scholarly journals La questione demografica e il pensiero di Giovanni Paolo II

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Di Pietro
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
Malthusian Theory ◽  
Vera Causa

L’articolo offre una sintesi dell’insegnamento di Giovanni Paolo II sulla cosiddetta “questione demografica”, che si presenta con scenari differenti nelle diverse parti del mondo. Nei Paesi ricchi si registra, infatti, un preoccupante calo delle nascite, mentre nei Paesi poveri si assiste all’aumento della popolazione, il che appare non compatibile con le frequenti condizioni di sottosviluppo. Da qui il riferimento alle note teorie maltusiane e alla loro riformulazione da parte del neomalthusianesimo, dell’organicismo e dell’ecologismo, che propongono come soluzione il controllo delle nascite. Non esistendo, però, una reale e insanabile sproporzione tra crescita della popolazione e disponibilità delle risorse, le politiche antinataliste appaiono più che una scelta razionale, un escamotage per risolvere problemi ben diversi come ad esempio le politiche economiche di molti Paesi ricchi. La vera causa del sottosviluppo va, infatti, ricercata nella mancanza di equità nell’accesso alle risorse. Ed anche qualora si provasse che la crescita della popolazione è la causa del sottosviluppo, il rispetto della dignità e del valore incondizionato e inalienabile che si deve a ogni persona rende moralmente inaccettabile il ricorso a qualsiasi mezzo per il contenimento delle nascite (come la contraccezione, la sterilizzazione o l’aborto) o la loro imposizione da parte delle politiche governative. ---------- The article aims to offer a synthesis of John Paul II’s teaching about the so-called “demographic matter”, present in different way in the various parts of the world. Rich and advanced Countries see a fall in the births; instead, poor Countries see an increase in the population, which is not easily tolerable in a context of underdevelopment. The idea of the Malthusian theory and its reformulation now that point by the neo-Malthusianism, the Organicism and the Environmentalism, that intent “to resolve” the demographic matter by birth control. Because of there is not an effective gap between population growth and resources availability, anti-birth policies, therefore, seem to be an escamotage to resolve different problems that, otherwise, would debate economic policies in many rich Countries instead of a choice imposed by rationality. In fact, the true reason of underdevelopment must be found in the lack of equity in resources access. But, even if underdevelopment be proved by population growth, respect for human dignity makes morally unjustifiable any means for births control (as contraception, sterilization or abortion) or their imposition by government policies.

The U.N. and the (Economic) Education of Henry Kissinger

Worldview ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Stalson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
International System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Henry Kissinger ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Countries

Something remarkable and of historic importance took place in New York during the first two weeks of September, 1975. At a Special Session of the United Nations the poor countries of the world, who have 70 per cent of its people and 30 per cent of its income, demanded that the rich, countries make some major changes in the international system. And the rich countries, including the United States, responded in new ways. Most reporters failed to notice how remarkable the events were, but the evidence is there.

At the Systemic Edge: Expulsions

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Sassen
Keyword(s):  
Ground Level ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Systemic Transformation ◽  
The World ◽  
Interstate System ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Dead Water

I use the term ‘expelled’ to describe a diversity of conditions. They include the growing numbers of the abjectly poor, of the displaced in poor countries who are warehoused in formal and informal refugee camps, of the minoritized and persecuted in rich countries who are warehoused in prisons, of workers whose bodies are destroyed on the job and rendered useless at far too young an age, of able-bodied surplus populations warehoused in ghettoes and slums. But I also include the fact that pieces of the biosphere are being expelled from their life space – and I insist that the tame language of climate change does not quite capture the fact, at ground level, of vast expanses of dead land and dead water. My argument is that this massive and very diverse set of expulsions is actually signaling a deeper systemic transformation, one documented in bits and pieces in multiple specialized studies but not quite narrated as an overarching dynamic that is taking us into a new phase of global capitalism – and global destruction. As an analytic category, expulsion is to be distinguished from the more common ‘social exclusion’: the latter happens inside a system and in that sense can be reduced, ameliorated, and even eliminated. As I conceive of them,1 expulsions happen at the systemic edge. At this time, I see the proliferation of such systemic edges deep inside national territories as more significant than the borders of the interstate system – which are open for some and closed for others. In brief, the types of complex systems that are the focus of the larger research project of which the present article forms a part contain multiple systemic edges: they partly reflect the multiplying of negative conditions in the diverse domains contained in such systems, from prisons and refugee camps to financial exploitations and environmental destructions. None of this is new, but the sharp escalation towards negative outcomes since the 1980s in much of the world does invite a question as to the sustainability of it all.

scholarly journals THE BRANDING OF SMALL ECONOMIES IN THE GLOBAL WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragana Milenković ◽  
Tanja Vujović
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Rich Countries

The process of globalization is a logical process of internationalization, caused by deregulation and liberalization, as well as the development of information and communication technologies. To perform an isolationist policy today is completely absurd. Therefore, the main goal of each national economy is to be engaged in international trade while retaining sovereignty and achieving sustainable development, and this is only possible if we realize that not all economic activities are qualitatively the same as the drivers of economic development, and that globalization and free trade can create an automatic economic harmony. Countries that specialize in the export of raw materials will sooner or later experience the opposite effect from economies of scale, namely declining yields. Sustainable development today is a kind of monopoly on the production of advanced goods and services, in which rich countries experience one explosion of productivity for another. In the first part of the paper, we analyze the effects that abstract theories of classical liberal economies have on the poor countries, as well as the neoliberal policies that the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization today apply to developing countries. In the second part of the paper, we analyze examples of countries whose economic prosperity is the result of a smart and pragmatic mix of market incentives and governance. In the third part of the paper we give recommendations for the new development and trade policy of Serbia. In the last part of the paper, we point to the importance of branding as a factor in the export competitiveness of the company.

