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PM has pushed outside its comfort zone and published a theme-based issue in November. This is only the third time in the past two and a half years (and 28 issues) that a one-topic issue has been published.
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At its 2014 Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, ICMA thanked Life, Well Run supporters, along with Fund for Professional Management donors at a special reception on Monday, September 15. The event featured food, fun, and a miniature remote control racetrack! A great time was had by all, but we realize not all of our amazing and generous supporters were able to attend.
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A community hotline in Qadis District in Afghanistan served as a monitoring and evaluation tool for the USAID-funded Stability in Key Areas-West (SIKA-West) program.
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With economic development being increasingly important for local governments and their managers, it is the right time that one issue—the November issue of PM magazine—focus solely on economic development.