Spanish - Economist | May 22, 1969 -
Predictably, open markets made it possible for countries to drive rapid growth by hitching their wagon to the world economy and using global demand to pull people and resources out of subsistence activities into more productive work.
Arancha Gonzalez
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Ever since the first power looms put weavers out of work in the late 18th century, technology has increased productivity but threatened jobs for humans.
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The factory work that lifted millions out of poverty in places like China and Vietnam probably did cost some workers in North Carolina and Wallonia their jobs.
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Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs.
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Exporting firms are more productive and pay higher wages than their domestically focused counterparts, especially in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. If firms manage to thrive in world markets, they tend to increase their productivity even more.
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Japan has huge potential in women - potential, especially in the area of the economy, that Japan is not using fully.
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You only have a problem when you admit you have a problem.
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We often run the risk, when discussing women empowerment, to think that this is about women talking about women with other women, but this is not the point.
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The deeper your regional integration, the more value chain activity you generate, but the more you close the gap between your small and your large companies.
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Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade.
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I have seen African countries negotiate bilaterally and within the WTO. African countries come to the WTO prepared and defend their interests with vigour.
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African pressure has led the E.U. to rethink part of its agricultural subsidy programme.
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