'Proponents of global sectoral industry approaches, such as the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, argue that sectoral agreements could help level the international playing field, provide incentives for developing countries to contribute to the global climate deal, and be more manageable than economy-wide efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
In this paper Jonas Meckling assesses the two types of sectoral approach advocated by the World Business Council on Sustainable D more...
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'In 2000, the heads of 189 states agreed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They set a fifteen-year target for the international community to make significant reductions in levels of extreme poverty, to increase poor people's access to basic goods and services, and to secure environmental sustainability.
One of the Goals identified the need for partnership with the private sector as an important element in social and economic development.'
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'The world’s poor must not pay the price for the collapse of financial markets. Without immediate action, millions will suffer. Poor women and children will pay for the financial folly, failed ideology and crude self-interest that led to this crisis.'
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This report was undertaken in 2007/2008 by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization at the request of the state Government of Punjab. The objective of this study is to prepare a medium-term strategy for the recovery and growth of the industrial sector in Punjab against the backdrop of resurgent growth in the Indian economy, the improved performance of the industrial sector generally
across India, and the expanding opportunities offered by the greater integration of the Indian econ more...
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Abstract: 'Public goods have two features that make them different from private goods.
They are non-excludable in their supply, which means there is no easy way of preventing
someone from having access to their consumption, and they offer non-rival benefits,
which means that consumption by one agent does not diminish the availability of the good’s benefit for others. Non-exclusion implies that it is not possible (or easy) to limit the supply of public goods only to those who are willing to more...
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Access to sufficient Internet bandwidth enables worldwide electronic collaboration, access to informational resources, rapid and effective communication, and grants membership to a global community. Therefore, bandwidth is probably the single most critical resource at the disposal of a modern organisation. The goal of this book is to provide practical information on how to gain the largest possible benefit from your connection to the Internet. By applying the monitoring and optimisation techniqu more...
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Abstract: 'How hospitable will the global environment be for economic growth in the developing world as we come out of the present financial crisis? The answer depends on how well we manage the following tension. On the one hand, global macro stability requires that we prevent external imbalances from getting too large. On the other hand, growth in poor nations requires that the world economy be able to absorb a rapid increase in the supply of tradables produced in the developing world. It is po more...
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