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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 1 The history of emotional intelligence -- Chapter 2 Can EI be taught or are we born with it? -- Chapter 3 How do we measure EI? -- Part II Disrupting mindsets using EI -- Chapter 4 The EI Rewiring Process -- Chapter 5 Own it: Becoming self-aware and owning who we are -- The emotional mind -- The need to be right! …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gender equality in the Nordic countries: Good progress, but more to do. 2.1. Boys underperforming at school is a key education concern, but girls are under-represented in STEM subjects -- 2.2. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Main findings -- Recommendations -- 1 Introduction: The public investment cycle and integrity risks -- References -- Note -- 2 Regulatory framework and ASF powers to audit infrastructure in Mexico -- ASF's legal framework and mandate -- Even though the legal framework grants ASF wide powers to audit infrastructure, such audits tend to be compliance oriented and do not pay enough attention to value-for-money and other wider governance issues -- References -- Note -- 3 Strategic considerations for ASF's unit to audit infrastructure in Mexico -- ASF's contributions to the success of infrastructure projects -- ASF could better balance its focus on corruption prevention and the long-term success of infrastructure projects -- Leveraging on the OECD Recommendation on the Governance of Infrastructure -- ASF could guide its efforts to audit the governance of infrastructure based on the OECD Recommendation -- Strategic considerations for ASF's unit to audit infrastructure -- ASF could undertake a gap analysis to understand the resources and technologies required to fulfil its strategic objectives relative to auditing infrastructure governance -- The same kind of gap analysis is pertinent for human resources, not only in terms of staff numbers, but also of capacities and skills -- The potential of real-time audits -- Real-time audits are key to allow ASF to timely intervene at the different stages of infrastructure projects -- References -- Notes -- 4 Risk analysis to inform audit programming and selection in Mexico -- Infrastructure audits programming and selection -- ASF could apply criteria relative to impact on well-being to select infrastructure audits…”

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