Development

by Robert Jordan

The new dimension of performance for the Greater Pittsburgh area is minority business development. For many years, Western Pennsylvania’s reputation has been clouded by its inability to broaden economic plans and strategies with the influence of qualified minorities. In an effort to fully examine this argument, I have drawn perspectives from Pittsburgh employees, financial institutions, the social atmosphere, and the understanding I bring as a minority business owner. I find that community-based development groups’ most pressing issue is cash flow, and that streamlining the flow of money into MWBE businesses through the expansion of minority financial institutions is the key to success.

Published In: Volume 5, Issue 1: — March 17, 2008

by Deepti Gudipati

How will India’s delivery of healthcare impact its future success as a global competitor? The author assesses the ways in which India’s current healthcare system both fails and succeeds in serving India’s rural population and looks at the impact this may have on the country’s future.

Published In: Volume 3, Issue 2: Modern Healthcare Policy — October 13, 2006

by Mary Hull Caballero

Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 24, 2006

by Eleanor Cambridge

Trade policies that accelerate the globalization of goods and services also increase the international migration of college-educated people from less-developed nations to industrialized nations. This “brain drain,” or loss of human capital, impairs the progress of less-developed nations and impedes their ability to compete in the global marketplace. For developing nations seeking to integrate into the global market, neoliberal reforms that require a reduction of government spending on education and a redirection of remaining education spending to the primary grades correlate to a reduction in brain drain.

Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 15, 2006

by Michael Siciliano

The international spotlight has highlighted China’s rise in economic power for years. China’s rapid growth has affected everything from world energy supplies to grain prices and is now threatening the health of its citizens. The environmental degradation that continues to coexist with economic growth has caused unsustainable rates of deforestation, high levels of air pollution, and low levels of water quality and quantity. This paper addresses the current environmental situation and focuses on the struggle for clean water.

Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 15, 2006

by Taylor Wyman

Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 15, 2006

by Alexis Lozada

Along with international trade and financial flows, an explosive growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) has characterized the process of globalization occurring since the late twentieth century. Although most of the FDI goes to the developed economies, many books have been written about the effects of FDI on developing countries. Findings have ranged from the favorable macroeconomic effects of FDI on the balance of payments, to FDI‘s crowding-out effects on domestic financial markets and its pernicious results in the development of local economies. Historical evidence has also shown that FDI does not often contribute to sustainable long-term economic development in the developing world. Eva Paus’ book, Foreign Direct Investment, Development, and Globalization: Can Costa Rica become Ireland?, adds to the discussion of the effects of FDI in developing countries by introducing an in-depth empirical and comparative economic analysis of Ireland and Costa Rica. Both Ireland and Costa Rica are “latecomers in the development process” and have received little attention in the academic development literature.

Published In: Volume 3, Issue 1: Globalization and its Implications — March 15, 2006

by Jerry Paytas, Ph.D., Robert Gradeck, Lena Andrews. Assistance from Alexis Haakensen, Anjani Datia, Timothy Collins, and David Anderson

Published In: Volume 2, Issue 1: — April 15, 2005

by Diasmer P. Bloe

Published In: Volume 1, Issue 1: — March 15, 2004