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Globalization is used in a normative sense to prescribe a strategy of development based on a rapid intergration with the world economy: Some see it as salvation, while others see it as damnation. Deepack Nayyar, 2003. What are other researches in the field of economic development views especially with regard to the current economic melt down.


Wed, Feb 25 at 10:44AM (0 comments)

Chris Wolz posted GDN Blog Posts

We're posting blog comments about the GDN 2009 event live from the event - including some video interviews. Click on the "Blog" link on the top navigation bar on the top of this page, or see: http://gdnet09.wordpress.com/ Chris


Wed, Feb 4 at 10:32AM (0 comments)

Please don't forget to fill in the questionnaire (available at http://gdnet09.crowdvine.com/ )! You can either send it to me by email(tcoupe@eerc.kiev.ua) or fill it in at the conference and put in the Survey box which will be available at the GDN stand. thanks! Tom


Fri, Jan 30 at 7:50PM (0 comments)

Responses to the session: ‘Friends of GDN’ Lunch (TBC)
Lawrence MacDonald: I'm looking forward to meeting other friends of GDN!

Thu, Jan 22 at 8:19PM (1 comment)

Responses to the session: Workshop (Migration)
Lawrence MacDonald: Rich countries’ decisions to admit or block the entry of workers from poor countries have a substantial impact on potential migrants and their homelands. While most of the rich world migration debate focuses on the impact of migrants on receiving cou... [read more]

Thu, Jan 22 at 8:18PM (1 comment)

This plenary will address a number of key questions: How can multinational organizations help countries to implement National Revenues Funds to manage natural resource revenues? What about investment strategies of resource-rich countries? Should they... [session page]
Dane Button: For additional resources please see https://gdnet09.pbwiki.com/

Wed, Jan 21 at 11:38PM (1 comment)

Responses to the session: CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This plenary will address a number of central questions: What reforms need to set up regarding the current accounting framework to treat natural resources as productive capital and to consider loss of natural capital as disinvestment or capital consu... [session page]
Dane Button: For related documents please see https://gdnet09.pbwiki.com/

Wed, Jan 21 at 11:30PM (1 comment)

Responses to the session: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
This session is envisaged to address the following questions: How do a country’s natural resource endowments affect economic growth through their influence on socioeconomic and political institutions? What do we know regarding the relationship betwee... [session page]
Dane Button: For related documents please see https://gdnet09.pbwiki.com/browse/

Wed, Jan 21 at 11:26PM (1 comment)

Now a dayas it is widely discussed that war aganist Iraq and other araes in the name of terror, except STiglitz very few studies have yet to conduct the politcal economy of the war links to global economic crsis. And experts are worried teh pro-longed nature of this crisis and the future rate of extraction of the renewable and non-renewable resource due to low purchasing powers of the people as well as poor collection of internal resources.


Sun, Jan 18 at 10:05AM (0 comments)

The session will address the links between natural resources, governance and development, focusing on countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It will draw on the literature and experience on how natural resource endowments and the limit... [session page]
BENBOUZIANE Mohamed: This session offers a good opportunity for MENA researchers dealing with the topic of natural resources and their impact on development and economic activity.

Thu, Jan 15 at 5:45PM (1 comment)

The central questions to be addressed in this session are: Why do natural resources induce growth and prosperity in some countries but stagnation in others? Are natural resources a curse or a blessing? How did successful countries manage to turn the ... [session page]
Dane Button: For related documents please see https://gdnet09.pbwiki.com/browse/

Wed, Jan 14 at 1:16AM (1 comment)