This relationship has only been strengthened in our era of rapid technological advances, increasing economic interdependence, globalization and dramatic geopolitical change.

In an era of rapid technological progress, creativity, and innovation, the global economic landscape can change rapidly. Without a strong capacity for innovation and creativity, even a giant has feet of clay.

And this change is getting more rapid.

But there is no denying that technological change nowadays has accelerated, potentially leading to deeper and more profound dislocations. In a much cited 1983 article, the great economist Wassily Leontief worried that the pace of modern technological change is so rapid that many workers, unable to adjust, will simply become obsolete, like horses after the rise of the automobile.

Furthermore, increased openness and market integration, driven by rapid technological change, is exacerbating divisions within and among societies. Those who miss the globalization train at the start often are unable to catch up later.

The Meeting emphasized that the Charter mechanism provided for a rapid reaction to natural and technological disasters.

E business practices also required an enabling legal and regulatory environment, and solutions needed to be sufficiently flexible so as not to be rendered obsolete by rapid technological change and to adapt to the specific needs of developing countries.

At the very least, the Scandinavian example shows that politicians have more than one option to choose from when considering how to handle globalization. Intense foreign competition and rapid technological change does not have to be a race to the bottom.

So the big question for us is, How do we manage this technological change?

That's the consumer society, and it propels economic growth more than even technological change itself.

With the rise of transnational issues like climate change, terrorism, pandemics, and cyber crime brought about by rapid technological progress and social change power is being diffused not among states, but among a wide range of non governmental entities. Addressing these challenges will require broad international cooperation, with China, the US, and Europe each playing an important role.

The upheavals resulting from momentous technological change are rarely expected. The telegraph disrupted the postal service.

Not all exceptional periods create their Bonapartes, and this is probably a good thing, for exceptional leaders may give the illusion that all problems have solutions, which is far from true. The natural course of history in the most optimistic sense is progress at the margin, but the rapid pace of technological change is pushing us to expect equally rapid progress in human affairs.

On PAROS, the rapid technological development and the political changes of the past years have made outer space an important area of preventive arms control.

Will the pace of change remain so rapid or even accelerate further? And how should companies respond?

The fact is that rapid social, technological, and environmental change is challenging both the Western and Chinese models of governance and development, with both requiring significant reform. And both countries leaders must deliver reforms within a limited tenure, with limited resources, and within a global context of trade rivalry and interdependence.

Rapid environmental change associated with insecurity and losses of livelihoods undermine the resilience of societies and increase their vulnerability.

As the pace of globalization and technological change accelerates, extremists are finding ever more creative ways to spread their message.

But the same period has also been an era of rapid technological change. The United States is undergoing a third industrial revolution, an information age upheaval that could be as momentous as its predecessors, which transformed society through the introduction of steam, iron, cotton, and machinery, and then internal combustion, electricity, and steel.

The widening knowledge and technology gap between nations and peoples as a result of the rapid rate of technological development, the knowledge revolution, and scientific progress and its applications

But technological progress is now eating up the better jobs, too. A wide range of jobs that we now think of as skilled, secure, and irreducibly human may be the next casualties of technological change.

Overview of recent scientific and technological developments in the fields of energy for sustainable development, air pollution atmosphere and climate change

Globalization and technological change are reshaping production throughout Europe, leading to the decline of traditional industries and rapid growth of high technology manufacturing, banking and finance, scientific research, and business services. The fact that companies in these sectors benefit from operating close to one another may boost economic development at the expense of peripheral regions.

The world seems to be undergoing fundamental change new actors are emerging on the world stage, previously sacrosanct rules of international behavior are being openly defied, and a new wave of technological progress is disrupting entire industries and economic sectors. In our quest for structure and predictability a natural impulse in times of rapid change we are desperate for hints about how the world, and our role in it, will develop.

Through a program of observational research, brainstorming new solutions and rapid prototyping, they've developed a completely new way to change shift.

Skill biased technological change, which has automated routine work while boosting demand for highly educated workers with at least a college degree.

Of course, some increase in unemployment as a result of more rapid technological change is certainly likely, especially in places like Europe, where a plethora of rigidities inhibit smooth adjustment. For now, however, the high unemployment of the past several years should be mainly attributed to the financial crisis, and should ultimately retreat toward historical benchmark levels.

Scientific advances and technological innovation have an important role to play in mitigating climate change and in facilitating adaptation to the new conditions.

Not even the country s technological wonders or its vibrant civil society can make up for its unappealing politics and policies. The result has been a dangerously rapid diminution of much needed Western support.

(a) Young children experience the most rapid period of growth and change during the human lifespan, in terms of their maturing bodies and nervous systems, increasing mobility, communication skills and intellectual capacities, and rapid shifts in their interests and abilities

Given the highly complex nature and rapid evolution of energy research and development, it is important that decision makers at all levels have access to the most recent and accurate scientific and technological information.

With anemic growth, unemployment stuck between 9 and 10 for more than 20 years, and immigrant ghettos that vacillate between lawlessness and despair, France is indeed one of the sick men of Europe. Where adaptation to ruthless international competition and rapid technological change calls for flexibility and individual responsibility, the dominant culture in France continues to be one of assistance and entitlement.

At the same time, the pace of technological progress and globalization necessitates rapid structural changes in both developed and developing countries alike. Such changes can be traumatic, and markets often do not handle them well.

Technological change and globalization have created similar labor market challenges in other developed countries. But US policy choices are responsible for the erosion of America s competitiveness.

Particularly important in this regard are non trade policies, which promote the development of productive capabilities through capital investment, skills acquisition, organization change and technological modernization.

Rapid manufacturing is another big area in which technology and design are, I think, bound to change the world. You've heard about it before many times.

This deceleration was inevitable as China advanced from extreme poverty and technological backwardness to become a middle income economy powered by external trade and consumer spending. It was also desirable, because rapid growth was hitting environmental limits.

It used to be called rapid prototyping, rapid modeling.

Consideration of those two items is of increasing importance today, first and foremost because of the rapid pace of political, economic and cultural change and scientific advances.

Adolescents, who comprise roughly 25 per cent of the population, are having to adapt to rapid political, economic and social change and high and growing youth unemployment.

At a time of rapid social change and relentless technological advancement, efforts to improve governance at the local, national, or international level will require careful thought and experimentation, in order to determine how to balance inclusive decision making with the ever evolving needs of markets. As the American diplomat Harlan Cleveland once asked, How will we get everybody in on the act, and still get some action?

And, in fact, it is an important source of opportunity to improve our systems, our strategies, and ourselves. The latest wave of technological change is far from cresting.

Ironically, it is the world of business that remains slow to change. The growth of the IT sector in the 1990 s seemed to promise that change would be rapid and far reaching, but the old business families still dominate.

Both developed and developing countries caught up in rapid economic expansion and technological development got distracted. They turned off the tap to agriculture, leaving small farmers to rely on basic farming practices and on government and donor handouts.

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