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 22 June, 2011
This issue of Making It: Industry for Development looks at some aspects of the broad concept of agribusiness, often defined as the whole range of business activities that are performed from farm to fork, but also including the processing of raw materials for the production of many non-food items, such as textiles, paper and biofuel. [...]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged ADM, Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, Archer Daniels Midland, biodiversity, biofuel, business, carbon emissions, Cargill, coca, Colombia, consumer, development, distribution, efficiency, Egypt, energy, farmers, food, globalization, growth, Guillermo Garcia, Helmy Abouleish, hunger, India, Industrial Development Organization, Industry for development, Johanna Sorrell, Kanayo Nwanze, magazine, Making It, organic, palm oil, paper, Patrick Kormawa, Paul Bulcke, population, poverty, sustainability, sustainable, textile, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, value changes, Vandana Shiva, water scarcity
By Making It on 16 June, 2011
Experts from the Breakthrough Institute outline the importance and implications of the rebound effect
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, backfire, Breakthrough Institute, climate risk, consumption, cooling, cost, direct, emerging economies, emissions reduction, energy efficiency, energy saving, global climate, global emissions, globalization, goods, government, greenhouse gases, Harry Saunders, heating, hot topic, IEA, Industrial Development Organization, industrial processes, industry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, international development agencies, international energy agency, IPCC, issue 6, Jesse Jenkins, Jevons' Paradox, linear, literature, macroeconomic, magazine, Making It, McKinsey, Michael Shellenberger, money, ngos, policies, private sector, productivity, products, rebound effects, research, review, services, stabilization, sustainable growth, Ted Nordhaus, transportation, UNIDO, United Nations, usage, world's emerging economies
By Making It on 22 March, 2011
SABMiller’s Andy Wales argues that many companies now view corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and environmental compliance as increasingly important to business strategy
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2030 Water Resources Group, agriculture, Andy Wales, Asia, Big Business, Big Responsibility, book, British, business strategy, child labour, China Mobile, climate change, Coca-Cola, collaboration, communication, community, companies, Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, corporate social responsibility, credibility, development, ecology, efficiency, environmental compliance, expression, freedom, from villains to visionaries, Global Network Initiative, GNI, government, guidelines, Gulf of Mexico, human rights abuses, India, Industrial Development Organization, information, International Finance Corporation, intervention, local, magazine, Making It, market, McKinsey, media, Nestlé, ngos, Nike, non-governmental organizations, oil spills, opportunity, philanthropy, philosophy, policy, privacy, protection, public, resources, risk, rural areas, rural information network, SABMiller, South Africa, Standard Chartered, sustainability, technology, Unilever, United Nations, violation, water, World Economic Forum
By Making It on 22 February, 2011
Trade is a vital engine of economic growth, but a multilateral framework for trade agreements is essential if all countries are to share the benefits
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 1930s, 1990s, 2010, 2011, adam smith, agreements, Canadá, capital flows, China, currency, deficit, developing countries, division of labor, Doha Round, domestic, economic nationalism, economies of scale, engine of economic growth, Ernest Zedillo, euro-zone, exchange rate levels, export, financial turmoil, former President of Mexico, friction, g20, globalization, Goldman Sachs International, imbalance, imf, import tariffs, Industrial Development, International, international monetary fund, investment, issue 5, Jagdish Ghagwati, jobs, leaders, liberal, liberalization, magazine, Making It, manufacturing, mercantilism, multilateral framework, mutual economic dependence, organization, pascal lamy, Peter Sutherland, post-war, prosperity, protectionism, recovery, scope, South Korea, surplus, technology, trade, UK, unemployment, UNIDO, UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations, US, wealth of nations, world trade, World Trade Organization, world war II, WTO, WWII
By Making It on 11 August, 2010
A new report opens a window on to the economic landscape that women face globally, and highlights where most opportunities can be found
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Africa, Asia, attitudes, Belgium, Brazil, Canadá, chile, China, constraint, country, economic landscape, Economist Intelligence Unit, Egypt, environment, fertility, Global, government, Hong Kong SAR, indicators, innovation, Isreal, Issue 3, Japan, labour force, Leila Butt, liberal, limited, magazine, Making It, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, opportunities, pilot, progress, ranking, Republic of Korea, retirement, rights, Singapore, slow-growing, social value, South Africa, stagnant, Sweden, Tunisia, US, weak, women economic opportunity index
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