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By Making It on 1 November, 2012
Chandran Nair believes Asia’s burgeoning population means Western-style consumption is not an option.
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Asia, Asian century, Avantage Ventures, Chandran Nair, consumption-led economics, Consumptionomics, Global Institute for Tomorrow, globalization, growth, Making It, population, resources, United States
By Making It on 15 February, 2012
Alejandro Litovsky and Paulina Villalpando look at how the risks of investing in farmland create opportunities for sustainability
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness beyond compliance, agricultural land, Alejandro Litovsky, Apple, biofuels, biological diversity, China, civil society, climate change a threat, crops to feed livestock, development, drought, Earth Security Initiative, ecological limits, ecosystems, environmental footprint, Ethiopia, food commodity prices, government accountability in sub-Saharan Africa, human security, hydropower plants, Industrial Development Organization, industrial productivity, investing in farmland, issue 9, labour standards, land security, local communities, Making It magazine, opportunities for sustainability, our low-carbon future, Paulina Villalpando, productivity, risk management, Rodale Institute, Saudi Arabia, scientific research, sustainability, sustainable industrial development, transparency, transparency of investment deals, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, water consumption
By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Paul Polak believes corporations can will only remain competitive in the global marketplace by creating vibrant new markets that serve customers living on less than two US dollars a day
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Bangladesh, Cambodia, cheaper, Coca-Cola, competition, corporate interest, éducation, effective, efficient, Ethiopia, Europe, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, Gates Foundation, gender equality, health, human-powered irrigation, IDE, income-generating products, India, Industrial Development, innovation, International Development Enterprises, investion, issue 8, less than US$2, limitless electricity, Making It magazine, microsoft, Myanmar, Nepal, Paul Polak, power, profit, profitable business, safe drinking water, Spring Health, the future of corporations, treadle pump, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, Viet Nam, Wal-Mart, women's issue, Zambia, Zimbabwe
By Making It on 1 December, 2011
Women in poor countries need resources to tap their entrepreneurial potential and ease the path to taking small ventures and building them up, according to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Afghanistan, Bloomberg, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bpeace, building better communities, business development, Centre for Women's Business, conflict, Council on Foreign Relations, development workers in the field, economic productivity, éducation, El Salvador, entrepreneurial potential, environment, female entrepreneurs, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, gender equality, Ghana, Global, Goldman Sachs 10000 Women, Industrial Development, International Centre for Research on Women, international monetary fund, issue 8, Liberia, Making It magazine, market opportunities, Mercy Corps, microfinance, Peace Dividend Trust, post-conflict, poverty, reduced mobility, Rwanda, small ventures, social and cultural constraints, social investment, technical skills, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, US Secretary Hillary Clinton, women
By Making It on 30 November, 2011
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, explains how to advance the aim of gender equality, and what obstacles prevent women from accessing greater economic opportunities
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, credit, dependency, development, economic empowerment of women, economic opportunities, employment and entrepreneurial activities, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, gender equality, gender gaps, gender issue, globalization, goods and services, government, Hilary Clinton, human rights, ILO, International Labour Organization, livelihoods, macroeconomic policies, Making It magazine, McKinsey, Michelle Bachelet, policymaking, poverty, poverty reduction, prevent women, private sector development, rio+20, social and labour market obstacles, social challenges, structural inequalities, UN Global Compact, UN Women, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, World Ecnomic Forum
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 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
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
By Making It on 8 July, 2011
Kenneth Marsh points out how better packaging can help add value and preserve food and pharmaceuticals in developing countries
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged agribusiness, agricultural production, business, company, consultant, cultural factors, developed countries, developing countries, distribution, Economic Development, FAO, farm, food, Global, globalization, grain, hunger, innovation, issue 6, Kenneth Marsh, law, legal, legality, loss, machinery, Making It, market, material, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, multinational companies, packaging, pharmaceutical, plastic, poor storage, private sector, production rate, public sector, shipping, Sri Lanka, sustainability, sustainable production, technology, transport, transportation, UN, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United States, US, value, value-added packaged food
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