Wednesday, June 30, 2010
[IWS] BEA: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SATELLITE ACCOUNT [30 June 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Research and Development Satellite Account [30 June 2010]
2010 Satellite Account Underscores Importance of R&D
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/general/rd/2010/rdspend10.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/general/rd/2010/pdf/R&DSA_2010.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
and
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/general/rd/2010/xls/R&DSA_2010.xls
[spreadsheet]
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would have been, on average, 2.7 percent, or $301.5 billion higher between 1998 and 2007 if research and development (R&D) spending was treated as investment in the U.S. national income and product accounts, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today. The 2010 R&D Satellite Account updates and extends BEA’s estimates of the effect of R&D on economic growth through 2007, and now includes coverage of the most recent business cycle expansion.
R&D accounted for about 6.3 percent of average annual growth in real GDP—that is, GDP adjusted for inflation—between 1998 and 2007, and 6.6 percent between 2002 and 2007. To put the contribution of R&D in perspective, the business sector’s investment in commercial and other types of structures accounted for just over 1.3 percent of average annual growth in real GDP between 1998 and 2007.
Highlights of the release include:
By treating R&D as investment, real GDP increased at an average annual rate of 3.0 percent over the period 1998-2007. As in previous periods, growth in R&D investment continued to track business cycles. R&D’s contribution to growth slowed in 2001 and 2002, recovered in 2003, and outpaced the expansion through 2007. In 2002, business sector R&D subtracted from growth, but was more than offset by contributions from the government and nonprofit sectors.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES & CHARTS....
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
[IWS] BASIC LEGAL RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET [24 June 2010]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
llrx.com
Basic Legal Research on the Internet
By Ken Strutin, Published on June 24, 2010
http://www.llrx.com/features/basiclegalresearchinternet.htm
[excerpt]
This article explores the corner of the Internet landscape that concentrates on legal research. For the most part, these databases and search tools are free, although some might require a library card. Essentially, this is a short list of "go to" sites that most researchers will find useful. Before delving in, it might be worthwhile to examine a few time tested research concepts for the Internet age.
Principally, there are two goals of a search, either to find something that exists (based on a full or partial citation) or to construct something that needs to exist from related materials (subject search). The route and analysis may differ, but both approaches require the researcher to envision the end result, e.g., a court decision on point, a controlling statute or any combination of legal publications that support the remedy or relief being sought. So the assignment can be completed intellectually before the first mouse click. Internet searching, like all legal research, is simply an exercise in the mechanics of unearthing the hidden treasures of our imagination.
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[IWS] EMCC: DATA on JOB REDUCTIONS by TYPE OF RESTRUCTURING; SECTOR; COUNTRY [Updated 29 June 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Statistics [Updated 29 June 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=stats
To date, we have recorded 11680 fact sheets
Breakdown of the number of planned job reductions, in relation to the following three variables:
1. Type of restructuring
2. Sector
3. Country
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[IWS] EIRO: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 2009 [28 June 2010]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
ANNUAL REPORT
Industrial relations developments in Europe 2009 [28 June 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1035.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/35/en/1/EF1035EN.pdf
[full-text, 74 pages]
Author: Carley, Mark; McKay, Sonia; Miller, Jean-Michel; Biletta, Isabella
Summary: This annual review highlights the most significant developments that took place in industrial relations in the EU Member States and Norway in 2009, both at national and EU level. It first sets out the political context, then goes on to examine levels of coverage of collective bargaining, and trends in bargaining regarding pay, working time and a number of other topics. In addition, this review outlines the year's main developments in employment legislation, social dialogue, industrial action and company restructuring, and explores the impact of the global economic crisis.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
1 – Comparative overview of industrial relations in 2009 3
2 – Developments at EU level 41
3 – Social partner organisations in Europe: recent developments 53
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Monday, June 28, 2010
[IWS] NCHS: UNITED STATES LIFE TABLES, 2006 [28 June 2010]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 58, Number 21 June 28, 2010
United States Life Tables, 2006 [28 June 2010]
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_21.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Abstract
Objectives—This report presents complete period life tables by age, race, and sex for the United States based on age-specific death rates in 2006.
Methods—Data used to prepare the 2006 life tables are 2006 final mortality statistics, July 1, 2006 population estimates based on the 2000 decennial census, and 2006 Medicare data for ages 66–100. The 2006 life tables were estimated using a recently revised methodology first applied to the final annual U.S. life tables series with the 2005 edition (1). For comparability, all life tables for the years 2000–2004 were reestimated using the revised methodology and were published in an appendix of the United States Life Tables, 2005 report (1). These revised tables replace all previously published life tables for years 2000–2004.
