1) The document discusses rural economic development in Canada in the context of the knowledge-based economy.
2) It analyzes initiatives in New Brunswick and Manitoba to strengthen rural innovation, including the creation of agencies and strategic plans focused on sectors like natural resources, tourism, and technology.
3) Key lessons highlighted are the need for alignment across levels of government, collaborative horizontal governance, and investing in regional innovation assets rather than just redistribution.
1. The document provides an executive summary of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the San Francisco Bay Area.
2. It outlines the key strengths of the region's economy but also challenges like high housing costs, traffic, and economic disparities.
3. The CEDS was developed through a collaborative regional process to establish a shared vision, goals, and an action plan to maintain economic prosperity and quality of life in a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable manner.
The document discusses China's economic policies and strategies to reduce poverty. It notes that China plans to adapt new policies of opening up the economy, supply-side reform, and poverty alleviation strategies at its upcoming National People's Congress. China has set a goal of eliminating poverty for all rural residents living below the current poverty line by 2020. It also discusses China's reforms over the decades to transition to a more market-based economy, including privatizing state-owned enterprises and establishing a social safety net. Supply-side structural reform remains a key policy to promote upgrading industries and meeting targets like reducing overcapacity. China has already lifted 700 million people out of poverty and aims to lift 10 million people out of poverty annually from 2016-2020
This document provides an overview and analysis of a plan for economic growth and jobs in the Chicago region. It begins with establishing the foundations for economic growth planning by outlining the characteristics of the emerging "next economy" which is driven by knowledge, dynamism, and globalization. It identifies that metropolitan regions have become the key units of economic competition in this new global environment. The document then provides an analysis of the Chicago economy across various industry clusters, human capital, innovation, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on this analysis, it proposes 10 transformative strategies for growth in areas such as advanced manufacturing, business services, transportation/logistics, tourism, exports, workforce development, innovation/entrepreneurship, and infrastructure investment. It
Regional development generates national development. Regions have become the center of economic growth due to globalization and modernization. Regions are better able to make localized policies to promote equitable development and job opportunities. However, central governments still play an important role in ensuring all regions are able to compete globally and improve national competitiveness. Strengthening regional competitiveness through decentralization, human capital development, and identifying competitive industry sectors in each region can optimize regional economic development and aggregate to support national welfare. While regions drive direct economic activity, central governments must ensure regulations and strategies still guide national development.
This document discusses the development of regional planning, outlining some of the key issues that initiated its conception. It identifies societal problems like economic, social, political, administrative, physical, and cultural challenges. Early developments included the South Wales Regional Survey in 1920 and the Doncaster Regional Planning Scheme in 1922, seen as a forerunner in Britain. Over time, regional planning aimed to address problems like depressed areas and unemployment, unequal economic growth across regions, overcrowding in major cities, inefficient administration, and lack of autonomy and equality in some areas. Case studies of Britain and Wales are provided to illustrate how regional planning principles have been applied over decades to tackle diverse regional issues.
The document provides an overview of a public governance review conducted by the OECD of Costa Rica. The review assessed Costa Rica's public administration strengths and weaknesses across six thematic areas: centre of government coordination capacity, policy monitoring and evaluation, budgetary framework and strategic planning, human resources management, integrity policies in public procurement, and multi-level governance. The review found challenges in these areas including a fragmented public sector, fiscal sustainability issues, and decreasing public trust in institutions. It provides recommendations to strengthen Costa Rica's governance system such as enhancing the strategic role of the centre of government, promoting a results-oriented culture of policy monitoring and evaluation, and addressing budget rigidity issues.
TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING HAITI’S STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN: 2014-2016 THREE-YEA...Stanleylucas
PARDH served as a guide for government authorities and international partners, so that a series of urgent measures and key projects could be carried out to put Haiti on the path of change, to ensure that it will be an emerging country by 2030. At the same time, the national authorities developed a Strategic Development Plan for Haiti, to provide further details on the PARDH guidelines and include all public policies in a consistent global package, as a single programming approach.
The Haiti Strategic Development Plan presents the new framework for the planning, programming, and management of Haitian development, the vision and the strategic guidelines for the country’s development, the four major work areas to be implemented to ensure the recovery and development of Haiti, the programs and subprograms to be implemented under each of them, and the major features of the implementation strategy. These choices are designed to make Haiti an emerging country by 2030, and testify to the clear intention of the authorities to seek a balanced, sustainable development that will guarantee and maximize the impact of the programmed activities. This approach will apply to the next three years covered by this document, which presents the three-year development program and the three-year investment program, the first tools for implementing the PSDH.
The first part of this document contains the three-year development framework. This framework is aimed specifically at accelerated, balanced economic growth and the sustainable reduction of poverty. It shows the road map the government will follow during the period to remain on target. It is also the vehicle to be used by the government to implement its activities, which have clearly formulated results indicators.
The second part of the document presents the 2014-2016 Three-Year Investment Program. More specifically, it lists the projects to be implemented. The projects chosen are a continuation of the following: recent action undertaken to begin the reform and reconstruction of Haiti; action carried out earlier under the National Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (DSNCRP) to reduce poverty and social
1. The document provides an executive summary of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the San Francisco Bay Area.
2. It outlines the key strengths of the region's economy but also challenges like high housing costs, traffic, and economic disparities.
3. The CEDS was developed through a collaborative regional process to establish a shared vision, goals, and an action plan to maintain economic prosperity and quality of life in a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable manner.
