scholarly journals Is Current Trade Pattern between the Developed and Developing Countries Environmentally Sustainable?

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Sang Won Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
Over Time

This study examines global environmental sustainability in an open economy with international trade by studying the pattern of trade between the developed country and the developing country. Assuming that both economies are productive enough to grow and regulate pollution emissions optimally over time via emission tax, it is found that the developing country is bound to specialize in producing the pollution-intensive goods in a growing economy as long as there exists a sufficiently great technology gap in the production of environmentally friendly goods between the developed country and the developing country. The conclusion holds even if the marginal valuation of environmental improvement increases rapidly in the developing country. The developing country needs to export pollution-intensive goods where it has a comparative advantage in producing to finance imports of environmentally friendly goods that it values more over time. It is suggested that global cooperation for technological development to reduce pollution in the dirty manufacturing industry is needed to prevent ever-worsening environmental degradation in developing countries.

Globalization Backlash in Developing Countries: Broadening the Research Agenda

2021 ◽  
pp. 001041402110375
Author(s):  
Nita Rudra ◽  
Irfan Nooruddin ◽  
Niccolò W. Bonifai
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
Early Phases ◽  
Over Time

This special issue explores why the globalization backlash is roiling rich industrialized countries. But why is the backlash less salient in developing ones? In this piece, we challenge scholars to consider why the backlash has not diffused widely to the developing world. We argue support for globalization depends on citizens’ expectations of future economic mobility. This is high in the early phases of globalization which encapsulates many developing economies. Since information about globalization’s effects is limited, observed mobility of some sustains optimism that the new economic order will allow everyone to prosper. Over time, unrealized expectations of mobility for less-skilled workers puncture this optimism. Such workers in rich countries are long past the honeymoon phase of globalization and confronting realities of stagnant incomes and job precarity. Barring visionary policies unlikely to emerge from today’s polarized politics, their discontent will soon be shared by their developing country counterparts, dooming future globalization.

scholarly journals Challenges of network interaction in managing sustainable development projects in developing countries: case of an international consulting company

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Dziubaniuk ◽  
Maria Ivanova-Gongne ◽  
Ekaterina Berdysheva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Networks ◽  
International Consulting ◽  
Stakeholder Interaction

Purpose This study aims to explore the challenges and complexities of interaction in international stakeholder networks within the context of projects focused on the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs). In particular, it examines the challenges faced by stakeholders in a network from a developed country during interaction in the context of a developing country. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative approach, this study analyses interview data collected from the key managers of an international consulting company in charge of a water supply and sanitation project in Nepal. The primary data is triangulated with secondary data, such as project reports and related academic articles. Findings This study illustrates how interaction in international stakeholder networks affects and is interrelated with SDGs, as well as how aiming to achieve one specific goal can stimulate the implementation of other sustainable goals. Further, this research shows how project managers from a developed country had to adapt to the specifics of the developing country context and how their sustainability project influenced the well-being of local communities by improving environmental and social sustainability. Research limitations/implications The research suggests that challenges in stakeholder interaction may arise because of differences in process management methods used by the international stakeholders involved in the project and country-context specifics, such as corruption, imperfect national regulations, cultural specifics, effects of climate change, etc. Originality/value The paper contributes to the literature on international multi-stakeholder interaction between actors from developed and developing countries. Furthermore, it adds to the literature on stakeholder networking by highlighting the importance of engaging in a dialogue with local communities during the conceptualisation stages of both sustainability and SDG implementation because of diverging worldviews and practices.

The development of industry and higher education in developing countries

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. H. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
General Analysis ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Right

Developing countries are always unsure whether they are developing in the right way or not; every developing country develops quite differently, although they all pay great attention to developing their economies. In this paper the view is put forward that education is the cornerstone of development. It is higher education that prepares personnel to satisfy the needs of the country, including its industries. In a developed country higher education will have evolved over a long period in tandem with other social institutions; but in a developing one everything has to happen in a shorter space of time. This can create grave problems for education. A general analysis is given here of the aims of higher education in a developing country, together with its proper relationship with industry. The intention is not to supply answers, simply to place the issue on developing countries’ agendas.

