(Italiano) La sfida dei nove miliardi – un dossier per la rivista East
Monday January 31st, 2011 | 07:14 pm | Dialoghi tra padre e figlio, Future, Globalizzazione, Politica italiana, Statistica
Womenomics, le donne al centro dell’economia
Sunday December 23rd, 2007 | 09:49 am | Uncategorized
“Women are now the most powerful engine of global growth”, says The Economist. Womenomics are getting more and more important, and Italy is among the European countries where the female employment rate is lower. I had the occasion to work on this topic with a group who has been in charge of preparing the official “Nota Aggiuntiva” on “women, innovation and development”. This document is a specific annex which Minister Emma Bonino this year attached to the Lisbona Report presented to the European Commission, in order to underline the need of a “faster pace” in fostering the quantity and quality of women’s employment. After this interesting experience I wrote an essay in Italian and English for East, Europe and Asia Strategies.
Come nasce la statistica del 21° secolo
Saturday October 20th, 2007 | 06:09 pm | Future, Globalizzazione, Statistica
The bi-monthly magazine East, Europe and Asia STrategies published my article in Italian and English about the Istanbul Conference on “Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies” which took place in June. Shall we see The Gross National Happiness replace the Gross Domestic Product as main indicator of the well being of a country, as in Buthan? I don’t think so. But from this field of research we can expect to witness the birth of the new statistical system of the 21st century ond of new world goals which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (Mdg).
Clima: il Sahara è la nostra speranza
Sunday July 1st, 2007 | 09:12 am | Uncategorized
A few things I’ve learnt from the Venice Forum, about the future of energy and climate change. Carbon dioxide emission must be taxed to promote energy saving. And we must invest much more in R&D, which can have promising results, especially in promoting solar energy. In the future, we will need to be strictly connected to Africa as we are now to Russia and the Middle East. But doing this we can only avoid the worst effects of climate change, because in any case in this century the temperature will go upwith important political consequences.
