Friday Wrap-Up: Democracy, CSR, Property Rights, and Dry Cleaning
Posted by Jon Custer| June 8, 2012
Recently on the blog: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the National Endowment for Democracy celebrated the 30 year anniversary of President Reagan’s Westminster speech, which laid the foundation for U.S. democracy assistance. The Washington Post also wrote about the speech and its enduring impact. The essential link between democratic governance and sustainable, inclusive economic growth is [...]
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Loading ...Democracy and Prosperity: The Inevitable Link?
Posted by Anna Nadgrodkiewicz| June 5, 2012
The question about the link between democracy and economic prosperity is key for scholars and policymakers alike, especially when it comes to transition economies. The Arab Spring brought the challenge of building democracies that deliver into a new, sharp focus and emphasized the need for sharing lessons learned from the experiences of others. In that spirit, Wrocław Global Forum, an annual summit organized by the Atlantic Council, the city of Wrocław, Poland, and other partners, hosted an international panel on this subject.
Read the rest of this post... 81 views (no votes) Loading ...Moving beyond CSR: Oil Companies and Economic Development
Posted by Maiko Nakagaki| June 4, 2012
How can multinational companies have a positive impact on developing countries? While the private sector’s traditional view has been similar to Milton Friedman’s argument that businesses do enough by providing goods and services to society, some companies are recognizing that they can increase their profits by engaging in development-focused business practices and investments. In particular, integrating local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) into corporate supply chains has both lasting economic growth impacts for developing nations and commercial benefits for corporations.
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(1 votes) Loading ...30 Years of Building the Infrastructure of Democracy
Posted by Jon Custer| June 1, 2012
Almost thirty years ago, on June 8, 1982, President Ronald Reagan gave a famous speech to members of the British Parliament the Palace of Westminster where he laid out a vision for how “to foster the infrastructure of democracy—the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities.” That speech, and the vision behind it, led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and its four core institutes, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute, the National Republican Institute, and the Solidarity Center.
Read the rest of this post... 53 views (1 votes) Loading ...Lessons in Economically Sustainable Development: Learning by Examples
Posted by Jon Custer| May 31, 2012
In this week’s Economic Reform Feature Service article, Economically Sustainable Development first place winner Sarita Sapkota talks about the need for many developing countries to shift from an aid-dependent economic model to one that is more robust and sustainable, and how young people are helping to effect that shift.
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