Development Archives - Econlife (original) (raw)
September 13, 2024
Banana Wine and Other Answers to Global Warming
Microfinance and global warming need not be distant ideas when they take us to the women in Malawi that make banana wine.
August 30, 2024
Why a Dam Is About More Than Water
More than a source of electricity, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam challenges Egyptian and Ethiopian identity.
October 20, 2023
Why China Is Doing a Belt and Road Pivot
As China begins the second decade of its Belt and Road initiative, it says it will pivot from the past with a new approach.
August 9, 2023
How an Economic Growth Path Can Lead to High Income
If the Dominican Republic's economy continues the convergence velocity predicted by the IMF, it will avoid the middle income trap.
June 18, 2023
Where Less AC Might Mean More
Paradoxically, because air conditioning demand could increase with a more efficient window unit, we could have some unintended consequences.
June 7, 2023
What Population Pyramids Tell Us
Far beyond their numbers, population pyramids can tell a story sbout the web that connects demography and economic growth.
March 29, 2023
Where China Is Building New Financial Architecture
China's debt exposure has grown with its Belt and Road Initiative becoming a massive loan rescue operation.
February 21, 2023
When China Started Drinking More Beer
Reflecting more affluence, China's beer consumption and its economic development have marched upward together.
September 27, 2022
Why We Want Age Inflation (or Maybe Deflation)
New UN life expectancy projections might not really display what living longer will mean for the most developed nations.
December 9, 2021
Where More Diapers Are a Disaster
The ingredients of China's new demographics recipe includes fewer marriages, a declining birth rate, more elderly, and interest in funerals.
June 27, 2021
Where to Find New Capital Cities
Whether looking at Indonesia today or the United States in 1791, moving a capital city can be somewhat similar.
July 5, 2020
How Hamilton Created U.S. Economic Independence
Through Alexander Hamilton's Development Plan, we see a timeless strategy for achieving economic independence from credit, debt, and growth.