The document discusses China's economic policies and strategies to reduce poverty. It notes that China plans to adapt new policies of opening up the economy, supply-side reform, and poverty alleviation strategies at its upcoming National People's Congress. China has set a goal of eliminating poverty for all rural residents living below the current poverty line by 2020. It also discusses China's reforms over the decades to transition to a more market-based economy, including privatizing state-owned enterprises and establishing a social safety net. Supply-side structural reform remains a key policy to promote upgrading industries and meeting targets like reducing overcapacity. China has already lifted 700 million people out of poverty and aims to lift 10 million people out of poverty annually from 2016-2020
This document provides an overview and analysis of a plan for economic growth and jobs in the Chicago region. It begins with establishing the foundations for economic growth planning by outlining the characteristics of the emerging "next economy" which is driven by knowledge, dynamism, and globalization. It identifies that metropolitan regions have become the key units of economic competition in this new global environment. The document then provides an analysis of the Chicago economy across various industry clusters, human capital, innovation, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on this analysis, it proposes 10 transformative strategies for growth in areas such as advanced manufacturing, business services, transportation/logistics, tourism, exports, workforce development, innovation/entrepreneurship, and infrastructure investment. It
Regional development generates national development. Regions have become the center of economic growth due to globalization and modernization. Regions are better able to make localized policies to promote equitable development and job opportunities. However, central governments still play an important role in ensuring all regions are able to compete globally and improve national competitiveness. Strengthening regional competitiveness through decentralization, human capital development, and identifying competitive industry sectors in each region can optimize regional economic development and aggregate to support national welfare. While regions drive direct economic activity, central governments must ensure regulations and strategies still guide national development.
This document discusses the development of regional planning, outlining some of the key issues that initiated its conception. It identifies societal problems like economic, social, political, administrative, physical, and cultural challenges. Early developments included the South Wales Regional Survey in 1920 and the Doncaster Regional Planning Scheme in 1922, seen as a forerunner in Britain. Over time, regional planning aimed to address problems like depressed areas and unemployment, unequal economic growth across regions, overcrowding in major cities, inefficient administration, and lack of autonomy and equality in some areas. Case studies of Britain and Wales are provided to illustrate how regional planning principles have been applied over decades to tackle diverse regional issues.
The document provides an overview of a public governance review conducted by the OECD of Costa Rica. The review assessed Costa Rica's public administration strengths and weaknesses across six thematic areas: centre of government coordination capacity, policy monitoring and evaluation, budgetary framework and strategic planning, human resources management, integrity policies in public procurement, and multi-level governance. The review found challenges in these areas including a fragmented public sector, fiscal sustainability issues, and decreasing public trust in institutions. It provides recommendations to strengthen Costa Rica's governance system such as enhancing the strategic role of the centre of government, promoting a results-oriented culture of policy monitoring and evaluation, and addressing budget rigidity issues.
TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING HAITI’S STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN: 2014-2016 THREE-YEA...Stanleylucas
PARDH served as a guide for government authorities and international partners, so that a series of urgent measures and key projects could be carried out to put Haiti on the path of change, to ensure that it will be an emerging country by 2030. At the same time, the national authorities developed a Strategic Development Plan for Haiti, to provide further details on the PARDH guidelines and include all public policies in a consistent global package, as a single programming approach.
The Haiti Strategic Development Plan presents the new framework for the planning, programming, and management of Haitian development, the vision and the strategic guidelines for the country’s development, the four major work areas to be implemented to ensure the recovery and development of Haiti, the programs and subprograms to be implemented under each of them, and the major features of the implementation strategy. These choices are designed to make Haiti an emerging country by 2030, and testify to the clear intention of the authorities to seek a balanced, sustainable development that will guarantee and maximize the impact of the programmed activities. This approach will apply to the next three years covered by this document, which presents the three-year development program and the three-year investment program, the first tools for implementing the PSDH.
The first part of this document contains the three-year development framework. This framework is aimed specifically at accelerated, balanced economic growth and the sustainable reduction of poverty. It shows the road map the government will follow during the period to remain on target. It is also the vehicle to be used by the government to implement its activities, which have clearly formulated results indicators.
The second part of the document presents the 2014-2016 Three-Year Investment Program. More specifically, it lists the projects to be implemented. The projects chosen are a continuation of the following: recent action undertaken to begin the reform and reconstruction of Haiti; action carried out earlier under the National Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (DSNCRP) to reduce poverty and social
strategic plan for development of haitiDennis Kelly
The Strategic Plan for the Development of Haiti addresses four major action areas over the period of 2010 to 2030: territorial rebuilding, economic rebuilding, social rebuilding, and institutional rebuilding. Each action area includes 7 to 9 programs, with a total of 32 programs and approximately 150 sub-programs. The goal is to turn Haiti into an emerging country by 2030 through rebuilding efforts focused on generating wealth, private sector development, basic services, regional development centers, and social inclusion.
The document discusses smart city initiatives in the Middle East, focusing on the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. It provides details on specific smart city projects and programs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Economic City and Kingdom City. The four main drivers for smart city development in the region are cited as: moving economies away from fossil fuels, high urban populations and population growth, regional security issues, and addressing large youth populations through education and jobs. Challenges to smart city development include economic dependence on oil and expatriate workforces, as well as effects of the global financial crisis.
This presentation offers a public policy approach to integral regional development based on the authors experience from the Mexican federal government and OECD.
This document analyzes the impact of revenue allocation formulas on economic growth in Nigeria. It finds that past revenue allocation formulas have affected Nigeria's economic growth and development path. There is a need to address problems with more efficient revenue allocation to reduce wastage and mismanagement of funds. The revenue allocation formula influences capital formation, employment, and economic growth. Changes to Nigeria's internal structure through increased state creation have distorted the revenue allocation formula and weakened federalism. The objectives of the study are to examine how past revenue allocation formulas have impacted economic growth in Nigeria and propose solutions to problems in the formula to support rapid economic growth.
