OECD Territorial Reviews: Kazakhstan

OECD Territorial Reviews: Kazakhstan
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9264269436

This review looks at how a modern approach to regional development can help Kazakhstan, by mobilising the growth potential of different parts of the economy and territory, supporting economic diversification and reducing regional inequalities.

OECD Urban Policy Reviews: Kazakhstan

OECD Urban Policy Reviews: Kazakhstan
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2017-06-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9264268855

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of Kazakhstan’s urban policies in terms of economic, social and environmental impact.

OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015

OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-04-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9264230041

This review examines the major challenges associated with China's shift to a new model of urbanisation, looking at a range such issues as social and labour-market policies, land use and transport planning, urban planning, urban governance and public finance.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Northern Sparsely Populated Areas

OECD Territorial Reviews: Northern Sparsely Populated Areas
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-03-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9264268235

This report looks at the northern sparsely populated areas of Finland, Norway and Sweden, which are becoming increasingly important to the geopolitical and economic interests of these countries and the European Union.

Eurasian Cities

Eurasian Cities
Author: Souleymane Coulibaly
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2012-09-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821395815

This report responds to pressing questions for policymakers in Eurasian cities and national governments. Faced with changing economic circumstances and a reorientation of trade toward Europe and Asia, will Eurasia's cities be able to adjust? Will some cities be granted the flexible regulations and supportive policies necessary for growth? And will some be permitted to shrink and their people assisted in finding prosperity elsewhere in the region? Even as Eurasian cities diverge, they face shared challenges. Policymakers have a key role in assisting spatial restructuring, particularly in addressing imperfect information and coordination failures. They can do so by rethinking cities, better planning them, better connecting them, greening them and finding new ways to finance these changes. Eurasian cities will also have to find the right balance between markets and institutions to become sustainable. As the World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography illustrates, Eurasia (excluding Russia) is a 3D region- a region with low density, long distance, and many divisions. Securing accessibility to leading regional markets such as China, India, and Russia is thus critical. This will require key institutions to be developed to unite the countries, key connective infrastructures to be established between domestic and regional markets, and targeted interventions to be undertaken to compensate countries for short-term losses from this deepened economic integration. Policymakers at the highest levels in these countries should put accessibility at the top of their agendas.

Current Trends in Landscape Research

Current Trends in Landscape Research
Author: Lothar Mueller
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 687
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030300692

This book presents definitions, key concepts and projects in landscape research and related areas, such as landscape science and landscape ecology, addressing and characterising the international role, status, challenges, future and tools of landscape research in the globalised world of the 21st century. The book brings together views on landscapes from leading international teams and emerging authors from different scientific disciplines and regions of the globe. It describes approaches for achieving sustainability and for handling the multifunctionality of landscapes and includes international case studies demonstrating the great potential of landscape research to provide partial sustainable solutions while developing cultural landscapes and protecting semi-natural landscapes. It is intended for scientists from various disciplines as well as informed readers dealing with landscape policies, planning, evolvement, management, stewardship and conservation.

Artificial Intelligence in Society

Artificial Intelligence in Society
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9264545190

The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.

Building a New Future

Building a New Future
Author: United Nations
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2021-05-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9789211220537

This publication argues that Latin America and the Caribbean are in a position to move towards a "big push for sustainability" through a combination of economic, industrial, social and environmental policies capable of driving an equal and sustainable recovery and relaunching development in the region. Comprised of five chapters, the publication studies the three crises (slow growth, growing inequality and the environmental emergency) affecting economies and societies around the world, placing particular focus on those of Latin America and the Caribbean. It goes on to present a framework for analysing these crises in an integrated manner and measuring their magnitude in the specified regions. It then examines the quantitative impacts on growth, emissions, income distribution and the external sector under different policy scenarios, highlighting the potential of various policy combinations to forge a more dynamic growth path, with lower emissions and greater equality. Further identifying seven sectors that can drive sustainable development and proposing policies to foster these sectors, the publication concludes with an analysis that links up macroeconomic, industrial, social and environmental policies and the role of the State in building consensus for their implementation.