Posted by: tukangparkir on: September 18, 2008
The demographic divide—the inequality in the population and health profiles of rich and poor countries—is widening. Two sharply different patterns of population growth are evident: Little growth or even decline in most wealthy countries and continued rapid population growth in the world’s poorest countries.
The Population Reference Bureau’s 2008 World Population Data Sheet and its summary [...]
Posted by: tukangparkir on: September 18, 2008
The Trade and Development Report 2008, subtitled “Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the Financing of Investment” highlights the paradox that the “capital poor” developing world is exporting capital to the “capital rich” developed countries. This “puzzle”, which defies mainstream economic theory, is all the more intriguing as many capital-exporting countries have been achieving higher rates [...]
Posted by: tukangparkir on: September 18, 2008
World Investment Report 2007 (WIR07) is the seventeenth in a series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Report analyses the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and puts a special focus in 2007 on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the extraction of oil, gas, and metal [...]