By Making It on 6 December, 2012
Akihiko Tanaka and Shuzo Nishioka introduce a new partnership to encourage the widespread use of energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy sources in Asia’s growing cities.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged akihiko tanaka, ASEAN, Asia, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, cities, East Asia Low-Carbon Knowledge Platform, energy efficient technologies, energy-efficient residences, greenhouse gas emissions, Higashiyama, infrastructure investment, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Institute for Global Environmental Studies, International Research Network for Low Carbon Societies, Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency, low-carbon growth, National Institute for Environmental Studies, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Shuzo Nishioka, Thailand, Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council, transport
By Making It on 1 November, 2012
Chandran Nair believes Asia’s burgeoning population means Western-style consumption is not an option.
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Asia, Asian century, Avantage Ventures, Chandran Nair, consumption-led economics, Consumptionomics, Global Institute for Tomorrow, globalization, growth, Making It, population, resources, United States
By Making It on 18 October, 2012
Making It profiles Viet Nam, Asia’s ‘rising dragon’, and interviews Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged APEC, ASEAN, Asia, Doi Moi, economic growth, FDI, high value-added manufacturing sectors, industrial diversification, industrial policy, Making It, manufacturing, market-based socialist economy, middle-income trap, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, structural change, technological change, technology ladder, trade liberalization, UNIDO, Viet Nam, Viet Nam Industrial Competitiveness Report 2011, WTO
By Making It on 22 August, 2012
In terms of international development, it is often taken for granted that wealth inevitably leads to health, and that therefore only the countries with wealthier economies will be able to foster the conditions for a healthier population. In this context, international development efforts usually focus on interventions to kick-start economic growth, on the assumption that [...]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Africa, Asia, Busan, business, Carbon Trust, Centre for Science and Environment, Chandran Nair, China, Clean Clothes Campaign, Clean Cookstoves, D-Rev, Durban Automotive Cluster, economic competitiveness, FOEI, gas flaring, GGFR, Global Compact, government, Green jobs, health, health care, ILO, India, Industrial Development Organization, issue 10, junk food, Klaus Leisinger, ldc, least developed countries, Making It magazine, McDonald's, national policies, Nnimmo Bassey, Novartis, pharmaceutical, poverty, Supersize me, sustainable industrial development, technology, The health of nations, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, Viet Nam, Vyellatex, World Bank
By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Zoe Elena Horn examines the impact of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy through her work on the Inclusive Cities study
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, barring access to waste, chronic unemployment and underemployment, employment, financial literacy, financial services, focus groups, gender equality, global economic crisis, government, grim, harassment, home-based work, Inclusive Cities project, income earning opportunities, India, Industrial Development, informal enterprises, interviews, investment, issue 8, latin america, Making It magazine, minimum wage schemes, policymakers, policymaking, raids, research, self-employment, SEWA, skills training, social and economic protection, socially vulnerable, street trade, subsidize electricity, technology improvement, UN, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, unpaid care and domestic chores, vulnerability, waste collection, well-being, WIEGO, women, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, women in the informal sector, world's poorest and most vulnerable workers, world's richest countries, Zoe Elena Horn
By Making It on 30 November, 2011
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, explains how to advance the aim of gender equality, and what obstacles prevent women from accessing greater economic opportunities
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, credit, dependency, development, economic empowerment of women, economic opportunities, employment and entrepreneurial activities, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, gender equality, gender gaps, gender issue, globalization, goods and services, government, Hilary Clinton, human rights, ILO, International Labour Organization, livelihoods, macroeconomic policies, Making It magazine, McKinsey, Michelle Bachelet, policymaking, poverty, poverty reduction, prevent women, private sector development, rio+20, social and labour market obstacles, social challenges, structural inequalities, UN Global Compact, UN Women, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, World Ecnomic Forum
By Making It on 29 August, 2011
Exploring the challenges and opportunities of globalization and the pursuit of a new international politics in the 21st century with Mark Malloch Brown
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, article, Asia, book, Brazil, China, climate change, democratic activist, development, economic, economy, éducation, eradicating poverty, feature, financial crisis, global affairs, global democracy, global governance, global warming, globalisation, globalization, growth, HIV/AIDS, India, Industrial Development Organization, International, international jobs, international travel, issue 7, jobs, Kofi Annan, latin america, Making It, Mark Malloch Brown, news, Obama, people power, philanthropy, poverty, poverty in africa, Rahim Kanani, UNDP, Unfinished Global Revolution: The Pursuit of a New International Politics, United Nations, United States, ways to stop global warming, what is a democracy, what is democracy, World Affairs Commentary, World Bank, world poverty
By Making It on 16 June, 2011
Energy efficiency leads to increased productivity and economic output, reduced demand, reduced energy bills and an enhanced security of energy supply
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged agribusiness, Asia, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian, behavior, California, challenges, clean, climate change, co2, complex, consciousness, decarbonization, developing countries, economic growth, effectiveness, emerging markets, employment, Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena, energy supply, environment, Europe, European, fossil fuel, GDP, Ghana, global partnership, globalization, Industrial Development Organization, industry, issue 6, Japan, jurisdiction, Making It magazine, Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, measures, Philippines, planet, policy, policymakers, rebound effect, REEEP, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, technology, Thailand, The Breakthrough Institute, theory, UNIDO, United Nations, United States of America, US, USA
By Making It on 11 June, 2011
An interview with founder of the Indian environmental organization, Navdanya, which promotes biodiversity, organic farming, and seed saving
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, Asia, Bhavani Prakash, biodiverse systems, biodiversity, bt cotton, business, conservation, corporations, cotton, Davdanya, developing countries, development, earth, eco-feminist, ecological footprint, ecological memory, economy, ecowalkthetalk.com, environmental work, food systems, generosity, genetic engineering, globalization, herbicide-resilient crops, industrialization, industry, intellectual property, monocultures, multiplicity, nature, NGO, north India, organic farming, renewal, rights of farmers, seed saving, suicide, super-weeds, technology, toxic, UNEP, Uttaranchal, Vandana Shiva
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Interview: The unfinished global revolution
By Making It on 29 August, 2011
Exploring the challenges and opportunities of globalization and the pursuit of a new international politics in the 21st century with Mark Malloch Brown
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, article, Asia, book, Brazil, China, climate change, democratic activist, development, economic, economy, éducation, eradicating poverty, feature, financial crisis, global affairs, global democracy, global governance, global warming, globalisation, globalization, growth, HIV/AIDS, India, Industrial Development Organization, International, international jobs, international travel, issue 7, jobs, Kofi Annan, latin america, Making It, Mark Malloch Brown, news, Obama, people power, philanthropy, poverty, poverty in africa, Rahim Kanani, UNDP, Unfinished Global Revolution: The Pursuit of a New International Politics, United Nations, United States, ways to stop global warming, what is a democracy, what is democracy, World Affairs Commentary, World Bank, world poverty