Results—In 2006, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.7 years, representing an increase of 0.3 years from life expectancy in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, life expectancy at birth increased for all groups considered. It increased for males (from 74.9 to 75.1) and females (from 79.9 to 80.2), the white (from 77.9 to 78.2) and black populations (from 72.8 to 73.2), black males (from 69.3 to 69.7) and females (from 76.1 to 76.5), and white males (from 75.4 to 75.7) and females (from 80.4 to 80.6).
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[IWS] OMB: New! PaymentAccuracy.gov [24 June 2010]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
PaymentAccuracy.gov
http://paymentaccuracy.usaspending.gov/
[OMB is] launching a new website, www.PaymentAccuracy.gov to give taxpayers a way to join the fight by reporting suspected incidents of fraud, waste, and abuse.
On this site, you can see the rates and amounts of improper payments for each agency, the targets each agency has set for reducing and recovering improper payments, and the names of the designated accountable official at each agency responsible for meeting those targets. This list is just one of many steps the Administration has taken to fulfill its commitment to reduce improper payments through increased transparency, enhanced agency accountability, and new incentives for state and local governments.
In addition, PaymentAccuracy.gov, showcases agencies using new technologies and developing innovative solutions to reduce waste.
See ABOUT
http://paymentaccuracy.usaspending.gov/content/about-site
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[IWS] NSF: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT in INDUSTRY 2005 [25 June 2010]
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Research and Development in Industry: 2005 [25 June 2010]
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 10-319 | June 2010 |
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10319/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10319/pdf/nsf10319.pdf
[full-text, 292 pages]
General Notes
Introduction
This report is the second of two publications containing results from the 2005 Survey of
Industrial Research and Development. The first publication, an InfoBrief (NSF 2007c)
announcing the availability of survey results, contains analytical information and highlights
the increase in expenditures for industrial R&D funded from companies' own resources. This
report contains the full set of statistics produced from the survey, including statistics on R&D
funding during the calendar year 2005 and on R&D personnel in January 2006. Among the
tables are several that include statistics on trends in industrial R&D since 1953, statistics on
employment by R&D-performing firms since 1994, and a table classified by state that
contains statistics for selected years since 1991. This report also contains (in the technical
notes in appendix A) information about the industry coding classification system, company
size classifications, survey methodology, comparability of the statistics over time and with
other statistical series, survey definitions, history of the survey, and other information
designed to convey to the data user what the survey statistics represent and, in some cases
more importantly, what they do not represent. Survey questionnaires, instructions, and other
documents are reproduced in appendix B.
This report provides national estimates of the expenditures on R&D performed within the
United States by industrial firms, whether U.S. or foreign owned. Among the statistics are
estimates of total R&D, the portion of the total financed by the federal government, and the
portion financed by the companies themselves or by other nonfederal sources, such as state
and local governments or other industrial firms under contract or subcontract. Total R&D is
also separated into the types of costs, wages and fringe benefits of R&D staff, materials and
supplies, depreciation, and other costs. Other statistics include R&D financed by domestic
firms but performed outside the 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia, R&D performed by
organizations outside the firm, R&D performed in collaboration with other organizations, and
the funds spent to perform energy-related R&D. Also, this report provides information on
R&D-performing firms, including domestic net sales, number of employees, number of
R&D-performing scientists and engineers, geographic location where the R&D was
performed, and R&D funds spent per R&D-performing scientist and engineer.
AND MUCH MORE...including numerous TABLES.....
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[IWS] Dublin Foundation: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & RESTRUCTURING: SOME RECENT CASES (Info Sheet) [25 June 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Industrial relations and restructuring: some recent cases (info sheet) [25 June 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1049.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/49/en/1/EF1049EN.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Author: Foundation
Summary: Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) recorded 3073 restructuring cases in the 27 EU Member States from October 2008 to March 2010, a 53% rise on the previous 18-month period – indicating that many more companies launched restructuring programmes as they were affected by the recession and suggesting that media attention on restructuring also increased during the economic turbulence.
