By Making It on 18 November, 2011
A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population
By Making It on 11 November, 2011
European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, on why environmentalists and industry in Europe must work together to decouple growth from resource depletion
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Antonio Tajani, Asia-Pacific, business, cobalt, competition, development, earth, environmental authorities, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, how to be resourceful with limited resources, import-dependent, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, issue 8, Janez Potocnik, labour costs, labour productivity, latin america, Making It, Middle East, minerals, North Africa, planet, platinum, population, poverty alleviation, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, titanium, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, vanadium, what to do to save the environment
By Making It on 7 October, 2011
Raphael Kaplinsky discusses why industrialized and low- and middle-income countries need to look past the idea of resources as they know it today
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Albert Hirschman, climate, commodity-exporting, competition, convestional wisdom, decisionmakers, development, development policy, Dutch Disease, economies, economist, employment creation, exchange rates, exploitation, external economies, global trade, global value chains, globalization, government policy, historical experiences, Industrial Development, industrialization, industry, internationalism, issue 7, local industrial capabilities, Making It magazine, manufacturing, national system of innovation, natural resources, Open University, policy, policy brief, price-volatility, R&D, Raphael Kaplinsky, resource curse, statistics and research, sustainable surpluses, trade, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
By Making It on 13 September, 2011
For centuries, Afghanistan has been a leader in carpet production, but years of political instability have damaged the industry. Charles Arthur traces the Afghan carpet’s journey from point of production to point of sale
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged access to education, Afghan soil, Afghan women weavers, Afghanistan, Arzu Studio Hope, carpet production, carpet retail business in Vienna, Charles Arthur, Connie Duckworth, cycle of poverty, Dari, dealers, difficult to import carpets, Dubai, economic activity, economic growth, Europe, free-standing looms, George Vartian, global investment banking firm, global recession, Goldman Sachs, healthcare, Herat, high-quality carpet, human rights, Industrial Development, innovative model of social entrepreneurship, instability, international community, issue 5, Karachi, lack of investment, landlocked, legal export, local, long-term investment, Making It, manufacturing, mountainous country, Nangarhar province, network of weavers, newly established international sales hub in Istanbul, North America, northern Afghanistan, northern provinces, Pakistan, Pakistani exporters, Peshawar, rural, Russian buyers, significant growth and export potential, small-scale, sourcing and selling, steady income, Taliban regime, trade, transportation challenges, Tremayne, Turkey, UNIDO, US Afghan Women's Council, US Agency for International Development, US consulting company, US Departments of the Interior and Defence, USAID, value-added, violence, warfare, wholesalers, women
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
Thomas Pogge breaks down narratives about our efforts to fight world poverty and exposes a series of broken promises and rigged initiatives
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged aflluent countries, anti-dumping, banks, Branko Milanovic, China, climate change, corruption, developing countries, development assistance, DRC, economic growth, economic system, economy, efficiency, embezzlement, employment, endemic malaria, extreme poverty, extreme weather, feudal system, Food and Agriculture Organization, free market, GFI, global economic growth, Global Financial Integrity, global warming, governing a globalized world, government, green, health, hunger, impoverishment, Indonesia, institutional design, institutional reform, issue 7, Kofi Annan, lenders, Making It magazine, MDGs, media, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goals, natural resources, Nigeria, oppression, politics, pollution, poor, population, post-MDG era, premature deaths, private foreign aid, public foreign aid, rising sea levels, Rome Declaration, statistics, sustainability, sustainable, Thomas Pogge, trade, UN, UN FAO, undernutrition, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United States, weapons, World Bank, World Food Security, world poverty, Yale University
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
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