The positioning of economic rationality in Colombia
Colombia ; Economic policy ; Knowledge ; Role of the State ; Society ; Sociology
Colombie ; Connaissance ; Economiste ; Politique économique ; Rationalité ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Sociologie ; Sociologue ; Société
This article explains how economic rationality in Colombia came to play a growing role in the management of economic policy and social analysis, as a case study of a process that is observed in various parts of the world. In addition to the rise
of a technocratic elite, this involved the positioning of economic rationality in managing strategic state institutions and the creation of knowledge about society. We explain the mechanisms that enabled economists to occupy these positions, displacing other social
ASEAN economic integration and a place for New Zealand
Asia ; Development strategy ; Division of labour ; Economic cooperation ; Economic integration ; Investment ; New Zealand ; South-Eastern Asia ; Transnational corporation
Several forms of emerging regional economic cooperation are discussed, including AFTA, subregional economic zones and the promotion of wider regional economic forums. The role of large companies from within ASEAN is then examined and the distinctive
attibutes of these transnational corporations outlined. New Zealand's participation in ASEAN's economic growth is considered and the use of joint ventures and networking as ways of expanding participation within the region.
Economic development and spatial configuration in the Canary Islands : the role of cities in a peripheral dependent area
Les particularités du capitalisme aux îles Canaries. Le développement inégal de l'espace canarien et le rôle joué par l'espace urbain dans l'accumulation du capital.
The role of some central government agencies in urban economic regeneration
Rôle du département de l'industrie, du National enterprise board et de la commission de la main d'oeuvre (Manpower Services commission) sur l'économie urbaine, principalement dans les zones internes urbaines, 1976-1978.
Le rôle des régions touristiques dans le développement économique
Economic development ; Economic impact ; Hungary ; Regional development ; Tourism
A. analyses the role of tourism in the economic and regional development of Hungary, with special attention to the accession of Hungary to the European Union. As it is stated in the paper most of the Hungarian tourist regions bear neither any
Economic planning of Eastern Europe and the USSR: the role of agriculture
The article examines the state of agriculture in the Council for Mutual Economic Aid Countries and the probable effects of the plan on production and consumption. The grain production and with it the trade balances improve significantly. (INRA).
Institutional approach in economic geography highlights the role of institutions at economic development and locating enterprises. Formal planning is an institutional factor as well, while it includes a system of rules, laws and norms. The article
presents the role of planning at locating production activities in Slovenia after 1990 by analysing literature and development documents, together with a case study. - (L'A.).
Economic development ; Economic restructuring ; Slovak Republic ; Social change ; Traffic ; Transport ; Transport system
Author gives an analysis about the role of transport system in Slovakia in the economic modernisation process. He concludes that the transportation and the development of the transport system plays a decisive role in the future economic development
of Slovakia, therefore this field of economic development deserves special attention by geographers. - (Zoltán Kovács).
Capitalism ; Economic geography ; Economic system ; Economic theory ; International economy ; Marxism ; Money ; Regulation theory ; World economic order
role of economic discourse in ordering economic processes in general and financial processes in particular.
The A. argues for a more reflective, reflexive, and historical economic geography, by providing accounts of the rise and fall of this system (from regulation theory and from neo-Gramscian political economy). They focus attention upon the central
The open economic coastal zone in Eastern China : its formation conditions, areal differentiation and development orientation
The advantages of the eastern coastal economic zone and its role in the country's economic construction as well as its relationship with the western zone are discussed.
A Dooyeweerd-based approach to regional economic development
Economic development ; Economic space ; Philosophy ; Regional development ; Space ; Theory
La philosophie de Herman Dooyeweerd sert de base à la conceptualisation d'une théorie du développement économique régional. Le pluralisme fonctionnel et le non-réductionnisme jouent un rôle. Il convient d'accorder une importance particulière aux
Brazil ; China ; Economic geography ; Economic growth ; Economic theory ; Emerging countries ; India ; International cooperation ; International economy ; Russia ; World
In 2001, Jim O’Neill recognized the role of emerging countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) that had reached a fast economic growth. It is worth to take into account the role of these countries in connection with future of the global economy
. These coutries were denominated by O’Neill – from their initial letters – as the BRIC coutries. According to the projections, the world economicrole of the BRIC countries is essential as they may become the leading countries of the world economy over the next 50
years. Nowadays the BRICs are a kind of world economic joint interests. This study presents the development process from the theory of Jim O’Neill to the events of the cooperation. - (AM)