scholarly journals Reconstruction Aid, Public Infrastructure, and Economic Development: The Case of the Marshall Plan in Italy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Giorcelli ◽  
Nicola Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Public Infrastructure

scholarly journals Temporal and Spatial Differences in the Resilience of Smart Cities and Their Influencing Factors: Evidence from Non-Provincial Cities in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojun Dong ◽  
Tao Shi ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Qian Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Resilience Index

Based on the sample data of 81 non-provincial smart cities in China in 2017, the comprehensive evaluation index of the resilience of sample cities is calculated by using the entropy method, and the spatial differences of different factors on the resiliency are analyzed by using the geographical weighted regression (GWR) model. The conclusions are as follows: Firstly, the comprehensive evaluation index of the resilience of smart cities presents a spatial distribution characteristic of decreasing from the east to the west. At the same time, the resilience comprehensive index, the public infrastructure resilience capacity index, the economic development resilience index, the social security resilience index, and the ecological environment resilience index of smart cities have obvious agglomeration effects on their geographical spaces. Secondly, the public infrastructure resilience capacity index and the ecological environment resilience index are both low with a discrete distribution, while the economic development resilience index and the social security resilience index are both high with a concentrated distribution. Thirdly, different factors have significantly positive effects on the resilience of smart cities. In particular, the public infrastructure capacity resilience index decreases from the north to the south with the spatial distribution pattern of concentration, the economic development resilience index and the ecological environment resilience index of smart cities decrease from the east to the west with a concentrated spatial distribution pattern, and the social security resilience index of smart cities decreases from the southwest to the northeast with a concentrated spatial distribution pattern. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance awareness of smart cities, strengthen the driving force of science and technology innovation, strengthen public infrastructure and service construction, and continuously improve the rapid resilience of smart cities.

Public Infrastructure and Economic Development: Evidence from Postal Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon C. Rogowski ◽  
John Gerring ◽  
Matthew Maguire ◽  
Lee Cojocaru
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Infrastructure

scholarly journals Is BRI a Catalyst to Propel Social Transformation and Economic Development in the South Asia ?

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-56
Author(s):  
Shradha Khanal ◽  
Pranjali Kanel
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The South

South Asia, home to early human civilization, is one of the richest regions with the diversity it holds; diverse in terms of culture, government system, environment, and their belief of statehood. Despite its diversity in South Asia, it faces a common set of problems that can be rooted back to the fracture in acceptance of differences among the South Asian countries that was the consequence of the common history of colonialism. The lingering effect of colonialism, internal conflict post-independence, and the ineffectiveness of democracy continue to hinder the social transformation and economic development of the South Asian region. The failure of SAARC has questioned the interconnectivity inside and outside South Asia for economic development and uplifting the living standard of people in South Asia. China with the principle of policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, close people to people ties and industrial cooperation proposed the concept of One Belt One Road Initiative later renamed to Belt and Road Initiative, is the model of development with the view of making Asia a community or building block transnational connectivity and the idea of connecting this region with infrastructural connectivity. While BRI proposes to integrate various parts of the world including South Asia bringing forth economic and social prosperity, this paper dwells upon the question if BRI can be a potential model to follow to propel social transformation and economic development in South Asia when South Asian countries lack trust within trust themselves. Can it be a catalyst when it is feared that BRI could be a potential foreign strategy to fulfill the aim of Chinese regional hegemony? The paper will be arguing whether it is most significant initiative taken by a state for international cooperation after the establishment of the United Nations, World Bank, or rolling out of Marshall Plan by the USA or is it just a strategy of a rising power to have hegemony. This paper will also assert the idea that political cooperation and social transformation is not possible without achieving economic prosperity.

scholarly journals Macroeconomic signs of an innovative economy by the case of Great Britain

2021 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 00072
Author(s):  
Mikhail Savelyev ◽  
Mikhail Kozyrev ◽  
Andrey Savchenko ◽  
Vladimir Koretsky ◽  
Rail Galiakhmetov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
World War ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Institutional Innovations

By the case of the economic development of Great Britain, the hypothesis was verified that innovations at the macroeconomic level should accelerate economic growth and at the same time reduce development risks, stabilizing this growth, reducing its fluctuations under the influence of market factors. The economic development of Great Britain is investigated in 25 economic cycles for the period from 1830-2020. Economic development was investigated according to the parameters of economic growth and development risk in each of the considered cycles. Four types of economic development policy are theoretically described in terms of the dynamics of changes in growth and risk between the previous and subsequent cycles including progressive, regressive, aggressive and conservative. In relation to the identified periods of progressive development policy in Great Britain, the institutional innovations that led to this type of development were investigated. Among them was the great economic reform of the early Victorian era, the course of social or new liberalism and the popular budget before the First World War, the activities of the first Labor government immediately after this war, economic recovery after World War II in combination with the Marshall plan and nationalization, the era of the Conservatives and the politics of New Labor at the end of the 20th century. The study showed that the implementation of authentic national culture and institutions complementary to the existing authentic culture institutions of institutional innovations leads to a simultaneous decrease in the risk of development and acceleration of economic growth, which can be considered the most favorable policy of macroeconomic management of entrepreneurial activity in order to accelerate the application of technical and commercial innovations.

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