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Development: Describing and Prescribing Progress

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Following last week's examination of the evolution of the international economic and financial system, this dossier focuses on its interaction with development policies. We outline how those not only address economic wellbeing, but increasingly focus on human rights and environmental sustainability. This provides the basis for case studies and an overview of the challenges facing policymakers as the developing world continues to contribute to the development agenda.

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Whose Development Is It Anyway?

06 Feb 2012 / Special Feature

Statistical data on economic and social development suggests that humanity has made considerable progress in these areas over the last 50 years. Before tracing the course of such progress, however, we first need to clarify just what "development" means. More on «Whose Development Is It Anyway?»

Ian Johnson

Development for the Future: Escaping Negative Consequences

07 Feb 2012 / Audio

Ian Johnson, Secretary General of the Club of Rome, discusses the unwanted side-effects of development and highlights possibilities for change. He notes that there has not been the quality of economic growth necessary to lift billions of people out of poverty, and argues for enlightened public policy which properly values social and environmental resources. More on «Development for the Future: Escaping Negative Consequences»

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Green Economics and the Rise of the Rest

08 Feb 2012 / Special Feature

What challenges would the development of a ‘green economy’ pose to the international system? Today, we consider these problems from a Western and developing world perspective. More on «Green Economics and the Rise of the Rest»

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So What Kind of Economic Growth?

09 Feb 2012 / Special Feature

Today we examine three different models of economic development: import-substitution; export-led growth; and a new model based on domestic demand and formulated in response to current global economic troubles. More on «So What Kind of Economic Growth?»

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The Security-Development Nexus: An Illusion?

10 Feb 2012 / Special Feature

While donor governments believe that the link between security and development forms a key component of contemporary development policies, critics argue that mixing the two does more harm than good. More on «The Security-Development Nexus: An Illusion?»

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