28 February 2017
Jong Woo Kang: “High-tech, knowledge-based SEZs can contribute to smart cities”
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Asian Development Bank, Brainport Eindhoven Region, clusters, development, EPZs, foreign direct investment, industry, Iskandar Malaysia, Jong Woo Kang, SEZs, Shenzhen, smart cities, South Korea, special economic zones
4 April 2012
Soogil Young explains how the Republic of Korea is leading the way in de-linking economic growth and environmental degradation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business-as-usual, carbon emissions reduction, climate change, co2, COP15, Copenhagen, development, EACP, East Asian Climate Partnership Initiative, economy, environment, Framework Act for Low-Carbon Green Growth, Global Green Growth Institute, green business boom, green economy, Green Growth Strategy, green industry, green innovation, Green Investment Korea Forum, green revolution, Green Technology Centre, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emission, Incheon, issue 9, Making It magazine, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, President Lee Myung-bak, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, renewable energy, Republic of Korea, Songdo International Business District, Soogil Young, South Korea, UNEP
22 February 2011
Trade is a vital engine of economic growth, but a multilateral framework for trade agreements is essential if all countries are to share the benefits
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 1930s, 1990s, 2010, 2011, adam smith, agreements, Canadá, capital flows, China, currency, deficit, developing countries, division of labor, Doha Round, domestic, economic nationalism, economies of scale, engine of economic growth, Ernest Zedillo, euro-zone, exchange rate levels, export, financial turmoil, former President of Mexico, friction, g20, globalization, Goldman Sachs International, imbalance, imf, import tariffs, Industrial Development, International, international monetary fund, investment, issue 5, Jagdish Ghagwati, jobs, leaders, liberal, liberalization, magazine, Making It, manufacturing, mercantilism, multilateral framework, mutual economic dependence, organization, pascal lamy, Peter Sutherland, post-war, prosperity, protectionism, recovery, scope, South Korea, surplus, technology, trade, UK, unemployment, UNIDO, UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations, US, wealth of nations, world trade, World Trade Organization, world war II, WTO, WWII
10 December 2009
Twenty years since the concept of industrial ecosystems was first proposed, RENE VAN BERKEL considers strategies for achieving further eco-industrial development.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Asia, Australia, Berkel, business, capacity, China, circular economy, Dalian, dry-ice production, eco-industrial park, energy, Europe, Guigang City, industrial ecosystems, industrial matchmaking, integrated recycling systems, Issue 1, Japan, Kalundborg, Kawasaki, Kwinana, landfill, legislation, Malaysia, Map Ta Put, Materials, Mexico, national industrial symbiosis programme, natural resources, nisp, North America, organic, Penang, Perth, petrochemical industry, planning, policy, polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, Recycling, Shenyang, solvents, South Korea, Strategies for Manufacturing, Tampico, Thailand, Ulsan, US, waste carbon dioxide, water