Remarks from the President of IDA

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-14
Author(s):  
Michael Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Individual Liberty ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Social ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
Rich Countries

The Institute for Development Anthropology is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that specializes in activities relating to Third World economic and social development. The Institute's ultimate objective is the enhancement of human rights among disadvantaged rural and urban peoples in the developing world, by maximizing their participation in programs and projects that are supposed to benefit them. We believe that the social sciences should be informed by a moral purpose, and to the traditional anthropological objection to racism and to cultural imperialism, we add an objection to the oppression of poverty. The Institute rejects the notion that there is an inherent incompatibility between economic growth and social equity, and it rejects the claim that individual liberty is a luxury affordable by rich countries only. We believe that genuine economic growth is facilitated by equity, and that freedom is a necessity for all people. We seek to contribute to development actions that expand opportunities and that increase the ability of low-income populations to make meaningful decisions about the directions of their own lives. For these reasons IDA was organized.

scholarly journals The economic development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
efi rahmadhani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
National Development ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban

Economic growth essentially aims to improve the welfare of the community, so that increased economic growth is needed and more equitable income distribution. However, if the growth is followed by an improvement in income distribution, it will be difficult to create prosperity for the community in general, because the income distribution is uneven or does not run smoothly, so that it will automatically disrupt the Indonesian economy, and will be in poverty.But the high level of economic inequality in Indonesia has resulted in low income groups unable to access basic needs and services such as food, health and education. This can adversely affect the community and slow down the human development process, as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). Sources of economic inequality, especially in Indonesia, are due to the implementation of the economic system of capitalism, differences in natural resource content, market fundamentalism that encourage rich people to reap the biggest profits from economic growth, increased political capture, gender inequality, low wages lifting itself from poverty, inequality of access between rural and urban areas to infrastructure, a taxation system that fails to play an important role in distributing income.One of the country's efforts to reduce inequality between regions or regions is of course through equitable development in the regions. This is related to regional development, where regional development is an integral part of national development. Thus, it is expected that the results of development will be distributed and allocated to regional levels.

scholarly journals Cooperation as an integral part of the social and solidarity economy (SSE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Vladimir Egorov ◽  
Andrey Inshakov
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
World Economic

A theoretical analysis of the works of domestic and foreign authors on the problem of determining the place and role of the social (solidarity) economy (SSE) organization in the modern world economic space is carried out. The essential features of social (solidary enterprises) are revealed. The SWOT analysis allowed us to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the SSE organizations. The differences between non-profit and market economy are shown. The essential features of cooperation as the main socio-economic institution of the SSE are considered. Mechanisms for reducing global poverty by cooperatives have been identified. The factors constraining the progressive development of cooperative enterprises in Russia are identified.

scholarly journals THE MARKET CONCEPT OF THE XXI CENTURY: A NEW APPROACH TO CONSUMER SEGMENTATION

2016 ◽  
pp. 205-213
Author(s):  
M. I. Sokolova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Central Place ◽  
New Approach ◽  
World Community ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Population Segment ◽  
Market Concept

World economic development in the 21st century keeps tendencies and contradictions of the previous century. Economic growth in a number of the countries and, as a result, growth of consumption adjoins to an aggravation of global problems of the present. It not only ecology and climatic changes that undoubtedly worth the attention of world community, but also the aggravation of social problems. Among the last the question of poverty takes the central place. Poverty is a universal problem, in solution of which take part local authorities, the international organizations, commercial and noncommercial structures. It is intolerable to ignore a catastrophic situation in fight against this problem. It is necessary to look for ways of resolving it not only by using the existing methods, but also developing new approaches. One of the most significant tendencies in the sphere of fight against poverty is the development of the commercial enterprises working in the population segment with a low income level which by means of the activity help millions of people worldwide to get out of poverty. In other words, attraction of the commercial capital by an economic justification of profitability and prospects of investments into the companies working in the population segment with a low income level can be one of the methods allowing to solve effectively a poverty problem. This approach includes this population in economic activity, makes them by full-fledged participants of the market, which benefits to the creation of potential for economic growth and is a key step to getting out of poverty.

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Meredyth ◽  
Julian Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Social

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company with the slogan 'Technology for social justice'. This paper summarises the results of a four-year evaluation of the social impact of the e-ACE network.

Africa’s New Economic Opportunities

2014 ◽  
pp. 472-482
Author(s):  
Paul Collier
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Economic Opportunities ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Resource Endowment ◽  
Coastal Resource ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
Better Than

This article explores Africa’s new economic opportunities, paying particular attention to two economic prospects that are better than at any time since Africa gained independence. More specifically, it considers the exploitation of recent resource discoveries as a major source of revenues for Africa and the continent’s realistic chance at industrialization as China shifts its more labor-intensive manufacturing offshore. The article first assesses the implications of China’s economic growth both for middle-income countries globally and for low-income Africa, especially in terms of demand. It then looks at Africa’s distinctive geography and its important consequences, citing how resource endowment and location generate a simple but useful two-by-two categorization of Africa’s countries: coastal resource-scarce countries; landlocked resource-scarce countries; landlocked resource-rich countries; and coastal resource-rich countries. Finally, the article examines how Africa’s resource-rich and ethnically fragmented societies have influenced political allegiance.

scholarly journals Contemporary Methods of Construction for Social Deficit in Housing in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2S2) ◽  
pp. 126-129
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Modern Method ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Housing Shortage ◽  
Social Deficit ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

In India the housing shortage is much severe with an estimated shortage of around 18 million houses, with 99% of this is in the economically weaker sections of society. Social housing is the housing system provided for people with low income by government agencies or non-profit organizations. This research paper is about the study of the methods of construction that is adopted in social housing system which will help in improving the social deficit in the housing sector. The study is done with the help of live case studies on housing projects in and around Hyderabad which comes under the flagship programme JNNURM for economically weaker section. The study concluded that the contemporary methods of construction is considered to be advantageous as the government does not provide enough funds for the housing projects and also the contractors are not willing to take any risk and pay for any other modern method of construction.

Peculiarities of Modern Dynamics of the Global Economy

2010 ◽  
pp. 78-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Klinov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Business Cycles ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Long Waves ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Business Taxation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
China And India ◽  
World Economic

Rates and factors of modern world economic growth and the consequences of rapid expansion of the economies of China and India are analyzed in the article. Modification of business cycles and long waves of economic development are evaluated. The need of reforming business taxation is demonstrated.

The world and Russia: Inflation is minimal, economic growth is slowing, risks are rising

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Ershov ◽  
Anna S. Tanasova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Domestic Demand ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Money Creation ◽  
Main Factors

Russian economy has reached the low level of inflation, but economic growth has not accelerated. Moreover, according to official forecasts, in the following years it will still be low. The article concludes that domestic demand, which is one of the main factors of growth, is significantly constrained by monetary, budgetary and fiscal spheres. The situation in the Russian economy is still hampered by the decline of the world economic growth. The prospects of financial markets are highly uncertain. This increases the possibility of crisis in the world. Leading countries widely use non-traditional measures to support their economies in the similar environment. In the world economy as well as in Russia a principally new combination of factors has emerged, which create specific features of economic growth. It requires special set of measures to stimulate such growth. The article proves that Russian regulators have large unused potential to stimulate growth. It includes monetization, long-money creation, budget and tax stimuli. It is important that the instruments, which will be used, should be based on domestic mechanisms. This will strengthen financial basis of the economy and may encourage economic growth. Some specific suggestions as to their use are made.

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