Veolia Environmental Services, a firm that collects or disposes of rubbish in 33 countries, commissioned a global study of garbage called the "World Waste Survey".
New work in 12 countries commissioned by the OECD and the World Bank found that the share of women in public-sector employment in all of them except Turkey was much higher than their share in total employment.
The gulf that has opened up between the beliefs and attitudes of the Vatican, and those of the faithful, was highlighted by a recent poll in selected countries commissioned by Univision, an American Spanish-language television network.
A 2014 survey (pdf) of 10,500 workers across 14 countries, commissioned by office furniture maker Steelcase, found that 69% of people were not satisfied with their working environment, in part due to a lack of privacy.
A recent report on case studies of African countries commissioned by the High Level Forum on the Millennium Development Goals found, for example, that Kenya had some 5000 ghost workers on its payroll [ 14].
That is no mere technicality, and the annual sessions of the 53-country commission are highly politicised.
A 24-country commission that controls fishing around Antarctica created a documentation process two years ago so legitimate fish could be tracked from the ocean to the plate.
It was the first time the 53-country commission had taken such strong action against one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, diplomats said.
After proposing a small property tax rate hike to enable to county to maintain basic services such as fire rescue, libraries and no-kill animal shelters, Giménez reversed course and supported the country commission's 8-4 voto to cut services, later declaring "the age of the library is probably ending" when people questioned the wisdom of the county closing nearly half its branches.
This year, the country commissioned its first locally built 31m patrol craft, the NNS Andoni.
