Productive Structure in the Neo-Kaleckian Model of Growth and Distribution: Simulations to the Brazilian Economy

This chapter has as its main objective to analyze the relationship between structural change, exchange rate devaluation, growth and income distribution in Brazil. The neo-Kaleckian model of growth and distribution as designed by Cimoli et al. (2016) is simulated to the short run, where there are no restrictions to deficits on the balance of payments. This is a post-Keynesian model with Schumpeterian and Latin American structuralist ideas. The shocks in the model are made in order to understand impacts of structural change, wage level increases, and exchange rate devaluations in the Brazilian economy. To accomplish these objectives, the model is calibrated in this chapter using real data for 2011. The results indicate the dynamics of the neo-Kaleckian model and lead to an analysis of possible impacts of changes in the productive sector on growth and income distribution in Brazil

Disaster resilience: What it is and how it can engender a meaningful change in development policy

Disasters pose a growing threat to sustainable development. Disaster risk management efforts have largely failed to arrest the underlying drivers of growing risk globally: uncontrolled urbanization and proliferation of assets in hazardous areas. Resilience provides an opportunity to confront the social-ecological foundations of risk and development; yet it has been vaguely conceptualized, without offering a concrete approach to operationalization. We propose a conceptualization of disaster resilience centred on wellbeing: ‘The ability of a system, community or society to pursue its social, ecological and economic development objectives, while managing its disaster risk over time in a mutually reinforcing way.’ We present a conceptual framework for understanding the interconnections between disasters and development, and outline how it is being operationalized in practice

Project LEARN – Toolkit for RDM: LEARN Toolkit of Best Practice for Research Data Management

The Toolkit should prove an invaluable resource for anyone interested in implementing or improving RDM services at their institutions. The toolkit includes the following materials: • 23 Best-Practice Case Studies from institutions around the world, drawn from issues in the original LERU Roadmap. Within these case studies there are 5 cases from Latin America and the Caribbean Institutions. • 8 Main Sections, on topics such as Policy and Leadership, Open Data, Advocacy and Costs; • One Model RDM Policy accompanied by guidance and an overview of 20 RDM policies across Europe; • An Executive Briefing in six languages, aimed at senior institutional decision makers. The Toolkit is freely available to download at the following link: http://learn-rdm.eu/en/research-data-management-toolkit-now-available/ As the Toolkit is a deliverable for the European Commission (EC), it may be slightly revised following comments from the EC. We will publish any updated versions on the LEARN website. If you have comments on the Toolkit we’d love to hear them. Please contact us with your feedback. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654139