FINDING MEANING IN WORK MARY C. GENTILE Work is a fundamental part of the human experience. Most adults say they spend the majority of their time on various work activities. This applies equally to paid work that requires professional training, to unskilled labor, to the unpaid work of maintaining a home and raising children. People also may consider it work to study a new subject

THE BENEFIT OF CLOUT: HOW CONNECTIONS SHAPE PROSPERITY DEEPA PRAHALAD James Allen, a customer of Jaipur Rugs in Rajasthan, 印度, can hardly contain his excitement as he explains why he chose the Mandir rug created by Soniya Devi, an artisan working in this rural community. He enthusiastically shares mi- nute details of how the design evolved and points to an area where disagreement arose between

REIMAGINING THE ECONOMY: TOWARD A HUMAN-CENTRIC APPROACH MARK ESPOSITO AND JOHAN ROOS The classical economics of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries emphasized land, 贸易, and merchant activity as the fundamental sources of economic value. In the late 19th century, responding to broad the social transformation that was the British Industrial Revolution, a new school of economic thinking redirected the focus of production theory

A THRIVING HUMAN ECONOMY REQUIRES HIGHER PERFORMING INSTITUTIONS RICHARD STRAUB Peter Ferdinand Drucker, born in 1909, is often referred to as the father of modern management, which is true as far as it goes. As a consultant, 教育家, and author, Drucker wielded enormous influence on almost all who followed him. He was the first to think of management as a teachable discipline, and his writings

REDUCING OPPORTUNITY GAPS, UNLEASHING POTENTIAL RYAN STOWERS The Great Resignation. Quiet quitting. These terms made their way into our lex- icon over the last couple of years, but the way Americans work, and where and whether they do, has been shifting for years. Certain industries, manufacturing among them, have had persistent employ- ment gaps, and many job opportunities have remained unfilled. Private-sector em- ployers, postsecondary

THE HUMAN ECONOMY: A NEW HIERARCHY OF POWER OHOOD KHALFAN AL ROUMI Humanity, and the global economy, were put to the ultimate test with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past two years, we have lived through an event that has challenged everything we once knew and brought about changes we never thought would one day be the norm. 然而, those changes presented

BUILDING A SKILLS ENGINE FOR THE HUMAN ECONOMY MATT SIGELMAN The future will be won by skills. Skills differentiate careers, express the dynamism of the economy, measure the distance between people and opportunity, and open new avenues for equity. As the engine of the economy evolves from one that re- volves around deskilling labor to one driven by continuous development of the skills base, 我们的

ON ITS OWN: BANGLADESH CAN SAVE ITSELF FROM SOME CLIMATE CHANGE ROBERT LITAN For almost as long as climate change has been a global issue, Bangladesh has been an international poster child for what can happen if climate change is not somehow contained. The country sits at sea level, is largely flat and laced with rivers, and thus is like a sitting duck for disasters

READY FOR REINVENTION IRA A. JACKSON Fifty years ago, when Bangladesh declared independence, its economy largely consisted of subsistence farming. Due in part to a de-industrialization process that occurred during its colonial past, the young country had very little to export. 今天, Bangladesh has emerged as a striking economic success story. The Center for Economic and Business Research in the UK projects Bangladesh to emerge

BANGLADESH: THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL TRAJECTORIES NICHOLAS HUGHES Bangladesh celebrates its 50th anniversary at a time of unprecedented change, not least in the ways that mobile technology is enabling the delivery of services to millions of people who have previously been hard to reach. 在本文中, I consider the rapid uptake and the impact of mobile money in Bangladesh and examine the factors that

BANGLADESH: THE BOOSTER ENGINE IQBAL Z. QUADIR In 1969, the whole world was mesmerized when three US astronauts made a successful voyage to the moon and back. The booster engine that lifted the rocket so it could break free of the earth’s atmosphere was jettisoned and left in the Atlantic Ocean. The astronauts’ landing on the moon, their return to earth, and many other associated

THE BANGLADESH ECONOMY: NAVIGATING THE TURNING POINT KAUSHIK BASU That the Bangladesh economy at age 50 would be a cause for celebration was once unthinkable—certainly in 1971, at the time the nation gained independ- 恩斯, and for at least two decades after that. A region of grinding poverty, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) was engaged in a brutal war for independence for much of 1971. 和

STRIVING TO REALIZE THE IDEALS OF MY FATHER SHEIKH HASINA Are you going to wear those flashy, expensive sari and jewelry? Most people these days can’t even afford a single meal—do you want to show off how rich you are? Don’t wear them please, wear something simple and ordinary so that you can identify yourself with the poor people of this land. I can never

A BLOCKCHAIN- BASED LAND TITLING PROJECT IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA REBUILDING PUBLIC TRUST AND LESSONS FOR FUTURE PILOT PROJECTS QIUYUN SHANG AND ALLISON PRICE Land and property rights are at the center of development challenges. According to the World Bank, 多于 70 percent of the world’s population lacks a “legally registered” title to their land.1. Only one-third of countries worldwide track property ownership

THE BLOCKCHAIN ETHICAL DESIGN FRAMEWORK CARA LAPOINTE AND LARA FISHBANE Dramatic predictions have been made about the potential of Blockchain to rev- olutionize everything for billions of people around the globe, from worldwide financial markets and the distribution of humanitarian assistance to the very way we recognize human identity. Some dismiss these claims as excessive tech- nology hype by citing flaws in the technology or

THE THIRD ANSWER HOW MARKET-CREATING INNOVATION DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN, EFOSA OJOMO, GABRIELLE DAINES GAY, AND PHILIP E. AUERSWALD Two schools of thought have dominated the theory of economic growth over the past half-century. The first and predominant philosophy—associated with Paul Romer, corecipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics, and others— holds that ideas drive economic growth.1. Because ideas, 一次

DUBAI: A CITY POWERED BY BLOCKCHAIN AISHA BIN BISHR Dubai is one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the most populous city and emirate in the UAE, and it has a gross domestic product of US$ 382.6 十亿 (2017). Over the last 40 年, Dubai has been transformed into a global city and has earned a reputation as

BLOCKCHAIN AND PROPERTY IN 2018 AT THE END OF THE BEGINNING J. MICHAEL GRAGLIA AND CHRISTOPHER MELLON Before considering the evolution of blockchain for land governance, it is important to consider wider developments in the blockchain ecosystem of which it is a part. Many of the technical and legal obstacles highlighted in this paper, such as the lack of interoperability and legal recognition of digital