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International cooperation is vital for national prosperity

International cooperation is vital for national prosperity

By Making It on 1 September, 2010

To spur economic growth, development, and jobs, CEO Deborah Wince-Smith of the US Council on Competitiveness, believes the world needs dynamic strategic partnerships

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged capital, development, digital revolution, Economic Development, economic growth, emerging economies, GFCC, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, Hewlett-Packard, international trade, Issue 3, jobs, John Young, labour force, national competitiveness, technology, trade, United States, US Council on Competitiveness, Wince-Smith | Leave a response

HIV/AIDS – a workplace issue

HIV/AIDS – a workplace issue

By Making It on 17 August, 2010

The loss of workers, and their skills and experience, due to AIDS, can increase the burden on the remaining workforce, lowering morale and reducing productivity.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged AIDS, AIDS Business Coalition, antiretrovirals, condoms, discrimination, drugs, empowerment of women, epidemic, Ethiopian Business Coalition, HIV, HIV prevention, International Labour Organization, LDCs, microbicides, Pathfinder, PMTCT, preventive HIV technologies, recruitment, rights of employees, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, TB/HIV co-infection, treatment, UNAIDS, workplace | Leave a response

Does microfinance work?

Does microfinance work?

By Making It on 8 August, 2010

With all the media hype surrounding new online lending platforms, such as Kiva.org, the time is right to ask if microfinance really is an effective poverty reduction tool

Posted in All Posts, Hot Topic | Tagged agriculture, Anis Chowdhury, Australia, debt, éducation, government, Grameen Bank, India, labour, liquidity-constrained societies, MFI, microfinance, microlender, Mohammad Yunus, Philippines, poverty, public health, rural industry, SME, sustainability, UN-DESA, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, University of Western Sydney, working poor, World Bank | 6 Responses

The private sector and development

The private sector and development

By Making It on 6 August, 2010

There is growing recognition that the potential contribution of the private sector to development far outstrips the potential impact of aid.

Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Africa, banking sector, climate, climate change, developing countries, development, Fair Trade, Issue 3, microenterprises, microfinance, Millennium Development Goals, offset, Overseas Development Institute, poverty reduction, private sector, social responsibility, Washington Consensus | 1 Response

The power of patient capital

The power of patient capital

By Making It on 5 August, 2010

The founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty

Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Acumen Fund, D.Light Design, drinking water, East Africa, energy, Global Easy Water Products, global poverty, India, international development, International Development Enterprises – India, investment, Issue 3, Jacqueline Novogratz, malaria, malnutrition, Pakistan | Leave a response

Politicizing economic policy

Politicizing economic policy

By Making It on 5 August, 2010

Jayati Ghosh believes that state involvement in economic activity is now imperative, and that such involvement must be more democratic and accountable

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Bretton Woods, carbon-emitting production, communication, democratizing policy, developed countries, developing countries, éducation, electricity, fiscal, government, Gulf of Mexico, health, IDEAS, India, Industrial Development, industrial policy, infrastructure, International Development Economics Associates, Issue 3, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jayati Ghosh, late industrializers, monetary policy, National Knowledge Commission, New Delhi, nutrition, Quantitative Gross Domestic Product, sanitation, scales of production, stakeholders, sustainability, technology, transport, UNIDO | Leave a response

Towards a more productive debate

Towards a more productive debate

By Making It on 5 August, 2010

With the discrediting of orthodox policies, and the exposure of the double standards of the rich countries, industrial policy is no longer taboo. Ha-Joon Chang explains.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Asian Development Bank, Economic Development, European Investment Bank, export, financial crisis, global environment, import substitution industrialization, industrial policy, Issue 3, LDCs, Oxfam, political economy, privatization, trade, trade liberalization, University of Cambridge, Washington Consensus, World Bank, World Trade Organization, WTO | Leave a response

China’s stunning economic rise

China’s stunning economic rise

By Making It on 5 August, 2010

Country feature on China with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, carbon emissions, Chen Deming, China, crisis, economic boom, economic growth, energy, export, financial market, globalization, investment, Issue 3, manufacturing sector, Minister of Commerce, renewable energy | Leave a response

A changing climate for industrial policy

A changing climate for industrial policy

By Making It on 4 August, 2010

Industrial policy has a key role to play in the transition to a resource-efficient, low-carbon growth trajectory.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged beijing consensus, Brazil, China, Dani Rodrik, discovery process, dogmatic prescriptions, economic crisis, emerging economies, FDI, Field Operations Division, foreign direct investment, green industry, India, industrial policy, industry, investment, Issue 3, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Krugman, LDCs, least developed countries, low-carbon growth, Lütkenhorst, pragmatism, Regional Strategies, resources, Sir Nicholas Stern, stakeholders, State Environmental Protection Agency, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Viet Nam, Washington Consensus | Leave a response

Greening the Mexican economy

Greening the Mexican economy

By Making It on 3 August, 2010

Making It speaks with Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Mexico’s Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged climate change, electric power, environment, forestry development, green economy, Green Fund, greenhouse gas emissions, iron, Issue 3, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, latin america, Mexico, Pollutant Release, pollution, renewable energy, social disparities, social involvement, steel, Transfer Registry, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, waste generation | Leave a response

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