The Growing Equality across Countries and Inequality within some Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-105
Author(s):  
Francis Teal
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
Over Time

Just as unemployment dominated the political agenda of the 1930s, so inequality has come to dominate the concerns of both rich and poor countries in the twenty-first century. Contrary to what is widely believed, inequality across countries has been declining since the 1980s, driven primarily, but not exclusively, by the rise in incomes in China. Looking at inequality within countries, on average inequality is much higher in poor than in rich countries. Changes over time in inequality are modest, compared with differences across countries. We observe a world with countries which have policies, or politics, which generate high inequality and ones which generate much lower inequality. There is little link between inequality and growth on average across the world.

scholarly journals India And China Vying For World Economic Supremacy

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
BeRamMohan R. Yallapragadath ◽  
Alfred G. Toma ◽  
C. William Roe
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Foreign Capital ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Reform Policy ◽  
Steep Ascent ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
India And China

Under Dengs liberalized economic policies, foreign direct investment (FDI) started pouring into China, and since then, the Chinese economy is rising at the dizzy annual rate of about 10%. In the early 1990s, India also embarked on a major economic reform policy, liberating the economy and opening it to foreign investors. Substantial foreign capital came into India during the last decade, but the amount of FDI that went into China during the same period can be compared to a tsunami. The world had never witnessed this rare phenomenon of two relatively poor countries that together consist of one third of the worlds population, simultaneously taking off on a steep ascent in their economies. The unprecedented economic growth in these two countries is being noticed by the rest of the world with awe and disbelief. It is being widely predicted that these two countries would soon become the next world economic super powers. This paper presents the several factors of the phenomenal growth taking place in India and China and investigates the possibility of either country attaining world economic supremacy.

scholarly journals Policy Analysis of Leprosy Control: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian Ayu Pertiwi ◽  
◽  
Dumilah Ayuningtyas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Flow Diagram ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Leprosy Control

ABSTRACT Background: Leprosy is a slowly progressive and chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprosy. In many parts of the world, this is a very serious and humiliating disease. Early diagnosis and treatment are the most important strategies to control it. This study aimed to describe and analyze specific policies and strategies for people with leprosy. Subject and Method: A systematic review was conducted by searching articles in 2 electronic databases, namely PubMed and Mendeley. The articles were collected based on PRISMA flow diagram. Results: From the ten articles that were collected, it was reported that the leprosy control policy could be carried out in several ways: (1) including government policies related to socio-economy, especially for the poor (2) eliminating the negative stigma about leprosy sufferers, and (3) the system of giving drug therapy through Multi-Drug Therapy. Of the seven journals that are a synthesis review, other things need to be considered related to leprosy control, including gender and leprosy diagnosis must be made as soon as possible before lepers suffer from a worse illness. Conclusion: socio-economic policies, eliminating stigma, providing drug therapy with MDT can reduce leprosy in a region. Keywords: leprosy control, systematic review Correpondence: Dian Ayu Pertiwi. Public Health Masters Program, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: 082124901758 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.05.18

scholarly journals On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles I Jones
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Income ◽  
World Income ◽  
World Income Distribution ◽  
Rich Countries

The post-World War I period has seen substantial changes in the world income distribution. As a result, the shape of the distribution has changed from something that looks like a normal distribution in 1960 to a bimodal 'twin peaks' distribution in 1988. Projecting these changes into the future suggests a number of interesting findings. First, it seems likely that the United States will lose its position as the country with the highest level of GDP per worker. Second, the future income distribution will involve far more 'rich' countries and far fewer 'poor' countries than currently observed.

New challenges to the economic security of Russia and the world and counteraction methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1246-1263
Author(s):  
S.B. Zainullin ◽  
O.A. Zainullina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The World ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Global Threat

Subject. The 2020 economic crisis has become a global threat to the economic security of States, corporations and households. The elimination of this threat to economic security is a key priority of the State. Objectives. The article is dedicated to factors of the current crisis, both individually and in aggregate, as well as forecasts of the economic development during the crisis. Methods. The study is based on the scientific knowledge as dialectic, a combination of historical and logical unity, structural analysis, traditional methods of economic analysis and synthesis. Results. We carried out the comparative analysis of crisis theories, forecasted the economic development of the IMF, the World Bank, the Audit Chamber, and considered analytical agencies in dynamics, taking into account adjustments when the crisis manifests itself. Counteraction methods are reviewed from theoretical and practical perspectives. The article also analyzed the international expertise in crisis management. Conclusions and Relevance. The economic crisis was found to be at its initial stage, with negative scenarios being more probable. Proposed and implemented, local measures can mitigate the economic decline, prevent massive bankruptcies and a social explosion. Meanwhile, measures to restructure the economic policy may contribute to overcoming the crisis. The findings can be used by federal government bodies to adjust economic policies, develop programs and strategies for the socio-economic development of regions, and economic security strategies for corporations.

IMPACT OF NATIONAL DISASTER COVID-19, INDONESIA TOWARDS ECONOMIC RECESSION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
endang naryono
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Disaster

Covid-19 or the corona virus is a virus that has become a disaster and a global humanitarian disaster began in December 2019 in Wuhan province in China, April 2020 the spread of the corona virus has spread throughout the world making the greatest humanitarian disaster in the history of human civilization after the war world II, Already tens of thousands of people have died, millions of people have been infected with the conona virus from poor countries, developing countries to developed countries overwhelmed by this virus outbreak. Increasingly, the spread follows a series of measurements while patients who recover recover from a series of counts so that this epidemic becomes a very frightening disaster plus there is no drug or vaccine for this corona virus yet found, so that all countries implement strategies to reduce this spread from social distancing, phycal distancing to with a city or country lockdown.

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