The Process of Economic Development

Cypher, James M.

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“…Falls in commodity prices result in dramatic economic slowdowns and this leads to poor investment especially from the private sector (Bond and Malik, 2009). Economic development is not just growth in gross national product (GNP) (Cypher and Dietz, 2009), it is about developing a skilled, educated workforce, creating knowledge and making technological advancements, enhancing well-being and improving the quality of life.…”

Section: Export Diversification Development and Tourismmentioning

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Planning for a Qatar Without Oil: Tourism and Economic Diversification, a Battle of Perceptions

Morakabati

Beavis

Fletcher

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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Qatar has developed a long-term strategy to plan for a time when the country will not be dependent upon its oil and gas reserves. The strategy focuses on export diversification, largely through the development of service industries, including finance, knowledge-based sectors and tourism. This may be seen as a sensible option given the availability of capital and the paucity of non-energy resources. To date the success in attracting leisure tourists has been limited. The country faces a number of challenges with its economic diversification strategy through tourism, including the task of creating a strong destination image and assuring personal safety, civil liberty and political stability in a region not noted for these characteristics. It also needs to offer a product that is sensitive to the religious and cultural traditions of the host population whilst appealing to international tourists. This paper looks at diversification as a development strategy, the rationale for Qatar's diversification strategy, the risk perceptions and appeal of Qatar as a holiday destination and then empirically tests whether Qatar fits into a typology of evoked, inert or inept sets of destinations. The results show that there is strong support for the link between export diversification and economic growth but while seen as a relatively safe destination, Qatar currently lacks appeal and does not fall into the evoked set of destinations for UK visitors.

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Section: Export Diversification Development and Tourismmentioning

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Planning for a Qatar Without Oil: Tourism and Economic Diversification, a Battle of Perceptions

Morakabati

Beavis

Fletcher

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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“…Collaborative ICT has the potential to address previous inequities and enable all voices to be heard, as well as provide a means for leaders and government administrators to hear these voices. The approach to e-government needs to consider a holistic approach where all the people, including the women, are able to express themselves through their own traditional means in a spirit of Ubuntu, rather than through means imposed by external agents [18].…”

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“…Those approaches did not yield much success. The 1960's saw the flawed argument that developing countries needed to emulate the key characteristics and stages of growth that developed countries had passed through to get to where they are [18]. From the 1980s to date the development discourse has gradually expanded to include individual information from household surveys such as the impact and role of health and education on development.…”

Section: Development and Ict4dmentioning

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“…The nature of development is a subject of continuing theoretical debate [1] ranging from something that happens in the third world [17] to a structured and linearly staged process of enabling developing countries to catch up with developed countries [18]. There is, however, one underlying theme in the discourse on development; there is an urgent need to lift people (especially women and children) out of deprivation.…”

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“…There is, however, one underlying theme in the discourse on development; there is an urgent need to lift people (especially women and children) out of deprivation. Deprivation is more prominent in developing countries where many are dying of preventable illnesses, hunger and the like, not only because of any lack of knowledge but also because of the lack of means to deal with these problems [18].…”

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Byrne³

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E-Government, E-Services and Global Processes

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Abstract. Information Systems (IS) researchers are increasingly calling for contextual approaches to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) innovations [1]. The call proceeds from the realization that ICT and egovernment policies are often adopted and developed with a blind focus on the ICT artifact, and with little reflection on the contribution of ICT to the context [2]. This paper emanates from an ethnographic study that investigated how ICT can facilitate government policy implementation in a development context. The study found it necessary to understand the role of tradition and its potential influence on ICT implementations in South Africa. The paper reviews the context of the South African government and its conspicuous inclination to the way of life, Ubuntu. Ubuntu is growing in popularity and is increasingly being applied as an African solution to African problems such as poverty, political strife and trade. Using Grounded Theory analysis, the findings revealed the critical importance of ICT not threatening tradition but rather complementing it, the role that ICT could play in enabling or enhancing community assemblies, and the marginalized role of women citing how ICT might be used as a means to empower rather than marginalize women even further. We conclude that e-government needs to be re-conceptualized in South Africa for a more culturally acceptable and relevant approach to the use of ICT innovations for development.

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Bhutto,Benazir

Jiang

2017

The Encyclopedia of Corrections

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Benazir Bhutto was an influential politician in Pakistan. She was the first female prime minister of an Islamic country, and served twice. Bhutto took a leftist, feminist, and democratic approach to support the poor, to empower women, and to prevent dictatorship. She adopted a capitalist method to facilitate economic growth. Internationally, Bhutto maintained relations with socialist states, but was tough on India and broke off relations with the United States.

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The Process of Economic Development

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