Haiti

Lèt Agogo: more than just a quality product made in Haiti

Lèt Agogo: more than just a quality product made in Haiti

By Making It on 21 March, 2013

BrandHaiti’s Nick Stratton investigates an alternative, sustainable model of agricultural development in Haiti.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged agricultural development, alternative, BrandHaiti, dairy, Haiti, Lèt Agogo, Lèt Agogo diary cooperative, Michel Chancy, milk, Nick Stratton, nutrition, René Préval, small farmers, sustainable model, sustainable rural agriculture development, Veterimed, yoghurt, yogurt | 3 Responses

Hot topic: The ‘Girl Effect’ - Covering up the reality of austerity

Hot topic: The ‘Girl Effect’ – Covering up the reality of austerity

By Making It on 1 December, 2012

Hester Eisenstein on how global elites use women’s labour to exploit the world.

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Angela Merkel, assembly operations, Bangladesh, capitalist exploitation, Caracol Industrial Park, cheap labour, China, economic empowerment of women, EPZs, Ester Boserup, export processing, Feminism Seduced, feminist, Ha-Joon Chang, Haiti, hester eisenstein, Hillary Clinton, hot topic, industrial policy, international financial institutions, Japan, Keynesian, La Pietra Coalition, maquiladoras, Naila Kabeer, Nicholas Kristof, Nike Foundation, patriarchal controls, Paul Krugman, Republic of Korea, Sae-A Trading, sweatshops, UNIDO, women, young women

Manufacturing still matters

Manufacturing still matters

By Making It on 15 March, 2012

Popular economist, Ha-Joon Chang, answers questions about the race to the bottom, going green and the Occupy movement

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Bad Samaritans book, BRICS, China, comparative advantage, development, does industry still matter, economic size, Economist magazine, free market, free trade view, Global, Global Green Growth Institute, going green, Ha-Joon Chang, Haiti, Industrial Development, industrial policy, International, interview, Justin Lin, kicking away the ladder, legitimacy, Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, manufacturing, natural resources, Occupy economics, Occupy movement, popular economist, race to the bottom, resource-efficient development, South Korea, Taiwán, UK, UNIDO expert group meeting, United Nations, University of Cambridge, world, World Bank, zero sum game

Entrepreneurship, capital and capitalism

Entrepreneurship, capital and capitalism

By Making It on 11 November, 2010

Ranil Dissanayake was trained as an economist and historian. He now specializes in aid effectiveness, and can also be found blogging at AidThoughts

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, aid, aidthoughts, Asia, bureaucracy, capital, capitalism, Chris Bayly, clean development, commercial farming, Dar es Salaam, development, Doing Business report, economy, entrepreneurship, financing development, geography, Haiti, Hernando De Soto, history, incentives, issue 4, labour, Marx, policy, politics, potential, power, pre-colonial, property, returns, security, stability, system, the Birth of the Modern World, The Mystery of Capital, third world, trade, World Bank

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