DEV Centre Newsletter - April 2012

Development Centre's Social Cohesion Flagship travels to Parliament / DEV contributes to knowledge sharing between Italy and ASEAN / How to improve effectiveness of public policies in Latin America / Contribute Think Pieces on communicating development resu

Dev Working Paper 311: The Product Space and the Middle Income Trap: Comparing Asia and Latin American Experiences

Rapid and sustained economic growth in the emerging world has brought new members, notably China, into the group of middle-income countries. Reaching this level of income, however, has historically presented countries with a new set of challenges to development, resulting in slowing growth and an entrapment in what is known as the middle-income trap.

Dev Working Paper 311: The Product Space and the Middle Income Trap - Comparing Asian and Latin American Experiences

Rapid and sustained economic growth in the emerging world has brought new members,notably China, into the group of middle-income countries. Reaching this level of income, however, has historically presented countries with a new set of challenges to development, known as the middle-income trap. Limited income convergence in Latin America has been due to its reduced capacity to engage in structural transformations.

3rd ADB-OECD Joint Seminar on the Regional Outlook for Asia “Asian Development Outlook 2012” - 19 April 2012

Developing Asia is forecast to grow by 7.2% in 2011, 6.9% in 2012 and 7.3% in 2013. The greatest risk to Asia’s outlook is the continued uncertainty in Europe’s sovereign debt problems. Raising living standards and reducing poverty should be a priority in the years to come.

Related Documents

• Agenda - The 3rd ADB-OECD Joint Seminar on the Regional Outlook for Asia
• Asian Development Outlook 2012 - Confronting rising inequality in Asia
• Comments on Asian Development Outlook 2012
• Asian Development Outlook 2012 - Divided we stand: Why inequality keeps rising

Press Release Well Being Conference Rabat 19-21 April 2012

In the context of the preparation for the 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policies, the High Commission of Planning of Morocco and the OECD Development Centre organised the African Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies.

ABCI This quarter in Asia April-June 2012 Vol.8

THIS QUARTER IN ASIA Asian Business Cycle Indicators (ABCIs), Vol.8 April – June 2012

Dev Working Paper 310: Korea's Low Carbon Green Growth Strategy

This paper examines Korea’s low-carbon green growth strategy with a focus on three pillars: regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industries; incentive mechanisms for businesses to develop green technologies and products; and public information tools to increase awareness and demand for green products.

DEV Centre Newsletter - March 2012

DEV 50th Anniversary Week / WikiGender empowers women at UN / Reform in Colombia / register for Africa Meeting on Well-Being / Angus Maddison presentation / Dev Centre research informs UK Parliament / DevCom Seminar in Washington / Latam Economic Forum date announced

DEV Working Paper No. 310: Korea's Low-Carbon Green Growth Strategy

This paper examines Korea’s low-carbon green growth strategy with a focus on three pillars: regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, incentive mechanisms for businesses to develop green technologies, and public information tools to increase awareness and demand for green products.

Call for Think Pieces: Good Practice in Communicating Development Results

DevCom invites all development communication practitioners to contribute with short Think Pieces illustrating successful approaches and strategies in communicating results of development.

Related Documents

• DevCom Seminar “Communicating Development Results”