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By Making It on 16 February, 2012
The Legatum Prosperity Index provides the world’s only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific Region, Australia, botswana, Canadá, chile, China - Hong Kong SAR, China - Taiwan, Costa Rica, definition of prosperity, Denmark, economy, éducation, Entrepreneurship and opportunity, Europe, Finland, GDP, Ghana, global assessment of national prosperity, governance, happy healthy and free citizens, Industrial Development Organization, Israel, issue 9, Kuwait, Legatum Prosperity Index, Making It magazine, Mali, Middle East and North Africa, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, our low-carbon future, personal freedom, safety and security, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, social capital, South Africa, sustainable industrial development, Sweden, Switzerland, The Prosperity Index, the United States, Tunisia, UN, UNIDO, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, Uruguay, wealth and well-being
By Making It on 11 September, 2011
A country feature on the possibility of Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC status, and exclusive interview with the Minister of Industries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Minister of Industries, capitalism, collective, competition, country features, Debapriya Bhattacharya, democratic deliberation, development, Dilip Barua, economic arrangements, emerging market economy, gender equality, Global, global commons, global ecosystem, globalization, governance, graduations from LDC status, green industry, growth, imbalance, individualism, Industrial Development, inequality, institutions, International, interview, issue 7, ldc, Least Developed Country, macroeconomic, Making It, market, MDGs, nation state, opportunities, policy, political economy, politics, productivity, regulation, stabilization, subsidies, sustainability, technology transfer, trade, UN, UNIDO, United Nations
By Making It on 25 August, 2011
Never has the world been more interdependent, never has it been more shaped by technological, economic and social progress – and never has it been more vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and political failure. Our global economic, social and political systems have been under great pressure for a while, and the future appears uncertain. [...]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged 3rd quarter 2011, Bangladesh, barefoot economist, chile, Chris Goodall, cleaning up the river, Dani Rodrik, Dilip Barua, Dylan Geraets, environmentalist, g20, globalization, globalization paradox, Goldman Environmental Prize, governance, governing a globalized world, green industry, Group of 20, Hedda Oehlberger-Femundesenden, Indonesia, Industrial Development Organization, interview, issue 7, Jan Wouters, José Etcheverry, Katherine Lucey, Making It magazine, Manfred Max-Neef, Mark Malloch Brown, Minister of Industries, nuclear power, opportunity, poverty, Prigi Arisandi, rio+20, shortcomings, solar micro-business3, Solar Sister, Surabaya, Thomas Pogge, UN, unfair share, UNIDO, United Nations, world
By Making It on 24 August, 2011
Hedda Oehlberger-Femundsenden argues that UNIDO’s Green Industry initiative can build on the successes of globalization, while helping to rectify its shortcomings
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, Brazil, Brundtland Commission, capitalism, China, climate change, collective, competition, conflict, democratic deliberation, development, economic arrangements, economic crisis, emerging market economy, energy, environment, financial, fuel, g20, germany, Global, global commons, global ecosystem, global warming, globalization, governance, green industry, greenhouse gas emission, growth, Hedda Oehlberger-Femundsenden, imbalance, India, individualism, Industrial Development, industry, inequality, institutions, International, issue 7, Japan, legitimacy, macroeconomic, Making It, Malaysia, market, nation state, opportunities, paradox, policy, political economy, politics, pollution, poverty, productivity, regulation, Republic of Korea, resources, rio+20, Singapore, social cohesion, sovereignty, stabilization, subsidies, sustainability, technology transfer, trade, trade capacity building, UN, UN Commission on Sustainable Development, UNCSD 2012, UNEP, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Millennium Summit, unrest, World Commission on Environment and Development, world economy
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 22 August, 2011
Why network governance needs to be transparent, inclusive, and responsive, to deal with issues as diverse as food safety, public health and financial regulation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged accountability, bailout package 2008, Brazil, Bretton Woods, China, commodity price volatility, conflict, cooperation, countries, crisis, depressional, development, Doha Round, efficiency, emerging economies, financial regulation, food safety, g20, G8, Global, global governance, Global Governance Group, globalization, governance, government, Group of 20, Ian Bremmer, imf, India, Industrial Development Organization, Industry for development, institutions, International, international monetary fund, international organizations, issue 7, legitimacy, macro-economic imbalances, Making It, management, multi-polar world, multilateral trade negotiations, network, Norway, Nouriel Roubini, pascal lamy, Peter Sutherland, policymaking, power, protectionism, public health, standards, trade, transparency, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, world, World Bank, World Trade Organization, WTO
By Making It on 10 August, 2011
Defining governance challenges in the era of globalization, and outlining some policy implications resulting from the revelation that most of the world’s poor live in middle-income countries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged accountability, adaptation, agribusiness, aid instruments, Andy Sumner, Angola, Cameroon, China, climate change, community, demography, development assistance, development policy, economic growth, éducation, financial responsibility, Global, global warming, globalization, governance, government, healthcare, humanitarian situations, income, India, Indonesia, Industrial Development, inequality, insecurity, Institute of Development Studies, International, issue 6, issue 7, knowledge, LICs, low-income countries, magazine, Making It, MDG, MICs, middle-income countries, migration, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goals, new bottom billion, Nigeria, official development assistance, Pakistan, policy, policymakers, poor, population, poverty, poverty reduction, R2P, relative poverty, resources, responsibility to protect, rich, security, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan, tax, trade, transitioning, understanding, UNICEF, UNIDO, United Nations, urbanization, wealth, World Bank, World Development Indicators
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 27 March, 2011
For business values, norms, ethics, private standards are one way of promoting social development and environmental sustainability
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged business, civil society, competitive advantage, consumption, developing countries, ecologic, efficiency, environment, export, Global, globalization, governance, guideline, human rights, Industrial Development Organization, International, issue 5, liberalization, market, Müge Dolun Bora, national, policy, practices, private standards, production, regional, report, responsibility, safety, social, study, sustainability, technical regulation, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, workers' rights
By Making It on 29 November, 2010
By developing productive capacities, LDCs can rely increasingly on domestic resources to finance their economic growth, and attract capital inflows that support them
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged added value, agribusiness, agriculture, aid, Brussels Programme of Action, capital, Cheick Sidi Diarra, commodity prices, Conference on Trade and Development, credit, deveopment, emerging markets, employment, energy, export, GDP growth, geographic disadvantages, global economic crisis, governance, import, incentives, Industrial Development, infrastructure, international markets, investment, issue 4, ldc, least developed countries, MDG, Millennium Development Goals, modernization, multilateral support, poverty reduction, productive capacity, resource gap, revenues, saving, sustainability, systems, technology, transport, UN, UNCTAD, United Nations, US
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