By Making It on 20 February, 2012
Antonio Tajani explains how the European Union is finding solutions that neither compromise growth nor the climate and environment
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2020 strategy, Antonio Tajani, climate change, development, economic downturn, economy, employment, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, financial and economic crisis, green industry, growth and jobs, Industrial Development Organization, issue 9, Making It, opportunities for EU industry, our low-carbon future, policy, population, productivity, resource efficiency, social cohesion, sustainable, sustainable industry, UNIDO, United Nations, Vice-President of the European Commission
By Making It on 11 November, 2011
European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, on why environmentalists and industry in Europe must work together to decouple growth from resource depletion
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Antonio Tajani, Asia-Pacific, business, cobalt, competition, development, earth, environmental authorities, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, how to be resourceful with limited resources, import-dependent, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, issue 8, Janez Potocnik, labour costs, labour productivity, latin america, Making It, Middle East, minerals, North Africa, planet, platinum, population, poverty alleviation, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, titanium, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, vanadium, what to do to save the environment
By Making It on 24 August, 2011
Dani Rodrik argues that the paradox of globalization is that it works best when it is not pushed too far, and discusses how to avoid further global crises
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, Brazil, capitalism, China, collective, comparative advantage, currency appreciation, Dani Rodrik, democratic deliberation, development, doha, economic arrangements, emerging market economy, EU, European Union, finance, financial, g20, Global, global commons, global ecosystem, global lender, globalization, governance, Harvard, imbalance, imf, India, individualism, Industrial Development, institutions, International, international monetary fund, issue 7, jurisdictional boundaries, labour mobility, legitimacy, macroeconomic, Making It, market, market-based, mercantilist policies, nation state, paradox, policies, political economy, politics, regulation, Renminbi, russia, safeguards, semi-private goods, social protection mechanism, South Africa, sovereignty, stabilization, subsidies, sustainability, trade, trade barriers, Turkey, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, USA, world economy, World Trade Organization, WTO
By Making It on 10 April, 2011
Inside the EU’s new strategy to boost growth and jobs in Europe is based on a strong, diversified, and competitive industrial base, while tackling global warming and increase corporate social responsibility
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged access, carbon emissions, climate change, co2, Dani Rodrik, developed, economy, energy, EU, Europe, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, evaluation, global warming, globalization, governance, government, growth, Ha-Joon Change, health, Industrial Development Organization, industry, issue 6, jobs, Lisbon Strategy, Making It magazine, market, monitoring, national, policy, policymaking, population, project, R&D, research and development, sector, social, society, Tajani, UN, United Nations, urban
By Making It on 7 April, 2011
Lucy Muchoki, CEO of the Pan African Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Consortium, tells Making It about agribusiness challenges in Africa, and how the future could look.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, Angola, CEO, China, commodity, countries, credit, economic output, éducation, efficiency, empowerment, EU, European Union, export, farming, finance, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food storage, foreign markets, future, GDP, global partnership, globalization, government, growth, import, independence, Industrial Development, infrastructure, investment, IT, jobs, labour, liberalization, Lucy Muchoki, MDGs, methodologies, Millennium Development Goals, Mozambique, opportunity, Pan African Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Consortium, PanAAC, poverty, price, private sector, rural population, science, small-scale, SME, sourcing, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, tax, traceability, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, urban, US, water sustainability, women, young people, youth
By Making It on 25 February, 2011
How sub-Saharan African countries can seize the new opportunities to advance their own development through trade with China
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 1990s, Africa, agriculture, Cape Verde, chemicals, China, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, climate, commodity price shock, comparative advantage, competition, development, economic recovery, éducation, emerging economies, engine of development, environment, EU, Europe, European Union, export, FDI, financial crisis, food, foreign direct investment, GDP, Ghana, Global Competitiveness Index, global economy, government, growth rate, high-income countries, human, import, Industrial Development Organization, investment, issue 5, Jiying Plastic Products, Kenya, labour-intensive, lower-middle income countries, machinery, Making It, Mali, man-made products, manufactured goods, market, metals, natural, north-south trade, ore, petroleum, policy, raw material, resources, Rwanda, south-south trade, statistics, sub-Saharan, technology, trade, trade growth, transport equipment, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, vuvuzela, world, World Bank, world cup 2010, World Economic Forum, Xiao Ye, Zhejiang province
By Making It on 1 February, 2011
How making industrial processes energy- and water-efficient, resilient, and sustainable, is essential to meet the industrial objectives of tomorrow
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged adaptation, Africa, AREED, Asia, Canadá, capacity, Centre for Electronic Governance, change, Chavuma, China, clean energy, competitiveness, design, development, dialogue, Egypt, energy, enterprise, Enterprise Europe Network, entrepreneur, EU, Europe, experience, finance, industrial, industry, information, innovation, institutional practices, International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, International Institute for Software Technology, knowledge, local banks, Lynn Mytelka, Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre, Macao SAR, microfinance, microsoft, network, organizational structure, process of learning, Republic of Korea, research, SMEs, sustainable, technology, the Netherlands, UK, UN Asia Pacific Center for ICT Development, UNDP, UNEP, United Nations, university, UNU Joint Activities Fund, UNU-IIST, UNU-MERIT, US, water-efficient, Zambia
By Making It on 20 December, 2009
His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, answers questions about his country’s development strategy.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged AGOA, agriculture, BRALIRWA, COMESA, development, EAC, East African Community, Economic Development, EPA, EU, European Union, exports, fauna, finance, flora, genocide, government, HIV/AIDS, ICT, interview, investment, Issue 1, James Musoni, Kagame, labour, land-linked, land-locked, leadership, malaria, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minister, national parks, poor, Poverty Reduction Strategy, private sector, recovery, Rwanda, Rwanda Environment Management Agency, small industry, transformation, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, World Bank
By Making It on 7 December, 2009
Microsoft’s SEAN NICHOLSON reviews the commercial possibilities presented by e-waste.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, components, computers, corporations, development, disassembly, e-waste, EU, European Union, global manager of emerging solutions, global waste, government, Issue 1, it companies, job satisfaction, microsoft, multinational companies, non-profit organizations, pc-reuse, pcs, policy, Recycling, refurbished pcs, sean nicholson, seattle, social programmes, solving the e-waste problem, step, UK, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, US, waste
By Making It on 7 December, 2009
By PAUL DICKINSON – founder and CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project.
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Australia, British, carbon, Carbon Disclosure, CDP, emissions, energy, environment, EU, finance, government policy, greenhouse gas, Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand, Obama, P&G, Paul Dickinson, PepsiCo, risk, UK, United Nations, US
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