Asset-Centered Redistributive Policies for Sustainable Developmentpkconference
This document proposes an asset-centered approach to redistributive policies that focuses on stocks of income-generating assets like human capital, wealth, and natural resources. It argues that unequal distribution of these assets contributes to economic inequity and unsustainable development. The document outlines trends showing rising inequality and declining impact of redistribution. It then recommends policies like modernizing tax systems, taxing wealth and environmental externalities, investing in human capital, and international cooperation to promote more progressive redistribution of assets and sustainable development.
This document is the October 2020 World Economic Outlook report published by the International Monetary Fund. It provides projections for the global economy following the severe downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as analysis of economic challenges and policy considerations. The report expects only a partial recovery in 2021 and estimates that the damage to supply potential could lower medium-term growth. It also discusses risks to the outlook, including the possibility of more severe downturns, and recommends near-term policy priorities of ensuring health resources and limiting economic damage, along with enhanced multilateral cooperation and policies to address long-term challenges.
The neoliberal economic model implemented in Brazil since 1990 has led to economic bankruptcy and social devastation in the country. This model has been shown to be unfeasible and has failed under multiple presidents. The current economic recession, deindustrialization, insolvency of government entities, high public debt, business bankruptcies and mass unemployment demonstrate the failure of this model. The neoliberal model should be replaced with a national economic development model focused on reducing interest rates, increasing infrastructure investment, controlling the exchange rate and capital flows, increasing exports, and prioritizing policies that encourage sustainable growth and reduce inequality.
Ernst & Young : The way to cultural diversity The international survey on tax...forumdavignon
This document provides an overview of tax policies that support the cultural sector in 18 countries from 2009-2011. It finds:
1) Tax policies can be categorized based on the tax technique (incentives or cultural taxes), cultural sector targeted, and beneficiary. The main techniques are cultural tax incentives, which decrease the tax charge, and cultural taxes, which generate revenue for cultural purposes.
2) France, China, and Russia had the most tax incentives for culture over the period, with over 20 each on average per year. The US, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Turkey had among the fewest, with less than 5 on average per year.
3) Cultural tax incentives outnumbered cultural taxes
The document summarizes Hawaii's emerging innovation economy. It finds that approximately 200 new companies were established in Hawaii's innovation sectors in 2013, representing an opportunity for rapid economic growth. Hawaii has a strong foundation in research at the University of Hawaii and STEM education. Startups are important drivers of net job growth and job creation remains stable at startups during recessions, unlike existing firms. The report identifies almost 4,000 establishments in Hawaii's innovation economy employing over 40,000 people in fields like technology, manufacturing, and scientific services.
China Analysis - Third Plenary Session of the 18th Party CongressBrunswick Group
The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Party Congress addressed a number of economic and social reforms in China. The document summarizes that the communiqué released after the meeting detailed reforms to support economic growth by continuing to deepen economic liberalization and enhance the role of market forces. Key highlights included reforming state-owned enterprises, strengthening the role of the central government, increasing the role of the market in allocating resources, and improving social welfare programs. The document analyzed the implications and priorities established by the Third Plenary Session on issues such as rural reform, tax reform, fiscal reform, and social welfare.
Strategic economic development planning (SEDP) represents an interactive process to help communities adapt to economic changes through ongoing assessment. The SEDP process involves four stages: 1) organizing stakeholders, 2) analyzing strengths/weaknesses and opportunities/threats, 3) operationalizing the plan through prioritized projects and delegated responsibilities, and 4) ongoing monitoring and evaluation to allow for adaptation. National economic conditions discussed include the contributions of agriculture, industry, and services to GDP in countries like Malaysia, Vietnam, and the US. Social conditions examined unemployment types and human capital development.
The document discusses progress on implementing the 2016-2020 UNDAF in Uzbekistan and outlines priorities for future work. It notes key achievements in supporting SDG localization, public finance reforms, improving the business environment, and enhancing rural livelihoods. Lessons learned include the need for more advocacy on SDGs, addressing frequent government staff turnover, and reducing financial resource gaps. The way forward emphasizes joint work plans for 2018-2020 linked to SDGs, national development strategies, and MAPS recommendations. Priority areas of focus include developing an SDG monitoring framework, improving employment data, strengthening public-private dialogue, addressing Aral Sea impacts through an integrated approach, promoting exports and FDI, and improving rural livelihoods. The
Kenya has had long term development plans since independence to guide planning and investment. The current plan is Vision 2030, which aims to transform Kenya into a middle-income country by 2030. It has three pillars: economic, social, and political. Progress has been made in achieving the goals under each pillar, such as GDP growth in priority sectors and increased access to education, health care, and water. However, challenges remain like inadequate infrastructure hindering sectors like tourism, and shortages of resources and skilled workers limiting progress. Overall the document analyzes the goals, achievements and ongoing challenges of implementing Kenya's long-term development plan, Vision 2030.
March 5,2011. the Eleventh National People's Congress in Beijing Great Hall of the fourth meeting of the opening. Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report.
1. The document provides an overview of China's economic development from 1949 to 1980, focusing on key policy shifts and their impacts. It describes China's initial adoption of the Soviet economic model under Mao, with an emphasis on heavy industry and collectivization of agriculture.
2. This period of Soviet-style central planning, known as the First Five-Year Plan from 1953-1957, saw rapid industrial and economic growth but took resources from agriculture. After an economic collapse in the early 1960s, China shifted to prioritizing agricultural production and decentralizing control over local economies.
