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This book examines regional structural challenges on Colombia’s path to sustainable social cohesion and regionally inclusive growth. These challenges can be divided into three main groups: (i) those that focus on competitiveness and the supply side, (ii) those that arise from critical business cycle issues on the demand side, and (iii) those concerning environmental sustainability, employment and social inclusion. The contributions, written by experts on Latin American economics and regional science, apply quantitative simulations based on a unified general equilibrium framework and address a wide range of topics, including: Colombia’s competitive integration in global markets, human capital profiles, regional economic disparities and public and private mechanisms of interregional income transfer. The challenges entailed by such high-profile and long-term issues as productivity growth and climate change are also analyzed. In addition, the book positions Colombia’s experiences in an international comparative context. It argues that many other Latin American countries face similar challenges and provide evidence to substantiate this claim. By doing so, it offers valuable policy lessons for Latin American countries with similar difficulties.

Economics --- Economic geography --- economie --- geografie --- Economic history.

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Deze studie gaat dieper in op een aantal kenmerken die Vlaanderen als een open economie karakteriseren. Vlaanderen is eerst en vooral een welvarende regio. Het bbp per inwoner is in 2011 in het Vlaamse Gewest 16% hoger dan gemiddeld in de EU27, zelfs 26% hoger als men pendelbewegingen incalculeert. De centrale ligging binnen de oude EU15, een hoge arbeidsproductiviteit en scholingsgraad zijn de belangrijkste Vlaamse troeven. Mede dankzij deze kwaliteiten is de Vlaamse economie zeer open en uitvoergericht. Maar deze sterke positie is geen verworvenheid. Vlaanderen wordt immers geconfronteerd met een aantal factoren die een structurele impact hebben op de Vlaamse economie. De belangrijkste daarvan zijn de nasleep van de financieel-economische crisis, de vergrijzing en de concurrentiële positie van onze industrie. Een goed inzicht in de sterkten en zwakten van een economie en in de mechanismen van economische ontwikkeling is een belangrijke randvoorwaarde om een gepast antwoord te vinden op de uitdagingen voor de toekomst.

productiviteit --- handel --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- macro-economie --- loon --- Flanders --- Economic forecasting --- Belgium --- Flanders (Belgium) --- Economic policy --- 21st century --- 330.191.4 --- 331.215.3 --- 338.011 --- P493VL --- Economie 330 --- Handel 339 --- 330 --- Vlaanderen --- 338 --- 332.1 --- lonen --- 338.2 --- Economie ; toekomstverwachtingen --- Economisch beleid . Vlaanderen --- Vlaanderen ; economie --- economie --- regionale economie - gewestelijke economie - economische decentralisatie --- loonkost --- economie algemeen --- Economische toestand. Economische ontwikkeling --- Regionale economie. Territoriale economie --- 33 --- 460 Economie --- Bankencrisis --- vergrijzing --- concurrentiekracht --- E-books --- Economie --- Macro-economisch beleid --- Loon --- Arbeidsmarkt --- Import --- Export --- Internationale economie --- Beurs (financiewezen) --- Benchmarking --- Macro-economie 330.101.541 --- Macro-economie --- Tevredenheid --- Beleid --- Emigratie

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This volume spans economics, history, sociology, law, graphic design, religion, environmental science, politics and more to offer a transdisciplinary examination of debt. From this perspective, many of our most pressing social and environmental crises are explored to raise critical questions about debt's problems and possibilities. Who do we owe? Where are the offsetting credits? Why do such persistent deficits in care permeate so much of our lives? Can we imagine new approaches to balance sheets, measures of value, and justice to reconcile these deficits? Often regarded as a constraint on our ability to meet the challenges of our day, this volume reimagines debt as a social construct capable of empowering people to organize and produce sustainable prosperity for all. This text is ideal for provoking classroom discussions that not only point out the gravity of the crises we face in the twenty-first century, but also seeks to set readers' minds free to create innovative solutions. Benjamin C. Wilson is an associate professor of political economy at the State University of New York College at Cortland and a Research Scholar for the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. His authored and co-authored writings have appeared in the Forum for Social Economics, American Review of Political Economy, Boundary2Online, Public Seminar, and Monthly Review.

Sociology --- Macroeconomics --- Economics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- sociologie --- economie --- macro-economie --- milieuzorg --- Debt. --- Credit. --- Social justice.

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The role of human capital has diversified considerably in the last 100 years. Today, the prevailing perception seeks a sustainable, integrated development which is based on the triptych of environment, economy, and society. In this mode of development, human capital has a positive effect on the economy, on social cohesion and optimal governance, as well as on the ecological footprint. This book studies the critical role of human capital in the Greek economy and its production structure. In doing so, this book analyzes the Greek labor market, employment, and structural changes, among other facets of this vibrant economy. This is an inspiring book, full of important insights for those of us who want to know about the upgraded role of human capital in a world that seeks sustainable development combining the environment, the economy and society. It is a must-read primer for anyone interested in the positive effects of human on the economy, social cohesion and optimal governance. Evangelia Papapetrou - Professor in the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. This captivating book is a modern attempt to examine the role of human capital, using knowledge, abilities, skills and working activities as the key drivers to guide an economy to its structural change. Focusing on the Greek case, the authors provide pragmatic insights on the role of human capital on economic structural change, the structural relationships and the need for restructuring and the critical role of life-long learning. Stylianos Kotsios - Professor and Chairman of the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. .

Politics --- Macroeconomics --- Labour economics --- Economics --- economie --- politiek --- arbeid --- macro-economie --- Capital productivity. --- Economic history. --- Human capital.

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This book mainly addresses China's current demographic situation and social people-related policies. It aims to solve the issues of demographic transition, population aging, population flow, urbanization, population quality, etc. China is the first large population country, with the vast territory and the huge economic system. It has many issues such as productivity and production relations, superstructure and economic base, and domestic and international relations in various fields and at all levels. Hence, China needs to come up with a set of overall strategies. The author sorts out all of his works in recent years and performs his new academic achievements on demographic issues and social governing strategies. This timely book offers new methods that impact advanced social development with real data.

Economic sociology --- Economics --- World history --- economie --- sociale economie --- economische geschiedenis --- Economic development --- Population.