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Share of employment in agriculture
The World Development Indicators (WDI) database, published by the World Bank, is a comprehensive collection of global development data, providing key economic, social, and environmental statistics. It includes over 1,500 indicators covering more than 200 countries and territories, with data spanning several decades. WDI serves as a vital resource for policymakers, researchers, businesses, and analysts seeking to understand global trends and make data-driven decisions.
Opinião - Nicolas Lippolis: Diminuir oferta de petróleo é fundamental em mapa do caminho
[RESUMO] Autor argumenta que, além da redução da demanda de combustíveis fósseis, cujos interesses financiaram décadas de negacionismo, é preciso avançar na diminuição da oferta, cortando subsídios à produção de petróleo e gás natural e promovendo políticas de diversificação energética e econômica de países produtores. Principais responsáveis pelas mudanças climáticas, os combustíveis fósseis não apareceram no texto final da COP30, realizada em Belém. Ainda assim, dominaram os debates.
GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011$ In two ways, this analysis leads to departures from the original Maddison approach and closer to the multiple benchmark approach as developed by the PWT. There is, to begin with, no doubt that the 2011 PPPs and the related estimates of GDP per capita reflect the relative levels of GDP per capita in the world economy today better than the combination of the 1990 benchmark and growth rates of GDP per capita according to national accounts.
Mounting Economic Challenges Threaten the Basis of MPLA Rule in Angola
The elections scheduled for August 24 promise to be a watershed moment in Angola’s electoral history, which has been dominated by overwhelming People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) victories since the country emerged from civil war in 2002. A newly united opposition has emerged from an electoral alliance between the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the Angolan Renaissance Party–Together for Angola (PRA-JA), and the Bloco Democrático.
Pivotal Elections in Africa
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Politics by Default: China and the Global Governance of African Debt
In the last two decades, the rapid growth of many African economies has coincided with deepening commercial and political ties with China and a re-emergence of perilous indebtedness. US administrations have warned that Beijing is ensnarling Africa in debt to gain political leverage and force African states to cede strategic assets to China. The charge that China is uniquely responsible for Africa’s heavy debt is also shaping the flagship debt initiatives of the World Bank and the IMF.
GDP per capita
Before these figures can be meaningfully compared, they need to be converted into common units. International dollars (int.-$) are a hypothetical currency that is used for this. It is the result of adjusting both for inflation within countries over time and for differences in the cost of living between countries.
Emerging economies might be deindustrializing too quickly
As today’s developed countries grew richer, they experienced a process of ‘structural transformation’. This means they first went through a period of industrialization as the economic center of gravity shifted from agriculture to manufacturing, and then went through a period of deindustrialization, shifting the weight from manufacturing to services. In a companion blog post we discuss this pattern in more detail. How does this compare to the more recent experience of emerging economies?
Are emerging economies deindustrializing too quickly?
As today’s developed countries grew richer, they experienced a process of ‘structural transformation’. This means they first went through a period of industrialization as the economic center of gravity shifted from agriculture to manufacturing, and then went through a period of deindustrialization, shifting the weight from manufacturing to services. In a companion blog post we discuss this pattern in more detail. How does this compare to the more recent experience of emerging economies?
The Personal and the Political: Gender in International Relations
In the build-up to the December 21st release of our Fall 2014/Winter 2015 magazine on Gender in International Relations, watch out for gender-related content coming online over the next month! … If recent century-long trends in social history can be defined by the slow dissolution of the barriers of prejudice and ignorance that have divided the people of this world—whether by race, religion, social or economic class, sex, or nationality—then continuing these trends must involve dissolving the...
Post-election Brazil: The Challenges of a ‘Divided’ Country
This post was originally published on opedspace.com on November 2, 2014. From the moment results were announced on last Sunday night, the pre-eminent narrative about the presidential election in Brazil has been how it has divided the country. The Economist, for example, posted a graph comparing the vote weighted according to population and according to income, with the opposition candidate Aécio Neves from Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) winning in the latter.
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