3. From 1961-1965, under the policy of "Agriculture First," China focused on restoring farm output, increasing prices for agricultural
This document provides an intelligence brief on the economic growth prospects of several countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. It discusses factors supporting and hindering growth for each country, including natural resources, infrastructure development, political stability, education and health issues, corruption, and dependence on commodity prices and foreign investment. Key challenges across many countries are high unemployment, especially among youth; inadequate power supply and infrastructure bottlenecks; and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on the labor force and economic growth.
Marine fisheries sector in promoting industrial growthAlexander Decker
This document discusses the role of the marine fisheries sector in promoting industrial growth and labor absorption in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. It begins by providing background on regional autonomy and how this has shifted authority over coastal areas and marine resource management from the central government to local governments. It then analyzes Gorontalo Province's 2000 input-output table to examine the linkages between economic sectors and the contribution of the marine fisheries sector. The analysis finds that the output multiplier for the marine fisheries sector is 155.380, meaning a 1 million rupiah increase in final demand for the sector would lead to a 155.380 million rupiah increase in total regional production. The sector also has a labor coefficient of 0.
Ghana health and education resource allocation brief finalHFG Project
This document summarizes a study examining challenges and opportunities for Ghana to mobilize domestic resources for its health and education sectors as it transitions from low- to middle-income status. It finds that political competition has led to policies expanding access to services but also perverse incentives like a bias toward visible infrastructure projects over quality. Both sectors face challenges financing operations due to high personnel costs crowding out other spending. Opportunities exist to improve efficiency and contain costs, but meaningful reforms will require navigating political interests.
[Challenge:Future] A Paradigm Shift in Eastern Europe: Moving Towards a Knowl...Challenge:Future
Eastern European countries are shifting from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven knowledge economies. Interviews suggest greater investment is needed in education and R&D to promote innovation. The future prospects of Eastern Europe include growth in high-tech industries like renewable energy, IT, and healthcare. A proposed electric vehicle company in Poland would help reduce oil dependence while creating new industries and employment through strategic partnerships and government incentives.
Presentación hecha por el ceo de 22@Barcelona, y vicepresidente de la Asociación de Parques Científicos y Tecnológicos de España, Josep Piqué, en el marco del seminario "Innovar para Crecer: El gran desafío de la década que se inicia" organizado por el Consejo Nacional de Innovación.
strategic plan for development of haitiDennis Kelly
The Strategic Plan for the Development of Haiti addresses four major action areas over the period of 2010 to 2030: territorial rebuilding, economic rebuilding, social rebuilding, and institutional rebuilding. Each action area includes 7 to 9 programs, with a total of 32 programs and approximately 150 sub-programs. The goal is to turn Haiti into an emerging country by 2030 through rebuilding efforts focused on generating wealth, private sector development, basic services, regional development centers, and social inclusion.
The document discusses smart city initiatives in the Middle East, focusing on the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. It provides details on specific smart city projects and programs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Economic City and Kingdom City. The four main drivers for smart city development in the region are cited as: moving economies away from fossil fuels, high urban populations and population growth, regional security issues, and addressing large youth populations through education and jobs. Challenges to smart city development include economic dependence on oil and expatriate workforces, as well as effects of the global financial crisis.
This presentation offers a public policy approach to integral regional development based on the authors experience from the Mexican federal government and OECD.
This document analyzes the impact of revenue allocation formulas on economic growth in Nigeria. It finds that past revenue allocation formulas have affected Nigeria's economic growth and development path. There is a need to address problems with more efficient revenue allocation to reduce wastage and mismanagement of funds. The revenue allocation formula influences capital formation, employment, and economic growth. Changes to Nigeria's internal structure through increased state creation have distorted the revenue allocation formula and weakened federalism. The objectives of the study are to examine how past revenue allocation formulas have impacted economic growth in Nigeria and propose solutions to problems in the formula to support rapid economic growth.
Asset-Centered Redistributive Policies for Sustainable Developmentpkconference
This document proposes an asset-centered approach to redistributive policies that focuses on stocks of income-generating assets like human capital, wealth, and natural resources. It argues that unequal distribution of these assets contributes to economic inequity and unsustainable development. The document outlines trends showing rising inequality and declining impact of redistribution. It then recommends policies like modernizing tax systems, taxing wealth and environmental externalities, investing in human capital, and international cooperation to promote more progressive redistribution of assets and sustainable development.
This document is the October 2020 World Economic Outlook report published by the International Monetary Fund. It provides projections for the global economy following the severe downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as analysis of economic challenges and policy considerations. The report expects only a partial recovery in 2021 and estimates that the damage to supply potential could lower medium-term growth. It also discusses risks to the outlook, including the possibility of more severe downturns, and recommends near-term policy priorities of ensuring health resources and limiting economic damage, along with enhanced multilateral cooperation and policies to address long-term challenges.
The neoliberal economic model implemented in Brazil since 1990 has led to economic bankruptcy and social devastation in the country. This model has been shown to be unfeasible and has failed under multiple presidents. The current economic recession, deindustrialization, insolvency of government entities, high public debt, business bankruptcies and mass unemployment demonstrate the failure of this model. The neoliberal model should be replaced with a national economic development model focused on reducing interest rates, increasing infrastructure investment, controlling the exchange rate and capital flows, increasing exports, and prioritizing policies that encourage sustainable growth and reduce inequality.
