In July, Mexico’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL) released new statistics on poverty in Mexico. They show that Mexico's poverty rate fell slightly between 2010 and 2012, dropping 0.6 percent, from 46.1 percent to 45.5 percent. Nonetheless, during the same period the number of people living in poverty actually increased from 52.8 million to 53.3 million...

three decades is moving forward and the Discussion Forum will open on 28 October. I encourage as many of you as possible to participate in the conference as audience and as commentators. Meanwhile we are working on the programme for the next couple of years. The following themes are being discussed. Leaders have been identified in some cases; the leading team may evolve. Those below are general...

OVERVIEW: Along with advances in system component technologies, modern state-of-the-art power plant control systems are being developed by incorporating such advanced technologies as extensive digitization of high-speed control circuits, interconnection with other equipment over open interfaces, and a repertory of diverse multiplexed systems. Based on Hitachi Integrated Autonomic Control System...