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	Podcast:		World Business Report
	Episode:		World Health Organisation Classifies Gaming Addiction Disorder
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:26:27
	Publish Date:		2018-06-18 10:08:00
	Description:		Gaming addiction has been listed as a mental health condition by the WHO. Kendal Parmar is the mother of a 15-year-old gaming addict, and explains the impact it has had on her family. And technology expert Belinda Parmar, founder of Lady Geek, tells us why she welcomes the move. Also in the programme, Ivan Duque has been elected as Colombia's new president. Juan Forero is the South America bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, and talks us through Mr Duque's plans for the economy. As France's president Emmanuel Macron pursues an ambitious economic reform agenda, including enabling private companies to buy larger stakes in the airport operator ADP, Paris-based journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet describes the challenges Mr Macron faces. We have a report from the Indian city of Shimla, where an extreme water shortage is having a big impact on the local economy. Plus our workplace commentator, Heather McGregor of the Heriot Watt Business School in Edinburgh, outlines her formula for the secret to business success.
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