Ernst & Young : The way to cultural diversity The international survey on tax...forumdavignon
This document provides an overview of tax policies that support the cultural sector in 18 countries from 2009-2011. It finds:
1) Tax policies can be categorized based on the tax technique (incentives or cultural taxes), cultural sector targeted, and beneficiary. The main techniques are cultural tax incentives, which decrease the tax charge, and cultural taxes, which generate revenue for cultural purposes.
2) France, China, and Russia had the most tax incentives for culture over the period, with over 20 each on average per year. The US, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Turkey had among the fewest, with less than 5 on average per year.
3) Cultural tax incentives outnumbered cultural taxes
The document summarizes Hawaii's emerging innovation economy. It finds that approximately 200 new companies were established in Hawaii's innovation sectors in 2013, representing an opportunity for rapid economic growth. Hawaii has a strong foundation in research at the University of Hawaii and STEM education. Startups are important drivers of net job growth and job creation remains stable at startups during recessions, unlike existing firms. The report identifies almost 4,000 establishments in Hawaii's innovation economy employing over 40,000 people in fields like technology, manufacturing, and scientific services.
China Analysis - Third Plenary Session of the 18th Party CongressBrunswick Group
The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Party Congress addressed a number of economic and social reforms in China. The document summarizes that the communiqué released after the meeting detailed reforms to support economic growth by continuing to deepen economic liberalization and enhance the role of market forces. Key highlights included reforming state-owned enterprises, strengthening the role of the central government, increasing the role of the market in allocating resources, and improving social welfare programs. The document analyzed the implications and priorities established by the Third Plenary Session on issues such as rural reform, tax reform, fiscal reform, and social welfare.
Strategic economic development planning (SEDP) represents an interactive process to help communities adapt to economic changes through ongoing assessment. The SEDP process involves four stages: 1) organizing stakeholders, 2) analyzing strengths/weaknesses and opportunities/threats, 3) operationalizing the plan through prioritized projects and delegated responsibilities, and 4) ongoing monitoring and evaluation to allow for adaptation. National economic conditions discussed include the contributions of agriculture, industry, and services to GDP in countries like Malaysia, Vietnam, and the US. Social conditions examined unemployment types and human capital development.
The document discusses progress on implementing the 2016-2020 UNDAF in Uzbekistan and outlines priorities for future work. It notes key achievements in supporting SDG localization, public finance reforms, improving the business environment, and enhancing rural livelihoods. Lessons learned include the need for more advocacy on SDGs, addressing frequent government staff turnover, and reducing financial resource gaps. The way forward emphasizes joint work plans for 2018-2020 linked to SDGs, national development strategies, and MAPS recommendations. Priority areas of focus include developing an SDG monitoring framework, improving employment data, strengthening public-private dialogue, addressing Aral Sea impacts through an integrated approach, promoting exports and FDI, and improving rural livelihoods. The
Kenya has had long term development plans since independence to guide planning and investment. The current plan is Vision 2030, which aims to transform Kenya into a middle-income country by 2030. It has three pillars: economic, social, and political. Progress has been made in achieving the goals under each pillar, such as GDP growth in priority sectors and increased access to education, health care, and water. However, challenges remain like inadequate infrastructure hindering sectors like tourism, and shortages of resources and skilled workers limiting progress. Overall the document analyzes the goals, achievements and ongoing challenges of implementing Kenya's long-term development plan, Vision 2030.
March 5,2011. the Eleventh National People's Congress in Beijing Great Hall of the fourth meeting of the opening. Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report.
1. The document provides an overview of China's economic development from 1949 to 1980, focusing on key policy shifts and their impacts. It describes China's initial adoption of the Soviet economic model under Mao, with an emphasis on heavy industry and collectivization of agriculture.
2. This period of Soviet-style central planning, known as the First Five-Year Plan from 1953-1957, saw rapid industrial and economic growth but took resources from agriculture. After an economic collapse in the early 1960s, China shifted to prioritizing agricultural production and decentralizing control over local economies.
3. From 1961-1965, under the policy of "Agriculture First," China focused on restoring farm output, increasing prices for agricultural
This document provides an intelligence brief on the economic growth prospects of several countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. It discusses factors supporting and hindering growth for each country, including natural resources, infrastructure development, political stability, education and health issues, corruption, and dependence on commodity prices and foreign investment. Key challenges across many countries are high unemployment, especially among youth; inadequate power supply and infrastructure bottlenecks; and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on the labor force and economic growth.
Marine fisheries sector in promoting industrial growthAlexander Decker
This document discusses the role of the marine fisheries sector in promoting industrial growth and labor absorption in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. It begins by providing background on regional autonomy and how this has shifted authority over coastal areas and marine resource management from the central government to local governments. It then analyzes Gorontalo Province's 2000 input-output table to examine the linkages between economic sectors and the contribution of the marine fisheries sector. The analysis finds that the output multiplier for the marine fisheries sector is 155.380, meaning a 1 million rupiah increase in final demand for the sector would lead to a 155.380 million rupiah increase in total regional production. The sector also has a labor coefficient of 0.
Ghana health and education resource allocation brief finalHFG Project
This document summarizes a study examining challenges and opportunities for Ghana to mobilize domestic resources for its health and education sectors as it transitions from low- to middle-income status. It finds that political competition has led to policies expanding access to services but also perverse incentives like a bias toward visible infrastructure projects over quality. Both sectors face challenges financing operations due to high personnel costs crowding out other spending. Opportunities exist to improve efficiency and contain costs, but meaningful reforms will require navigating political interests.