Performance appraisal systems and public sector efficiency in small island developing states

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 974-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Loga ◽  
Anand Chand
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Appraisal Systems

Purpose There is extant literature on performance appraisal systems (PAS) in public sector globally; however, most of the literature focuses on PAS in public sector in large developed and large developing countries. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is scant literature on PAS in the public sector of small developing countries. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to fill the research gap and analyse employee perceptions of the annual performance appraisal (APA) system and its implications in the Fiji’s public sector. It examines the APA more specifically in the case study of Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Fiji. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach was undertaken and information collected from each research method was triangulated to ensure the reliability and validity of the findings. Findings This study found that the APA system shows promise of delivering on the expected outcomes for PAS. Similarly, staff morale was found to increase while employee behaviour improved with employee involvement and simple key performance indicators. However, much work needs to be done at the macro, meso and micro level of policy planning and implementation in order to ensure the success of APA. Research limitations/implications The limitations of this research are that it is based solely on Fiji’s experience and future research could expand this study to other developing country contexts, especially small island states. Originality/value After conducting a literature review on developed nations and research in a small developing country (Fiji), this paper produces two models: a PAS model in the developed country context and another in Fiji’s small developing country context. This paper contributes to the existing literature of PAS in the public sector and more specifically in the context of developing small island countries.

Aid and Development in the 1990s

2020 ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Constantine Michalopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
World Order ◽  
International Consensus ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Status ◽  
External Assistance ◽  
Sub Saharan

Momentous political and economic events shook the established world order during the early 1990s and shaped the future course of aid and development. In 1991, the peaceful demise of the Soviet Union ushered a period of international cooperation on global issues. Reducing poverty became the central objective of global institutions. A new theme was emerging from these declarations: the developing countries had to take charge of their own destiny. They should be in the driver’s seat in shaping plans and programmes to reduce poverty. Aid should be used to address partner country objectives not to promote developed country political and economic interests. And a number of global UN conferences were articulating a new international consensus on goals to be achieved in many areas including education, the environment, and the status of women. But by the middle of the decade, on the ground reality still differed greatly from these lofty pronouncements. The burden of debt had not been fully lifted from poor countries; aid allocation had not adapted significantly to reflect changing developing country needs; and old-style aid continued to suffocate developing country governments and impede progress. This chapter first summarizes the development progress and the varying needs for external assistance of different groups of developing countries in the 1990s. Next, the emerging consensus on how to best utilize economic assistance to reduce poverty is discussed. Finally, the chapter addresses the issue of how to bridge the disconnect between global pronouncements reflecting international goodwill and the continuing challenges of poverty affecting hundreds of millions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Services Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Regulations: The Developing Country Conundrum

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1850101
Author(s):  
Suparna Karmakar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Cheap Labour

