By Making It on 30 October, 2012
South India’s Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project wins 2012 Ashden International Gold Award.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged ashden awards, Ashden International Gold Award, energy, environment, green growth, India, jobs, Kandeh Yumkella, Karnataka, L.H. Manjunath, poverty, renewable energy, Royal Geographical Society, Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, SKDRDP, UN Energy, UNIDO, Veerendra Heggade
By Making It on 3 September, 2012
Turkey’s Ambassador to the UN, Ertuğrul Apakan, considers the prospects for youth in the Least Developed Countries.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged chronic unemployment and underemployment, development, economic growth, global economic growth, International, international community, IPoA, Istanbul, jobs, ldc, LDC-IV, least developed countries, Least Developed Country, Millennium Development Goals, rio+20, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable growth, Turkey, unemployment, United Nations, youth, youth employment
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 11 July, 2011
Biodynamic agriculture is not only the way to address major challenges such as climate change and food security, but is also the only way to achieve long-term competitiveness
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, biodynamic, capacity, chemical fertilizers, climate change, competitiveness, compost, cost, crop failure, desertification, developing countries, eco-intensification, ecosystems, Egypt, employment, energy, enhance, environment, farming systems, food prices, food security, foodstuffs, fresh water sources, Global, globalization, health, healthcare systems, Helmy Abouleish, holistic, Industrial Development, innovation, intensive, International, issue 6, jobs, labour, livestock, living, machinery, Making It, national, Olliver de Schutter, organic, pesticides, pollution, production, rural, SEKEM, social, soil erosion, supermarkets, surplus, sustainability, sustainable, technology, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, urban, world, yields
By Making It on 14 June, 2011
Rapid growth in the reach of supermarkets, locally and globally, is changing agribusiness. Kanayo Nwanze argues that smallholder farmers must have opportunities to be entrepreneurs, rather than bystanders.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2011, agribusiness, agricultural markets, agro-processors, Cairo, challenge, change, development, donor, economy, Egypt, employment, entrepreneur, evolving, food, fundamental, Global, globalization, government, hunger, IFAD, improvement, Industrial Development Organization, international fund for agricultural development, issue 6, jobs, Kanayo Nwanze, keynote, local, Making It magazine, marginalization, MDG, Millennium Development Goal, modern, opportunity, partnership, poor, population, poverty, private sector, products, profit, progress, rapid growth, resources, rural, Rural Poverty Report, smallholder farmer, solution, supermarkets, supplier, systems, UNIDO, United Nations, value chains, work
By Making It on 10 May, 2011
A report warns that developing countries relying heavily on expanding exports need to rethink their current strategies to achieve growth, and argues that they need to give greater attention to strengthening domestic demand
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged Aid for Trade, China, diversification, domestic demand, economic, export, growth, import, Industrial Development Organization, issue 5, jobs, labour, ldc, least developed countries, liberalization, Making It magazine, market, natural resources, policy, poverty, primary commodities, south-south trade, sustainability, sustainable, technology, trade, Trade and Development Report 2010: Globalization and Development Strategies, UN, UNCTAD, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, value-added
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.
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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