[Challenge:Future] A Paradigm Shift in Eastern Europe: Moving Towards a Knowl...Challenge:Future
Eastern European countries are shifting from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven knowledge economies. Interviews suggest greater investment is needed in education and R&D to promote innovation. The future prospects of Eastern Europe include growth in high-tech industries like renewable energy, IT, and healthcare. A proposed electric vehicle company in Poland would help reduce oil dependence while creating new industries and employment through strategic partnerships and government incentives.
Presentación hecha por el ceo de 22@Barcelona, y vicepresidente de la Asociación de Parques Científicos y Tecnológicos de España, Josep Piqué, en el marco del seminario "Innovar para Crecer: El gran desafío de la década que se inicia" organizado por el Consejo Nacional de Innovación.
Tahseen Consulting Analysis on Building a Knowledge Economy in the UAE Cited ...Wesley Schwalje
When it comes to news on economic trends and policies in the UAE, government and business leaders turn to the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development’s Economic Review. Tahseen Consulting is honored to have its work on developing a knowledge economy in the UAE highlighted in the publication’s November issue.
Tahseen Consulting’s Chief operating Officer, Wes Schwalje, spoke with representatives from the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development regarding his thoughts on how Abu Dhabi can build a knowledge economy. In a wide-ranging discussion, Schwalje discusses the link between the UAE’s knowledge-based economic development strategy and high skill, high wage job creation.
The document provides an overview of the knowledge economy. It defines the knowledge economy as a system of consumption and production based on intellectual capital, which may or may not involve technology. The knowledge economy is mainly founded in developed countries and is based around business products that are educational, innovative intellectual products and services. A knowledge economy is driven by intellectual property and is productive asset based on knowledge intensive activities related to technical and scientific growth.
The document discusses the knowledge economy and knowledge society. It defines the knowledge economy as one where knowledge has become the main resource and the pace of innovation is accelerating. Knowledge has different properties than traditional resources like being non-rivalrous and partially excludable. The knowledge society can be viewed through the rise of knowledge work or as a networked society where knowledge production and sharing are decentralized through digital networks. There are implications for policies, organizations, and individuals in adapting to these new knowledge-driven environments.
Antigua's Sustainable Development Strategic Plan - Exec SumAstrid F. Kowlessar
This document outlines a strategic plan for sustainable development in Antigua and Barbuda. It identifies three priority market niches to focus on: tourism and trade, government equity finance, and education and technology. The plan establishes strategic directions to promote these niches, including continuing to build tourism, establishing a sovereign equity fund, and developing an education hub focused on technology. It defines actions in business assistance, external marketing, education, and partnerships to implement the plan over several phases and with regional resources. The overall goal is a prosperous economy sustained by preserving natural, social, and human capital.
This document outlines the OECD's Rural Policy 3.0 framework for supporting rural economic development. It discusses major trends impacting rural areas like population aging, urbanization, and climate change. It argues that rural areas contribute significantly to national prosperity through industries like agriculture, mining, and tourism. While some rural regions are thriving, others face challenges from population loss and lack of opportunities. The framework aims to help governments leverage rural strengths and position these areas for future prosperity by boosting productivity, participation in global markets, and adapting to megatrends.
This document discusses microfinance banks and their role in promoting financial inclusion and empowerment in rural communities. It argues that microfinance banks can play a unique role in intermediating loans for rural businesses and farmers by gathering and analyzing local information at a lower cost than larger banks, thanks to technological advances. However, microfinance banks in Nigeria are not fully fulfilling this role and poverty alleviation potential. They are not sufficiently involved in local development projects, not targeting poor rural borrowers, and not operating as development banks focused on poverty reduction. The document recommends that microfinance banks become more actively involved in their communities and ensure loans are used for intended projects to better promote rural development.
The document discusses Nepal's Ninth Five Year Plan. It aims to alleviate poverty, which was estimated at 42% during the Eighth Plan. The Ninth Plan aims to reduce poverty to 32% through strategies like high economic growth, especially in agriculture and employment generation. It will target the poor (24.9% of population) through sectoral programs and the ultra poor (17.1%) with local assistance and empowering backward groups. Special emphasis is placed on developing infrastructure in remote areas to reduce poverty concentration.
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Cs2 p6 conteh managing canada's rural regions in a knowledge based economy
1. Managing Canada’s Rural
Regions in a Knowledge-Based
Economy
by
Dr. Charles Conteh
Public Policy & Management
Dept. of Political Science,,
Brock University, Ontario
Introduction
“Rural economy” and “knowledge economy” - what’s the
connection?
The “triple bind” confronting some OECD economies (including Canada)
1. Increasing competition from low-cost jurisdictions
2. Declining productivity (total factor productivity)
3. Increased international competition
2. Recent global trends and the paradox of increasing emphasis on local
economic development
These transitions suggest the need for certain institutional capacities for
horizontal collaboration in rural economic development
The experience of the provinces New Brunswick and Manitoba over the past
two decades will serve to illustrate some of the complexities and challenges
of rural economic development policy governance
The implications of the above-mentioned changes for the mandates and
strategies of two federal agencies tasked with managing regional economic
development in the two provinces.
Conceptual Framework of Rural Economic Development
Economic development policy initiatives aimed at rural regions in the
country have included a wide range and mixture of strategies such as:
• modernization of traditional industries (like forestry, fishing, agri-business,
etc);
• diversification of the rural economies through service industries and
tourism;
• development of small & micro enterprises;
• exploitation of the potentials for research and development, and
•selective infrastructure development and social development (esp. better
access to health care & education)
3. In the context of the current knowledge-based economy, the discourse of
rural economic development is increasingly shifting towards innovation
in key sectors.
