"Crude" density is achieved by districts packed with taller and taller buildings but doesn't, on its own, generate innovation or economic development.
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"It's quite remarkable to me that people are assuming that somehow we're at a new stage in political or institutional or economic development in Mexico, " said John Ackerman, a law professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a visiting scholar at American University in Washington.
They are not the outgrowth of a certain culture, history, or level of economic development.
There is a limited amount he or his UK counterparts can do about lending, but it's interesting that Lena Wilson and Scottish Enterprise are putting pressure on banks to support the 2, 000 or so companies getting the economic development agency's priority treatment.
And I think the President spoke in his remarks about the idea of evaluating proposals that we've seen introduced in Congress and that we've heard from leaders -- like Governor Granholm -- whether it's increased economic development assistance or programs to spur the purchase of automobiles -- that we look into that immediately, and not again wait for any 30- or 60-day period.
We must ask how much good could be done if this money were dedicated to food, medicine, more cost-effective forms of education or establishing small businesses and other economic development.
The central argument of the report is that economic development is imperiled, or even undermined, by political instability and conflict.
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According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, the early 1990s saw Chinese income distribution much more equal than that of other emerging economies.
When it comes to the effective rate, U.S. corporate tax burdens are not the highest in the advanced economies within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, said Monday that their Composite Leading Indicator (CLI) inched up to 97.9 for India in November compared to 97.8 in October.
But with the corporate income tax rate being what it is, the second highest effective tax rate in the world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, then companies are doing what is logically sane for them to do.
Without this natural capital maintained, and restored where it has been lost or degraded, our prospects for long-term economic development are weak at best, and likely doomed to failure.
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If either Mr. Obama or Mr. Romney really wants to focus on economic development, rather than leverage misconceptions for political gain, I suggest they promote, rather than disparage, corporate jets.
In large part, the onus of providing adequate oil and gas supplies will be on those countries that have the reserves but are not allowing their development, either at all or at economic levels.
The IYWC launch event will be an occasion to raise awareness on the multiple dimensions of water cooperation, such as sustainable and economic development, climate change, food security or gender.
The production and use of energy can enhance economic development and the quality of life, or, depending on the choices we make, erode it by compromising the health of humans and the environment.
The OECD said its analysis showed agricultural tariffs and price support mechanisms "do a poor job" of providing income support for farm families, encouraging sustainable economic development, maintaining healthy rural communities, or protecting the environment.
Moreover, general aviation brings much-needed economic development to thousands of communities with little or no scheduled airline service, helps companies of all sizes to be efficient and productive and provides important humanitarian relief in times of crisis.
Dana Olson is president and chief executive officer of Ecodev, which provides site selection analysis services and economic development consulting for companies that need to relocate or expand.
Some would say that bubbles tend to coincide with periods of great economic change, such as the development of the railways or the internet.
However, the SDC report concluded that it did not "consider that a large-scale tidal lagoon development in the Severn estuary would offer any environmental or economic advantage over a tidal barrage".
It is one that lies at the root of the rise to power of Mr. Erdogan, who has combined social conservatism with fiscally cautious economic policies to make his Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P.
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The rise to power of Turkey has coincided with that of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has combined social conservatism with fiscally cautious economic policies to make his Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P.
The 10-nation grouping brings together different forms of government (democracy, semi-democracy and authoritarian), different levels of economic development, as well as populations that are racially different or mixed and predominantly Muslim, Buddhist or Christian.
In Syracuse a number of projects touted as economic development subsequently have required bailouts, reworking, further tax abatements or debt restructuring--even, embarrassingly enough, the headquarters building of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.
We have to accept either that future economic development is at the mercy of a hugely wasteful process, or that we can refine this new system to make it a significantly more efficient resource allocation process.
It hopes that Gower will obtain the European charter for sustainable tourism, which ensures the protection and preservation of the area, while also contributing to economic development and the well-being of people living, working or holidaying locally.
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The lack of violence has allowed economic development, and the growth of a civil society, to flourish more or less unhindered.
The leaders of Japan wanted electric power generation to power their economic development and nuclear power seemed like a natural for a country without much coal or any oil.
Singapore in relation with the primary beneficiaries of 30 or 32 years of political stability and that will allow both these countries to concentrate on the economic development, not forgetting that Indonesia for its sheer size has been very benign in imposing its views on this part of the world.
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