Kalkınma Politikaları
Giriş
2008 yılının son aylarında dünya büyük bir ekonomik krizle karşılaştı. Bir çok uzman bunun sadece finans piyasalarını etkileyen, bölgesel bir kriz olacağını öngörürken kısa bir süre içinde hem krizin bölgesel olmadığı hem de finans piyasalarıyla sınırlı kalmayacağı ortaya çıktı. Kriz hızla küresel bir nitelik kazanarak Türkiye’nin de dahil Avrupa, Uzak Asya gibi bölgeleri ciddi olarak etkiledi.
Krize dönük çözüm önerileri ise, genellikle 1929-41 krizine getirilenlerden farklı değil. Devletin doğrudan istihdam yaratması, üretim yatırımları yapması ve tüketimin arttırılması, çıkışın temeli olarak ifade ediliyor. Oysa ki dünya, aynı zamanda ekolojik bir krizin eşiğinde. Küresel iklim değişikliği, artan kuraklık, gıda krizi ve doğal felaketler, dünyanın 1929 sonrasına benzer bir kalkınma hamlesini daha kaldıramayacağının bilimsel verilerini bizlere sunuyor.
Böylesi bir ortamda Dünya Bankası ve IMF Yıllık Toplantısı’nın İstanbul’da yapılacak olması, küresel düzeyde sürmekte olan tartışmalara ve alternatif arayışlarına katılmak açısından önemli bir fırsat. Ayrıca Dünya Bankası ‘Kalkınma ve İklim Değişikliği’ başlıklı 2010 Kalkınma Raporu’nu İstanbul’da açıklayacak.
Bu doysa; Heinrich Böll Stiftung Derneğinin konuyla ilgili düzenleyeceği etkinlikler (Programı PDF olarak görmek için tıklayınız), arka plan bilgisi edinebilmek üzere makale ve yayınların yanı sıra sivil toplum kuruluşlarının düzenleyecekleri foruma ilişkin bilgi vermektedir.
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IMF - DB: Eleştirel Arayışlar
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IMD - DB ve Krizdeki Dünya: Karşıt Sesler
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