillusionment with limited social progress and free-market reforms swept Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to power in 2002.
We knew a large portion of corporate America was making progress connecting with customers through social media channels, but we wanted to know more.
Although the Department for Social Development and its agencies had made good progress in encouraging eligible pensioners to claim their benefit entitlements, he said "many older people were still struggling to make ends meet".
Teresa Amabile: Probably the biggest challenge to social sector organizations is obtaining the capital needed to provide the resources for people to make progress in their work.
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If one looks past the superficial concern about growth at Brazil's economic fundamentals, its resources, and the extraordinary social progress that the country has made in recent decades, it seems premature to remove the "B" from BRIC.
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