________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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[IWS] World Bank: G20 AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT [24 June 2010]
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
World Bank
G20 AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT [24 June 2010]
Report prepared by Staff of the World Bank for
G20 Growth Framework and Mutual Assessment Process
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/G20Framework&MAP-WBReport-TorontoSummit-2.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
[excerpts]
Executive Summary
As requested by G20 Leaders, this report assesses the outlook for developing countries and highlights policy areas for consideration by the G20 to enhance the collective impact of G20 policies on development and poverty reduction as part of the G20 Growth Framework and Mutual Assessment Process (MAP). Key inputs into this report include the G20 submissions, the base case and alternative scenarios for the G20 developed by the IMF, the World Bank‘s own data and analysis, and inputs from other international organizations, such as the OECD and WTO. The report‘s analysis serves as one of the inputs under the MAP to help G20 policymakers identify policy options over the course of 2010.
The main findings and messages of the Bank report can be framed under four themes.
Centrality of Global Growth to Development
Multipolarity: A Dynamic Force in Global Growth and Rebalancing
Financing for Development: Challenging Outlook Demands Creativity
Open Trade: Engine of Growth and Facilitator of Rebalancing
Table of Contents
Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. i
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Four Key Themes ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Theme I: Centrality of Global Growth to Development ........................................................................... 2
Theme II: Multipolarity – A Dynamic Force in Global Growth and Rebalancing ................................... 9
Theme III: Financing for Development – Challenging Outlook Demands Creativity ............................ 12
Theme IV: Open Trade – Engine of Growth and Facilitator of Rebalancing ......................................... 17
Press Release 24 June 2010
G20 Should Support a Pro-Growth Agenda for Developing Countries-- World Bank
Developing countries increasingly important drivers for global economy
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[IWS] OECD and the G20 web page
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_______________________________
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Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD and the G20
http://www.oecd.org/document/35/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_43731875_1_1_1_1,00.html
Financial sector reform, stimulus programs and global trade and growth were high on the agenda of the Toronto G20 Summit on 26-27 June 2010. Government leaders also reviewed commitments made at previous Summits on global challenges such as development and climate change.
Read the Secretary-General's remarks to G20 Leaders and business leaders in Toronto:
» Keep up reforms in order to boost jobs
» Global economic conditions and short-term prospects for recovery
Trade and investment
The OECD, alongside the World Trade Organisation and the UN’s Conference of Trade and Development, have renewed calls on the leaders of the G20 countries to resist protectionism or the prospects for economic recovery may be wiped out.
» Read: press release and report
Providing government-backed finance to help exporters is seen as an important way of stimulating trade. The OECD is hosting regular meetings to exchange information and monitor progress in the 36 countries which have agreed to co-ordinate export credit policy to help boost trade and investment during the crisis.
» Read: Trade and the road to economic recovery
Fossil fuel subsidies
When G20 Leaders met in Pittsburgh in September 2009, they agreed to “rationalize and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption”. They asked the OECD together with the International Energy Agency (IEA), OPEC and the World Bank, to “provide an analysis of the scope of energy subsidies and suggestions for the implementation of this G20 country initiative”.
New analysis by the OECD based on data from the IEA estimates that ending fossil fuel subsidies could cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 10% from the levels they would otherwise reach in 2050 under “business as usual.” It argues that governments must fight the temptation to exempt certain energy-intensive industries from full compliance with carbon pricing scheme.
» Read: press release and report
Employment
Youth unemployment is set to keep rising in the months ahead. The OECD says more needs to be done to help young people find work and avoid falling into a “lost generation”.
AND MUCH MORE….
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Friday, June 25, 2010
[IWS] ADB: A PRIMER ON CORPORATE VALUES [June 2010]
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Asian Development Bank (ADB_
Knowledge Solutions
A Primer on Corporate Values [June 2010]
By Olivier Serrat
http://www.adb.org/documents/information/knowledge-solutions/primer-on-corporate-values.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
[excerpt]
Some Facts on Corporate Guidance Systems
Advertising strong, positive corporate values is à la mode. Why? In a globalizing world,
meaningful values can, for example, instill a sense of identity and purpose in organizations;
add spirit to the workplace; align and unify people; promote employee ownership; attract
newcomers; create consistency; simplify decision making; energize endeavors; raise
efficiency; hearten client trust, loyalty, and forgiveness for mistakes; build resilience to
shocks; and contribute to society at large.
