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By Making It on 3 February, 2013
A snapshot of the founder of one of Malaysia’s leading solution providers for the treatment and processing of oil palm biomass.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, global green synergy, innovation, JCI, Joseph Lim, Junior Chamber International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, oil palm biomass, palm kernel-shell char, palm oil industry, renewable energy, technology, value-added biomass products
By Making It on 4 January, 2013
South-South cooperation is a broad framework for collaboration and the exchange of resources, technology, skills and knowledge between countries of the Global South. South-South cooperation can achieve results on the ground, in ways that traditional development assistance may not, because of countries’ geographical proximity, cultural and historical ties, or similar development paths. Countries that have [...]
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By Making It on 17 November, 2012
Three perspectives on a major challenge confronting the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Arab Spring, Dead Sea, éducation, Egypt, employment, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Facebook revolution, higher education colleges, imed drine, innovation, International Finance Corporation, Islamic Development Bank, Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women, Jordan’s University of Science and Technology, labour force, labour-intensive, Maharat Employment and Training Programme, Making It, Marrakech, MENA, Middle East, Mohamed Abaran, Morocco, North afria, private sector, Queen Rania’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, Sarah Khalid, Saudi Arabia, social exclusion, Syria, Tawjihi, technology, training, Tunisia, unemployment, university, wider, Yemen, youth
By Making It on 22 August, 2012
In terms of international development, it is often taken for granted that wealth inevitably leads to health, and that therefore only the countries with wealthier economies will be able to foster the conditions for a healthier population. In this context, international development efforts usually focus on interventions to kick-start economic growth, on the assumption that [...]
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By Making It on 14 February, 2012
Jeremy Rifkin explains how the five pillars of a third energy-communications revolution will create the foundations for the next great wave of economic growth
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business, Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, consumers, debt, different energy system, economic competitiveness, electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, energy internet, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuel energies, Foundation on Economic Trends, government, Green Industry initiative, hunger and starvation, incentivize transformation, industrial civilization, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, ldc, least developed countries, living standards, Making It magazine, micro-power plants, mobile phone and ict sector, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, oil, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, technology, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services
By Making It on 10 January, 2012
Investing in gender-sensitive development affects productivity, efficiency and sustained economic growth, as well as strengthens women’s rights
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Africa, business management, cosmetics, economic potential of women, education systems, enhancing competitiveness, entrepreneurial activities, entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, finance, gender issue, Gender Mainstreaming Steering Committee, gender-sensitive employment creation, inclusive globalization, industrial development for poverty reduction, Industrial Development Organization, institutionalize, internationalization, investment in care services, issue 8, local raw materials, Making It magazine, Mali, market-information, modernity, Morocco, off-grid energy sources, policy advice, producing shea products, product certification and marketing, productive resources, skills, strengthening business support services, sustainable energy, technical cooperation programmes, technology, uganda, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, women's empowerment
By Making It on 4 January, 2012
Imagine a future where the power of green technology drives a new economic revolution, and where everyone, all over the world, has access to clean, safe, and affordable energy services. Does this sound far-fetched? Not according to our contributors. Jeremy Rifkin, whose latest book, The Third Industrial Revolution, is making a big impact, sees developments [...]
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