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issue 7

Beyond the 'resource curse'

Beyond the ‘resource curse’

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

Solar Sister: empowering women with light and opportunity

Solar Sister: empowering women with light and opportunity

14 September 2011

Katherine Lucey introduces a social enterprise that provides women with training and support to create solar micro-businesses

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged aid, air quality, Avon-style business, clean energy, distribution of clean energy, economic opportunity, empowerment, energy, energy poverty, energy technology, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, family income, global climate change, hazardous, household, Industrial Development, inefficient, innovative market-based approach, insufficient, issue 7, Katherine Lucey, kerosene lanterns, LED lighting technology, light, Making It, micro-consignment business model, Mpigi, population, poverty reduction, rural women in Africa, social enterprise, solar micro-business, Solar Sister, solar technology, training and support, uganda, UN, UNIDO, women, women's social networks

Garment industry leads the way

Garment industry leads the way

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

Clean up the river!

Clean up the river!

8 September 2011

Prigi Arisandi explains how a local movement is stopping industrial pollution from flowing into a river that provides drinking water for three million people in and around the Indonesian city of Surabaya.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize, biodiversity and water pollution, corporate social responsibility, CSR, drinking water, East Java, Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation, Ecoton, environmental education programme, environmental law, fish and wild animals, global governance, government policy, government protection, how to stop pollution, Indonesia, Industrial Development Organization, industrial dumping, industrial pollution, industrial wastewater, issue 7, local movement, Making It, polluted river, preserving ecosystems, Prigi Arisandi, pulp and paper companies, Surabaya, Surabaya River, toxic, UN, UNIDO, United Nation, water-quality regulation, WHO, World Health Organization

The barefoot economist

The barefoot economist

7 September 2011

Acclaimed Chilean economist, Manfred Max-Neef, argues for a radically different approach to economics to eliminate poverty and preserve biodiversity

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged alternative development, Amy Goodman, barefoot economics, Berkeley, biochemical, Centro de Estudio y Promoción de Auntos Urbanos, CEPAUR, chile, creativity, Democracy Now, development, different values, economy, ecosystem, environment, GDP, global governance, green, growth, how to reduce poverty, how to save the environment, Industrial Development Organization, issue 7, knowledge, latin america, Making It, Manfred Max-Neef, Peru, poverty, Right Livelihood Award, science, sustainability, sustainable, trade, UN, UNIDO, United Nations

Interview: The unfinished global revolution

Interview: The unfinished global revolution

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

Unfair share

Unfair share

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

Issue 7 – Governing a globalized world

Issue 7 – Governing a globalized world

25 August 2011

Never has the world been more interdependent, never has it been more shaped by technological, economic and social progress – and never has it been more vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and political failure. Our global economic, social and political systems have been under great pressure for a while, and the future appears uncertain. […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged 3rd quarter 2011, Bangladesh, barefoot economist, chile, Chris Goodall, cleaning up the river, Dani Rodrik, Dilip Barua, Dylan Geraets, environmentalist, g20, globalization, globalization paradox, Goldman Environmental Prize, governance, governing a globalized world, green industry, Group of 20, Hedda Oehlberger-Femundesenden, Indonesia, Industrial Development Organization, interview, issue 7, Jan Wouters, José Etcheverry, Katherine Lucey, Making It magazine, Manfred Max-Neef, Mark Malloch Brown, Minister of Industries, nuclear power, opportunity, poverty, Prigi Arisandi, rio+20, shortcomings, solar micro-business3, Solar Sister, Surabaya, Thomas Pogge, UN, unfair share, UNIDO, United Nations, world

Fairer, greener and more sustainable

Fairer, greener and more sustainable

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

The globalization paradox

The globalization paradox

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

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