The Transition to Sustainability

The Shift Towards Services, New York and Geneva, 2004.

World Investment Report 2004 The Shift towards Services.

Success in drawing up the new constitution will be the definitive turning point for Iraq's stability and the entire process of democratic change.

Likewise, the Middle East remains in the early phase of a revolutionary transition.

World Investment Report The Shift towards Services (UNCTAD WIR 2004).

Architecture Before the 13th century almost all buildings were made of timber, but a shift began towards stone.

First, and most obviously, the supposed turn to the left is running out of steam, fast.

This shift toward multiple policy objectives inevitably reduces central bank independence.

But it could happen a lot faster this time.

China now stands ready to absorb some of that surplus saving to promote a shift toward internal demand.

The government also could start aggressively pushing a shift to electric vehicles.

These aspirations can be used to encourage Kiev to turn toward the West and democracy.

In many ways Syria is going through the Egypt model of transformation from socialist economy to a free market economy.

It draws in part on the analysis in the World Investment Report 2004 The Shift Towards Services (WIR04).

For example, Pepsi bolsters its bottom line by shifting to more nutritious, healthier food.

Suppose, further, that by 2030 the transition to a low carbon economy is halfway completed.

Global and domestic markets, rather than China s government, will increasingly drive this transition.

So a shift to greater domestic consumption was inevitable anyway.

But coercive regime change was never the key to democratic transition.

Capital spending and exports, which together account for about 24 of GDP, hold the key to this shift. At just over 10 of GDP, the share of capital spending is well below the peak of nearly 13 in 2000.

From coming perilously close to being a failed state, Georgia has turned towards the West.

While that is not showing up in the composition of final demand (at least not yet), the shift from manufacturing and construction toward services is a far more meaningful indicator at this stage in the transformation.

For these groups, the restoration of democracy was a step toward social transformation, enabling them to participate more equally in the life of the country.

It is premature, of course, to conclude that a services led transformation to slower growth is now at hand.

A shift to services led growth and an innovations based development strategy were highlighted.

The shift to renewables has been particularly pronounced in the world s major advanced economies.

Signs that Fatah is moving towards becoming a normal political party were ample.

For now, investment in a shift to a sustainable growth and employment pattern has been crowded out.

Let s hope that the late conversion to tough deficit rhetoric gets a lot of play.

Indeed, most countries entering middle income transitions see their growth slow, even stall.

In fact, the shift to Republicans since 2001 was largely confined to Southern white women.

It does not enjoy the massive backing of its society, except when it comes to national pride and the quest for nuclear status.

This turn towards authoritarianism bodes ill for the Turkish economy, despite its strong fundamentals.

This shift to heroic leadership can be seen in ballooning CEO compensation.

Such emissions can be eliminated by either shifting to renewable forms of energy or reducing the emissions from fossil fuels.

CRM futurist Dennison DeGregor describes a shift from 'push CRM' toward a 'customer transparency' (CT) model, due to the increased proliferation of channels, devices, and social media.

It is not just that the US has become a debtor nation it is that large pools of capital and liquidity now reside in places like the Gulf region and China, with no sign of that trend reversing.

To complete the process of democratic transformation, Ukraine needs a declaration by Europe affirming Ukraine's European and Euro Atlantic prospects.

The current US turn toward collaboration with Sunni militias holds within it the risk of a final break up of Iraq into three parts.

The shift toward finance that Thatcher promoted heightened inequality and made the economy more volatile.

Over the past few months, MINUSTAH has made progress towards creating an environment in which the political transition can unfold.

Yet, despite Bolivia s arrival at this gloomy turning point, events can, paradoxically, turn out moderately well.

Nonetheless, Santos is determined to shift from Uribe s emphasis on democratic security to one of democratic prosperity a shift for which Uribe deserves credit.

The welfare reform reinforced an ongoing shift towards regional, rather than central, provision of social support and social services for different vulnerable groups.