What distinguishes the new emphasis on innovation from earlier strategies
is its focus on the capacity of local economic clusters to learn
continuously and adapt to rapidly changing conditions that determine
their economic performance and even survival
Innovation implies that non-metropolitan regions must engage in value-
added industrial and commercial activities built upon their existing
comparative advantages in natural resources
It also suggests that service sectors such as tourism must demonstrate
credible differentiation (i.e. combating crowding and homogeneity)
Institutional Context of RED in Canada
Rural economic development policy is not new in Canada
• a rise, demise and re-birth over the past six decades
• gradual melding of rural and regional development since the 1960s.
The present institutional configuration of rural economic development policy
governance within the framework of regional development in Canada dates
back to the 1987 restructuring that led to the creation of four regional
development agencies for Western Canada, Atlantic Canada, Northern
Ontario and Quebec
4. ACOA and WD
The Western Economic Diversification (WD) and the Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency (ACOA) are two of the four agencies created
ACOA’s mandate has been to support and promote opportunities for the
economic development of Atlantic Canada, with particular emphasis on
small and medium-sized enterprises, through policy, program and project
development and implementation.
It main program activity areas are Enterprise Development, Community
Development, and Policy, Advocacy and Coordination.
The primary tool of the Western Economic Diversification Agency (WD) in
Manitoba has been the bipartite framework agreement referred to as the
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) by which the federal government
enters into a form of contractual commitments with the western provinces
The Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership Agreement (MEPA) is a
province-specific example of the institutionalized series of five-year EPAs
5. Transition in Canada’s Rural Development Policy
But by the latter part of the 1990s, certain structural, ideational and political
changes have provided opportunities for some transformation in the policy
and institutional configuration of rural economic development.
Structurally, globalization and its implications for the Canadian economy.
Ideationally, the increasing urgency of innovation as a key competitive
advantage for knowledge-based economies
Politically, the emergence of a greater desire on the part of provincial
governments and, even, local communities to exercise more control over
their socioeconomic destinies.
Rural Development in New Brunswick and Manitoba
Key development in New Brunswick and Manitoba during the latter part of
the 1990s include:
First, rising discontent in the rural and northern regions about the constraints
of grassroots participation in economic development
Second, growing desire of the private sector within these regions to be part
of a more inclusive and strategic governance framework that focuses on
longer-term economic planning.
Third, the New Brunswick and Manitoba governments seemed increasingly
willing and desirous to take on more active leadership in directing the future
course of their economies (the politics of wilful provincialism).
6. New Brunswick
A particularly interesting irony accentuated by the greater assertiveness of
rural communities since the late 1990s was the absence of effective local
governance institutions for most of New Brunswick’s rural regions
Part of the provincial government’s response was to create community
economic development agencies (CEDAs) in order to stimulate greater local
participation in economic development
Each CEDA has an advisory board, providing a permanent forum for local
stakeholders to take part in decision making.
In 2002, the New Brunswick government released its “Prosperity
Plan” for the province (Government of New Brunswick 2002). The
Plan set out a 10-year comprehensive strategic path to economic
development covering both the rural and urban sectors.
The key elements of the strategy focus on innovation, productivity,
and export orientation – perceived determinants of success in a
globally-integrated knowledge-based economy.
In 2003 the government of New Brunswick launched the New
Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF).
The significance of the NBIF for rural communities is that it supports
activities in value-added natural resource products and business
processes in agriculture, forestry, minerals, aquaculture and
fisheries.
7. In 2006, a new Development Plan for New Brunswick, titled
“Achieving Self-Sufficiency,” was unveiled under a new government
The substance of the 2006 Plan was similar in many respects to the
2002 Plan, except that the 2006 Plan has a longer time frame and
greater attention to the inclusion of local and rural regions in the
institutional infrastructure of innovation governance.
In particular, the 2006 Plan prioritizes working more closely with the
resource-based sectors to enhance their competitiveness through
productivity improvements and greater economic diversification.
Just recently, in 2010, the New Brunswick government published yet another
strategic plan, titled “Action Plan for self-Sufficiency in Northern New
Brunswick 2010-13” - solely dedicated to the economy of non-metropolitan
regions of the province.
The 2010 Action Plan further reinforces the dawn of a new paradigm that
envisages a more strategic approach to rural economic development in a
knowledge-based economy.
E.g. the Action Plan targets 3 areas: modular fabrication and component
construction industries; industrial development; and resource-based
industries.
The above initiatives and development are indicative of the recognition by
the New Brunswick government of the existing vulnerabilities of its resource-
dependent regions that have been a severe victim of seismic shift in global
resource markets.
8. Manitoba
Rural municipalities and northern jurisdictions in Manitoba are gradually
being viewed less as residual institutions for performing rudimentary tasks,
and more as indispensable partners in the search for local innovation and
adaptation.
An evidence of this shift in thinking is the response by the Manitoba
government to the demand for new rural governance arrangements in the
late 1990s that led an Aboriginal Summit in 2000.
Some of the key initiatives that have emerged from this Summit and
subsequent consultations include the Manitoba International Gateway
Council Initiative, which seeks opportunities to use Manitoba’s unique
northern rail route, and deep sea port, in the Port of Churchill, to develop
trade links with northern Europe and Asia.
Another significant development indicative of the new approach is
the province’s adoption of a strategic plan titled “Creating
Opportunities Action Plan”.
The Plan identifies rural economic development initiatives in six
areas: alternative energy, tourism, agriculture, natural resources,
industry services and manufacturing, and Aboriginal and northern
initiatives.
A number of other initiatives have been developed within the past
decade. One of them is the Rural Entrepreneur Assistance Program
(REAP)
9. Manitoba’s Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Department can be
seen as an increasingly significant player in the province’s attempt to
enhance the economic capacities of rural communities.
