Keynote Address: What Will It Take for India to Become an Advanced Economy?

Eric Ntumba, a young Congolese banker, came from Kinshasa in December 2017 to participate in the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Programme of the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) in Marrakech. At that time, when asked what his dream was, he immediately said he would like : « to become President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and bring about inclusive development, so that the country’s enormous potential can be finally transformed into power. My dream is that eac ...

Jeune banquier congolais, Eric Ntumba est venu de Kinshasa en décembre 2017 pour participer au programme Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders du Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) à Marrakech. À l’époque, lorsqu’on lui demandait quel était son rêve, il déclarait d’emblée : « Devenir président de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et apporter un développement inclusif, pour faire que le potentiel énorme de ce pays se transforme enfin en puissance. Mon rêve est que chaque en ...

The objective of this paper is to better understand the evolution of manufacturing employment across the world. Manufacturing value added has grown rapidly since 2000, at least matching world GDP growth, even after the global financial crisis, reflecting mainly rising demand for manufactures especially in developing countries. However, manufacturing employment increased at only a slow pace, both before and after the global financial crisis. Manufacturing employment growth provided o ...

يعرف المغرب فوارق كبيرة على مستوى الدخل، ففي سنة 2013 بلغت حصة الـ%10 آٔلغىن من الساكنة ما يقارب %32 من الدخل الوطين، 1أي ما يعادل 12 ضعفا لحصة الـ%10 آٔلفقر. إن أي اتساع مفرط في الفوارق من شأنه أن يؤثر سلبا على وتيرة النمو على المدى الطويل، ألنه عادة ما يقترن بضعف في استغالل الموارد البشرية. ومن هذا المنطلق تدفع هذه المقالة بطرح مفاده أنه، باستلهام التجارب الدولية، يمكن للحكومة المغربية أن تفعل اليشء الكثير للحد من الفوارق دون التفريط في تعزيز التنمية، بل وربما يمكنها أن ...

A few months ago, Indian Prime Minister Modi announced that his country had improved its space capabilities by shooting down from Earth a low orbit satellite that was 300 km away in space. Most commentators assume that the destroyed target was an Indian satellite, presumably outdated or no longer fully functioning. Modi further reassured the international community by stating that the technology will only be used for security, peace, and development purposes, and that the act did no ...

There is no doubt that China's 70th Anniversary celebration was the display of a new world superpower. From the military parade to the issuance of a paper reporting China's role in the New Era, it is clear that the country, whose current political system was established on 1 October 1949, is much different, more assertive and with a clear perspective of the role it wants to play in the international scenario. Everywhere in Beijing, the Chinese National Anthem was played, reminding t ...

Cet article analyse les retombées des transferts de fonds des migrants sur la croissance économique et sur l’investissement domestique des pays africains. A cette fin, nous avons utilisé la Méthode des Moments Généralisés en Système en panels dynamiques pour un échantillon de 34 pays sur la période 1980-2016. Les principaux résultats des estimations effectuées montrent que les transferts de fonds des migrants exercent un effet significatif et positif sur la croissance économique et ...