However, corporate values can backfire with glare
when management or personnel fail to live up to the messages, a sure recipe for disenchantment or cynicism
among clients, audiences, and partners, not to forget personnel itself. In most such cases, the cause of
tension is that organizational goals, principally couched in financial terms, often do not reflect (when they do
not conflict with) the corporate values propounded and the underlying organizational culture from which
such values are supposed to spring. Lest they become debased, corporate values should not be platitudes,
orders of preference expressed in operational jargon, or even simple aspirations. They should not be politically
correct. To serve as real guidance systems, living values that spring from integrity, morality, and ethics must
be internalized by personnel and reviewed at intervals to maintain relevance in changing contexts; that rarely
happens.
In The Neuroscience of Leadership, David Rock and Jeffrey Schwartz share a few home truths on
organizational transformation. They bear relevance to the subject of these Knowledge Solutions since change
is what the introduction of corporate values usually purports, at least from the outset. According then to David
Rock and Jeffrey Schwartz:
Change is pain. Organizational change is unexpectedly difficult because it provokes sensations of
physiological discomfort.
Behaviorism does not work. Change efforts based on incentive and threat (the carrot and the stick) rarely
succeed in the long run.
Humanism is overrated. In practice, the conventional empathic approach of connection and persuasion
does not sufficiently engage people.
Focus is power. The act of paying attention creates chemical and physical changes in the brain.
Expectation shapes reality. The preconceptions of people significant impact what they perceive.
Attention density shapes identity. Repeated, purposeful, and focused attention can lead to long-lasting
personal evolution.
AND MUCH MORE...including CHART & REFERENCES....
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World Bank: RECOVERY AT THE CROSSROADS: ROLE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [24 June 2010]
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RECOVERY AT THE CROSSROADS: ROLE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [24 June 2010]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/G20.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
I. Summary
Leaders of the G20 are meeting in Canada at a critical juncture. While the global economy shows signs of recovery, it is still fragile and uneven and we are transitioning toward a more mature phase, in which growth increasingly depends on private investment, and policy impetus including fiscal stimulus is waning. Excess capacity, high unemployment, ongoing household and banking-sector restructuring, weak capital flows and persistent financing gaps will also be important factors determining the shape, pace and sustainability of the recovery. Fiscal sustainability concerns in high-income Europe pose additional challenges to an already complex situation. At the same time, policymakers face the challenge of helping to foster sustainable growth in both developed and developing countries.
Low-income countries (LICs) and lower middle-income countries (LMICs) are particularly vulnerable to a weak and uneven global recovery, as they remain heavily dependent on commodity exports, remittances, FDI and ODA. The ability of these countries to maintain core development spending in the face of a slow recovery is uncertain as fiscal buffers have been drawn down over the past two years. A scarcity of resources to mount appropriate policy responses can jeopardize years of progress in combating poverty, undermining progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Large portions of the populations in many LICs, particularly in Africa, remain clustered around the poverty line and even mild downturns or weak recovery can have costly and long-lasting effects on human welfare, as families with few alternative employment opportunities and little or no access to credit are forced to reduce food intake, even for very young children, and pull children out of school.
Yet the global economy has also changed in ways that demand a fundamental rethinking. Developing country performance is increasingly important to the global economy. Supporting developing countries is not about giving handouts. It is an investment in sustainable global growth. Developing countries offer abundant opportunities for high-return investments (such as in critical infrastructure that removes bottlenecks to growth) that can create new sources of growth in global demand. Developing countries now contribute about half of global growth. And every dollar spent on investment goods in developing countries can yield 35 cents worth of demand for capital goods produced in high-income countries, precisely the kind of high-value goods that generate well-paying jobs. South-South trade is also expanding, now accounting for one-third of global trade.
Promoting multiple growth poles in developing countries can make an important contribution to the structural rebalancing of global growth so necessary for its sustainability. And the potential to contribute to global growth and rebalancing is not limited to rapidly growing emerging markets. Better policies have improved growth performance and opportunities in many LICs, including in Sub-Saharan Africa, which experienced average annual growth of six percent in the five years preceding the crisis. These countries offer attractive opportunities for investment, not just destinations for aid.
More financing is only part of the answer. Improvements in �soft infrastructure‖�in governance, regulation, cost recovery�in developing countries is a core part of the agenda, as are sustained investments in human capital. Stronger results orientation and improved decisions on strategic allocation and the management of resources are also essential.
Press Release 24 June 2010
G20 Should Support a Pro-Growth Agenda for Developing Countries-- World Bank
Developing countries increasingly important drivers for global economy
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