Perspectives on Global Development 2019 Rethinking Development Strategies
Title | Perspectives on Global Development 2019 Rethinking Development Strategies PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2018-11-29 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264307931 |
In 2008, the weight of developing and emerging economies in the global economy tipped over the 50% mark for the first time. Since then, Perspectives on Global Development has been tracking the shift in global wealth and its impact on developing countries. How much longer can the dividends of ...
Perspectives on Global Development 2012 Social Cohesion in a Shifting World
Title | Perspectives on Global Development 2012 Social Cohesion in a Shifting World PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | 263 |
Release | 2011-11-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264113150 |
This report analyses the impact of “Shifting wealth” on social cohesion, largely focusing on high-growth converging countries.
New Structural Economics
Title | New Structural Economics PDF eBook |
Author | Justin Yifu Lin |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | 389 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821389572 |
This book provides an innovative framework to analyze the process of industrial upgrading and diversification, a key feature of economic development. Based on this framework, it provides concrete advice to development practitioners and policy makers on how to unleash a country's growth potential.
World Development Report 2019
Title | World Development Report 2019 PDF eBook |
Author | World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 2018-10-31 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1464813566 |
Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.
Rethinking and Unthinking Development
Title | Rethinking and Unthinking Development PDF eBook |
Author | Busani Mpofu |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2019-03-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789201772 |
Development has remained elusive in Africa. Through theoretical contributions and case studies focusing on Southern Africa’s former white settler states, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this volume responds to the current need to rethink (and unthink) development in the region. The authors explore how Africa can adapt Western development models suited to its political, economic, social and cultural circumstances, while rejecting development practices and discourses based on exploitative capitalist and colonial tendencies. Beyond the legacies of colonialism, the volume also explores other factors impacting development, including regional politics, corruption, poor policies on empowerment and indigenization, and socio-economic and cultural barriers.
Perspectives on Global Development 2021 From Protest to Progress?
Title | Perspectives on Global Development 2021 From Protest to Progress? PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2021-06-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264807705 |
Since its first edition in 2010, the OECD Development Centre's Perspectives on Global Development report has tracked development trends and policy priorities in developing countries. This new report examines the phenomenon of discontent. Between the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, discontent surged around the world.
Rethinking Development Strategies After the Financial Crisis
Title | Rethinking Development Strategies After the Financial Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | Alfredo Fernando Calcagno |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9789211128949 |
Recent economic trends and the challenges posed by the global crisis reinforce the importance of implementing strategies for development as opposed to leaving the economy to market forces. Countries need a strategic compass for long-run economic development. This comprises macroeconomic policies, sectoral policies (including financial sector, trade and industrial policies), institution building in key areas and development-friendly global governance. Within a chosen medium- or long-term strategy, governments need more policy space to adjust to the specific (and evolving) social, historical and institutional context. In this volume, issues that all developing countries need to handle are discussed.