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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
“There’s no better horse in the world you could possibly hitch your cart to.” That’s how Matthew Nordan summed up the state of clean, green energy at the School’s Building Green Businesses conference in early March. During the session... View Details
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Demographics: population statistics: non-US
Where do I find detailed, non-US population data? See World Population Prospects - global demographic estimates and projections undertaken by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
Working PapersFacts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China Authors:Lee Branstetter and C. Fritz Foley Abstract Despite the rapid expansion of U.S.-China trade ties, the increase in U.S. FDI in China, and the expanding amount of economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
economy," is ripe for economic vitality, says HBS Professor Michael E. Porter. And, as he explained in a plenary session called "Inner City Renewal" at the HBS 2001 Global Alumni Conference, there are hundreds of new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Thomas Rajan
I believe I can fly. Comfortably. And so should everyone else. Only a half-century ago, it took my grandfather over a month to make the journey here from India by ship. It was the only means of travel he could afford. Today, I can travel half way around the View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
people across the world access to affordable financial services. Dyer says the United Nations has identified digital financial inclusion as a key catalyst for global sustainable development goals, and her aspiration is that Millicent,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- Profile
Chris Hurst
“Infrastructure remains deficient in the Middle East,” Chris says, “but often there’s a significant economic element in conflict. People frequently view the legitimacy of a state as a function of their View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
what used to be a rather blunt tool. That we live in a world of politically independent yet economically interdependent states was already a platitude by the time of Adam Smith. As long as we live in that... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance, edited by Jan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
of the World Bank’s scenario for global economic progress out to 2030. While cheered by the prospect of continued economic growth that is expected to triple the middle class... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
the end, that’s what an effective government does: It provides services to citizens and gives them the basics to do better. Today’s system creates fewer and fewer of those opportunities to move up,” says Ballou-Aares, who was selected as a View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002
Pictured from left to right: Ken Baumgartner, Ipsita Dasgupta, Martin Gonzalez, Lori Schock, Tony Sanchez, and Demola Gbadegesin (photography by Robert Schoen) Members of the Class of 2002 graduate this June into a world transformed by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
startup. There’s value to the sheer scale and network effects of the event, amongst the 100k attendees I was surprised to find many of my friends and contacts in the climate space who are usually spread around the world present in one... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
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Historical Research - India
the modules of the World Newspaper Archive, providing more than 400,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia dating from the 19th century. Content includes titles published in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
doorsteps, and the world that business must navigate all call for a discussion that wrestles with both economic and ethical demands, trying to integrate them rather than trying to minimize one or the other.... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
and Indonesia to the Philippines, is now just half the world average. Poverty is not, of course, a new phenomenon. But during the Cold War, economic misery abroad did not matter to Washington; the United... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace