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		<title>Regionalism (11): Expanding the Definition of &#8216;Accessibility&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/12/03/growt-beer-sheva-dimona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in TheMarker, Nehemia Shtresler brings evidence suggesting low demand for rail services between Beer Sheva and Dimona suggesting that one possible explanation is due to the train station stops being located outside Dimona&#8217;s city center thus making it less appealing in comparison to the bus alternative.  The discourse concentrating on transportation efficiency is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2587&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regionalism (6): Building ‘Bedtime Communities’ Will Not Save The &#8220;Periphery&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister recently gave his first speech since his election concerning economic issues. According to analysis by Guy Rolnik, the PM expressed his belief in the necessity of harnessing Israel’s periphery. In addition, Rolnik argues that decision makers around the PM are starting to realize that the current policy is ineffective. Reut also believes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2276&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regional Development (5): The Land Reform and The New Railroad Expansion Plan Will Not Save The &#8220;Periphery&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two latest reforms the government seeks to promote – the land reform and a new railroad expansion plan – are part of a long lasting tradition of policymakers towards developing Israel’s &#8220;periphery&#8221;, mainly by attracting population from the center. However, in most cases, these policies fail and gaps between the center and periphery continue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=2089&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regional Development (1): Entrepreneurs in Akko</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Reut’s Socio-Economic team traveled to Akko for a second meeting regarding the ISRAEL 15 regional project, an initiative which was launched a few months ago. The process is guided by Praxis and funded by the UJC’s Partnership 2000 and can serve as a model for Socio-Economic leapfrogging. This project aims to bring together local [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1977&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Can the Government Execute Strategic Plans?</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/09/strategic-plan-government-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article published in Haaretz yesterday discussed the government&#8217;s inability to execute decisions based on plans written by experts; (such as the Dovrat reform for the education system.) This phenomenon also occurs in strategic planning. Israel 2028 is a report submitted to the government over a year ago, and constitues an effort led by many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1920&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Package Deal&#8217; and Leapfrogging</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/28/brosh-eini-budget-package-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 25 years, the Government, unions and employees last week signed a ‘package deal’ as part of the 2009-2010 budget. The deal’s significance lies in the cultural change it might instigate among the leading actors in Israel’s economy. Such a change is necessary if Israel wants to advance reforms for fulfilling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1871&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Spence on Reut&#8217;s Paper on Leapfrogging</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/17/michael-spence-growth-nobel-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Ha&#8217;aretz interview Michael Spence, the 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, discussed Reut&#8217;s paper on Principles and Guidelines for Achieving a Socioeconomic leapfrog. Spence stated: “This is a very impressive document, based on clear thinking and knowledge of the recent experience and writing about growth at various stages of development.” For the full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1832&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israel and the Economic Crisis 7- Israel is not Prepared for Leapfrogging</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/08/economic-crisis-israel-growt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reut Institute has recently uploaded a report analyzing the resilience of different countries in light of the economic crisis (Stress Test). Ranking first are Denmark, Singapore and Qatar. Israel is ranked 20th. An analysis of the four different sub criteria shows Israel ranked relatively highly in the general forecast of its economy (12). However, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1782&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Megido and Regional Development</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/05/10/development-megido-growt%d7%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Socio-Economic Team traveled to Megido whose Regional Council is promoting a Biospheric Vision, a novel model of regional governance. Together with our experience from the Beit Shemesh project, led by Praxis, the team moved one step closer towards a better understanding of how regional development is linked to Israel&#8217;s challenge of socio-economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1682&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Amit Granek</media:title>
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		<title>Danger of Economic Collapse</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/05/03/israel-economic-crisis-economic-collaps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 06:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several recent articles relate to the danger of socio and economic collapse, an issue raised by the Reut Institute in our latest work on leapfrogging. An article in TheMarker points to the shrinking Middle Class in Israel while Merav Arlozorov describes how this group silently carries a disproportionate weight of the economic and security burden. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&#038;blog=4293676&#038;post=1627&#038;subd=blogreut&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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