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30 November 2014
Mariana Mazzucato on how the state can act as a force for innovation and change
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged American Energy Innovation Council, clean technology innovation, competition, development banks, finance, green economy, green entrepreneurship, innovation, Mariana Mazzucato, patient capital, private sector, renewable energy technologies, risks, Science Policy Research Unit, technology, The Entrepreneurial State, the state
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
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
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
1 November 2011
Carolina Guerra is a pioneering eco-entrepreneur from Colombia who turns hazardous waste into useful products. In October 2011, she won the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Award for Latin America
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged aluminium recycling, Asia-Pacific, business, Carolina Guerra, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, Colombia, competition, development, entrepreneur, environmental authorities, ethical solutions, Europe, gender, gender discrimination, green industry, hazardous waste, Industrial Development Organization, Ingerecuperar, INSEAD business school, international business, issue 8, latin america, Making It, McKinsey & Company, Middle East, Ministry of Environment, North Africa, poverty alleviation, prize, Regional Autonomous Corporations, small business ideas, Sub-Saharan Africa, UNIDO, United Nations, women entrepreneurs, Women's Forum
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
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
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
4 July 2011
Guillermo García explains how agribusiness can help Colombia’s peasant farmers ditch coca cultivation and pursue legal and more secure opportunities
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged access, agribusiness, agriculture, alternative development, alternatives, Amazon, beans, black pepper, cacao, Canadá, Carrefour, Casino, coca cultivation, cocaine, coconuts, coffee, Columbia, competition, dairy products, demand, development, distribution, drugs, environment, Europe, export, Fair Trade, France, gourmet sauces, government, guerrillas, Guillermo Garcia, heart of palm, honey, illegal, income, infrastructure, Inter-American Development Bank, International, investment, issue 6, Japan, legality, local, Making It magazine, marketing, middlemen, opportunities, packaging, paramilitary, peasant farmers, private sector, Putumayo, quality, security, socio-economic intervention, Spain, subsistence, traffickers, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNODC
25 February 2011
How sub-Saharan African countries can seize the new opportunities to advance their own development through trade with China
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 1990s, Africa, agriculture, Cape Verde, chemicals, China, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, climate, commodity price shock, comparative advantage, competition, development, economic recovery, éducation, emerging economies, engine of development, environment, EU, Europe, European Union, export, FDI, financial crisis, food, foreign direct investment, GDP, Ghana, Global Competitiveness Index, global economy, government, growth rate, high-income countries, human, import, Industrial Development Organization, investment, issue 5, Jiying Plastic Products, Kenya, labour-intensive, lower-middle income countries, machinery, Making It, Mali, man-made products, manufactured goods, market, metals, natural, north-south trade, ore, petroleum, policy, raw material, resources, Rwanda, south-south trade, statistics, sub-Saharan, technology, trade, trade growth, transport equipment, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, vuvuzela, world, World Bank, world cup 2010, World Economic Forum, Xiao Ye, Zhejiang province
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