By Making It on 23 March, 2013
Stephen Browne surveys the aftermath of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Future of the UN Development System, industrial sustainability, natural capital, private sector, rio+20, Stephen Browne, sustainable development, UNIDO, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
By Making It on 5 February, 2013
Devaki Jain on how the South’s feminists challenged accepted economic thinking.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Arjun Sengupta, bubble-up, DAWN, Deepshikha Batheja, Devaki Jain, Development Alternatives for Women for a New Era, feminists, Gandhi, higglers, inclusive growth, Julius Nyerere, Louis Emmerij, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector, Non-Algined Movement, South Commission, South-South cooperation, trickle-down, UNIDO, wage-led growth, women
By Making It on 21 January, 2013
Muneer Kirmani on how solar-charged lanterns enable education in sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged chores, éducation, female pupils, Ishmael Bangura, Kambia, Kandeh Yumkella, kerosene, Kychom, Mhorikhanu, Muneer Kirmani, Peace Corps Education Volunteer, primary education, Sierra Leone, solar lantern, solar-charged lanterns, Sub-Saharan Africa, Susu, UNIDO
By Making It on 10 January, 2013
Country feature: Costa Rica, including an interview with Mayi Antillón, Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Central America, Chamber of Industries of Costa Rica, competitiveness, Costa Rica, Costa Rica EMPRENDE, Desarrollo de la Zona Brunca, Economic Development, FTZs, Guanacaste, Happy Planet Index, inclusive development, industrialization, Industry and Trade, Intel, Joaquin Fuentes-Cardona, Laura Chinchilla, Limón, Mayi Antillón, Minister of Economy, Partido Liberación Nacional, UNIDO
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 [...]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Andy Wales, Barefoot College, Brazil, BRICS, Broad Group, Bunker Roy, Candice Moore, China, Christophe Yvetot, Devaki Jain, Fernando Pimentel, fracking, G77, India, Kazuki Kitaoka, Leena Srivastava, Making It, Martin Khor, Networks for Prosperity, Non-Aligned Movement, Patricia Francis, Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, rio+20, SABMiller, South-South cooperation, south-south trade, Stephen Browne, technology, technology transfer, Tilonia, UNDP, UNIDO, Yiping Zhou, Yumkella, Zhang Ye
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
By Making It on 28 November, 2012
A Kenyan firm that uses recycled plastic to manufacture durable and environmentally friendly fencing posts.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Cartier Women’s Initiative Award, Cécile Ney, Charles Kalama, ecopost, fencing, Good Business, green industry, Industrial Development, injection moulding, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It magazine, nairobi, plastic, plastic extrusion technology, recycled, red cedar trees, timber posts, UNIDO, United Nations Environment Programme, waste
By Making It on 16 November, 2012
In Côte d’Ivoire, UNIDO has created a support mechanism to help integrate young people into the job market.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged access to funding, Africa, Alassane Ouattara, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d’Ivoire, Côte d’Ivoire, credit, Doris Hribernigg, East Africa, éducation, employment, employment-generating potential, income-generating, La Chaîne de l’Emploi, Le Fonds d’Appui à l’Entreprenariat des Jeunes, technical training, UNIDO, voactional, youth, youth entrepreneurship
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