Services have become the engine of growth in a large number of economies in the developing world. Additionally, the rapid development of ICT, and emergence of transnational corporations, has not only made cross-border provision of services easier, but has also increased the demand for and trade in services; developing countries today are increasingly emerging as cost efficient providers of key business and professional services, thereby becoming key players in the services supply chain. In the absence of explicit tariff barriers, as compared to goods, over the years, countries have more intensively regulated services on grounds of protecting consumer interest and ensuring quality and excellence of professional services provided. It is also true that as cheap labour is the resource with comparative advantage in most developing countries, and especially India, access to developed country markets by means of cross-border supply and movement of natural persons have the potential of conferring the maximum benefits from services liberalisation. However, challenges for market access in developed countries in these two modes of supply lie in the range of regulatory barriers, including burdensome visa formalities, stringent quotas and qualification requirements, and discriminatory taxes, levies and standards faced by the developing country service providers. Most professions are closely regulated and certified, and often self-regulated, usually though sectoral trade associations. This paper brings out the key elements of the prevalent regulatory measures and barriers to market access for developing country service providers, and assesses how (if at all) the proposed disciplines on domestic regulations would help in securing or easing market access problems of developing country professionals in the developed country markets. An analysis of select professional services in India indicate that for developing countries in general there exist many elements in the proposed disciplines that are not only desirable but would help them to get better market access into key developed country markets. Also it appears that given the prevailing weaknesses of the domestic legal and institutional framework in most developing countries, commensurate changes in the domestic legal and regulatory systems would need to be incorporated prior to the adoption of the DR Disciplines so as to enable countries to fulfill the requirements under such disciplines. Incorporation of suitable S&DT provisions is needed to ensure proper implementation of the said disciplines and satisfy the development agenda of the Doha Round.

scholarly journals Modeling the production function with the account for the change of factors’ output over time on the example of manufacturing industry in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (93) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Okhten ◽  
◽  
Alla Dasiv ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Weight Coefficients ◽  
Over Time

The article analyzes production functions, investigates the features of the Cobb-Douglas function in its multiple variations. On the basis of the analysis carried out, as well as the practical needs of modeling the production systems, the necessity of modeling the production function with the account for the change in the output of production factors over time, is substantiated. As well as with the account for the factor of the modern industrial revolution, characterized by the digitalization of manufacturing. An approach to the development of a function is proposed, which takes into account the change in the output of production factors over time in the context of digitalization. The corresponding production function was modeled based on the example of the manufacturing industry over 2000-2019 in Germany, which is a country that is among the first to introduce modern technologies, including digital ones. The results of modeling the value added using the production function with and without the account for the change in the weight coefficients of the factors over time are presented. It was found that adding the correction factors that define the change in weight coefficients for the factors of the production function over time increased the accuracy of the calculations. Also, a decrease in the resulting (after taking into account the coefficient change over time) exponent coefficient was revealed in the digitalization factor and its increase in the factor of fixed assets involved in the production process (the cost of machinery and equipment) – the output on fixed assets increases annually, and the output of the digitalization factor decreases by about the same extent. It was found that since the relative output of digitalization decreases over time, if there is a need to achieve growth in output through digitalization, it has to be carried out at a growing pace, that is, investments should increase over time. In addition, the earlier investments are introduced, the greater the effect they will give. When modeling the sectors of the Ukrainian economy, it’s advisable to use correction coefficients calculated based on the German data, rather than calculate them based on past periods on the basis of Ukrainian data. From the point of view of practical calculations, this is justified not only by the belated repetition of the technological development processes of developed countries by developing ones (that is, Ukrainian enterprises are introducing the same technologies, but with a delay of 5-10 years or more), but also by the greater relevance of German statistics to the needs of modeling.

Consumers' Processing Mindset As a Moderator of the Effect of Country-of-Origin Product Stereotype

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1371-1384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Yang ◽  
Haizhong Wang ◽  
Ke Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Global Processing ◽  
Local Processing ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

In 2 studies we investigated the relationship between consumers' processing mindset and the effect of a stereotype about developing countries as the country of origin (COO) of a product. Participants were 61 Chinese undergraduate students in Study 1 and 104 Chinese undergraduate students in Study 2. We found (Study 1) that, relative to a global processing mindset, inducing a local processing mindset effectively decreased negative effects of COO associated with a product made in a developing country. However, we found (Study 2) that the ethnicity of a product made in a developed country interacted with processing mindset. When the participants' perception of the ethnicity of the product was favorable (e.g., a Swiss watch), those participants who were utilizing a global processing mindset were less likely to have a negative perception about COO than were those who were utilizing a local processing mindset. These findings show an effective way of weakening negative COO effect of developing countries in different conditions.

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