E.g., their programs include assistance for farm and rural families with
the goal of enhancing their knowledge and skills in leadership and
management, marketing, sustainable production, value-added
processes, and the range of economic development options within the
agricultural sector.
Another significant initiative of the Department is the Rural Economic
Development Initiatives (REDI). REDI programming includes the
Community Works Loan Program, Rural Entrepreneur Assistance, the
CED Tax Credit Program, and the Community Adjustment Assistance
programs, among others.
There has also been a noticeable increasing emphasis on nurturing
productive innovation clusters in the rural economy of Manitoba.
E.g., the Economy and Rural Development Branch fosters the development
of co-operative enterprises among rural, northern and urban Manitobans.
This is considered by the Branch as critical to the social capital and network
linkages of adaptable rural regions in the knowledge-driven economy.
In pursuit of the concept of innovation clusters and social capital within rural
economies, Manitoba’s Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Department
recently organized a conference titled “Capturing Opportunities 2011”.
The conference is designed to create knowledge exchange among
entrepreneurs and researchers about new ideas and resources within the
bio-based economy (namely, in sectors such as food and health, bio-
products, energy, and agriculture).
10. Moreover, back in 2003, the Manitoba government released the “Action
Strategy for Economic Growth,” which became the official document that
lays out the province’s vision for future economic development, including
rural economic development
The Action Strategy contains a ‘Six-Point Action Plan’ that involves among
other things, leveraging the increasing strategic importance of rural regions
in a knowledge-driven global economy.
Since the publication of the Action Strategy, a particularly significant
initiative reflective of the new paradigm of rural economic development in a
knowledge-based economy is the development of an assistance program for
Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute to support rural research
and development projects.
Also, the province’s Broadband Communications North program has been
increasing the potential for economic development, having connected 52 out
of 67 northern communities to a broadband network.
Another policy initiative of crucial importance to rural economic development
in Manitoba is the Northern Development Strategy (NDS).
The NDS was initiated by the northern MLAs in April, 2000 responding to
the pressure of their constituencies for a more proactive and collaborative
approach to rural and northern economic development.
The NDS is a long-term plan that identifies opportunities to develop the
human capital and value-added industrial processing in the natural
resources sector of the North
11. An even more significant aspect of the NDS is that it envisages an
implementation strategy that focuses on horizontal public, private and
community partnerships.
In this regard, if implemented according to its stated instruments, the NDS
may serve to correct the historic tendency of provincial governments in the
province to pursue top-down and uncoordinated initiatives in the rural and
northern regions.
In particular, what would make the NDS even more different from previous
northern and rural initiatives is the extent to which it provides the institutional
requisites for the inclusion of communities in its implementation framework.
The Imperatives of the New Governance Context:
Implications for Federal Agencies
By the turn of the millennium, in the face of the aforementioned
developments in New Brunswick and WD, the focus of ACOA and WD has
gradually turned toward overcoming administrative boundaries and
facilitating better networks with the provincial and municipal governments,
as well as with non-state actors such as the private sector and community
actors.
Successful regional development policy governance in New Brunswick
and Manitoba gradually became about how well ACOA and WD could
frame their policy interventions as consistent with and supportive of local
joint action under provincial leadership.
12. E.g, the Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) administered by ACOA and
WD is reflective of the new governance model.
ACOA in particular appears to be most keen to make the necessary
adjustments to synchronize its programs and activities with provincial and
local initiatives.
E.g. the agency’s Regional Economic Development Organizations
(REDOs) play a leadership role by bringing communities together to plan,
develop, and implement economic development efforts.
What the new approach of the two federal agencies share in common is a
program delivery mechanism that emphasizes collaborative policy
governance that transcends institutional boundaries.
Key Lessons
The imperatives of the new economy require a rethink of rural economic
development
1. Policy alignment across levels of government - a framework of public
management that gives a central importance to “place” not only as a
geographical construct but also an institutional construct.
2. Horizontal collaborative governance between the public, private and
community sectors - rural communities can be seen less as objects of
economic development and more as agents of their own adaptation to
global and local changes.
The role of government is increasingly to serve as a facilitator or enabler
of community-driven processes of economic adaptation
13. 3. Rural economic development is not about redistribution, but about a
strategic vision focused on investing in innovation-related assets of each
region (in key sectors such as agriculture, aquaculture, minerals,
forestry and tourism).
4. Invest more in mechanisms to benchmark progress against goals as
well as demonstrate evidence-based policy formulation and program
development (i.e. systematic analysis of regional, national and global
trends and their implications for distinct rural communities)
5. Encourage policy learning and transfer across regions, agencies and
communities.
Conclusion
The complexity of modern public policy environments means that
managing rural economic development could be better viewed as a
process of navigating institutional boundaries rather than simply
optimizing program output.
The effectiveness of policy governance in such settings requires the
ability of public managers to make connections across levels of
government and outside government, and share ideas, resources and
power with public and non-state actors.
The analysis of the cases of New Brunswick and Manitoba illustrate that
the emergent threads of rural economic development policy governance
weaves through a wider fabric of innovation policy in a knowledge-based
economy.
14. However, other critical factors that influence the success of adaptive
regions include the presence of local champions, institutional
intermediaries, equitable participation, a dynamic and creative civic
culture, and financial and technical resources.
Therefore, the increasing role of local regions in the new economy does
not necessarily translate into greater adaptive capacity for rural
communities - as such capacities are a function of the institutional
structures of multilevel governance especially in federal systems such
as Canada.