Newsweek ranked Israel 22nd in its annual index of the “World’s Best Countries,” which was published yesterday. While it remains true that Israel has achieved relative success in raising GDP per Capita and providing health service, it still lags behind most other countries in the magnitude of its income gaps and the quality of its [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ISRAEL 15 Vision’
Are We Close to Israel 15? Not Yet
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged ISRAEL 15 Vision, Quality of Life, socio-economic leapfrogging on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Strengthening the Attractiveness of Regions in Israel’s Periphery
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged Bottom up processes, ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Development, socio-economic leapfrogging, unique & global development policy on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the main goals of Israel’s master plan TAMA 35, is to encourage development and growth of the Negev and Galilee regions. However, according to the plan’s monitoring team, the fundamental failure of its implementation is in attracting people to move to those regions: The current population in the north and south are far [...]
Israel joining the OECD and the Israel 15 Vision
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged ISRAEL 15 Vision, Leapfrogging, OECD on May 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week, Israel was invited to join the prestigious OECD. While this is an important ‘stamp of approval’ for the strength and resilience of the Israeli economy, there are several other components that are vital for Israel leapfrogging into one of the leading countries in the world in terms of quality of life.
The challenge of measuring the quality of life
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged Bottom up processes, growth, ISRAEL 15 Vision, Quality of Life, Regional Development, socio-economic leapfrogging on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Reut’s regional development team recently participated in a meeting organized by ELKA, regarding measuring quality of life in Israel. Head of Israel’s Progress Index project (“Erech”), Anat Itay spoke about the process of defining, measuring and fostering an alternative index to GDP, which would focus on a variety of components of quality of life, in [...]
The Ministry of Justice Leads Unique and Global Development Policy
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged ISRAEL 15 Vision, strategy & structure, unique & global development policy on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Unique and global development policy is a policy that leverages local assets while exploiting global trends. Such a policy involves investment of governmental inputs, including – but not solely restricted to – financial investment. The government has a wide range of options at its disposal which include, among other things, standardization, licensing, legislation and international [...]
Regionalism (13): Trains Alone Will Not Solve the Periphery’s Problems
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged accessibility, ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Development, Regional Leapfrogging, transportation on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While railways in Israel are perceived as a magic solution to the periphery’s development, a recent roundtable held at Hebrew University which dealt with transportation and economic development raised reservations as to its usefulness.
An economic cluster and regional leapfrogging
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Development, Regional Leapfrogging, socio-economic leapfrogging, unique assets on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The regional development team has uploaded a term defining an economic cluster. An economic cluster is a dense network of companies and institutions in a certain geographic sphere. An economic cluster that is based on the region’s unique assets is an appropriate structure through which regional leapfrogging can be promoted.
Regionalism (11): Expanding the Definition of ‘Accessibility’
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged infrastructure, ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Development, regional leapfrog on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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’s city center thus making it less appealing in comparison to the bus alternative. The discourse concentrating on transportation efficiency is a [...]
Regionalism (10): Distance to the Global Market is an Important Factor in Regional Development
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Development, unique & global development policy on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The idea of establishing an international airport in Israel’s periphery has been in the public spotlight for years. Recently, Israel’s Transportation Minister, Israel Katz, called for expediting the construction of an international airport in the south of the country. He also stressed the importance of road and railway systems to support the new aerial infrastructure. [...]
The Risks of Israel’s Classification as a Developed Market
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, tagged growth, ISRAEL 15 Vision, socio-economic leapfrogging on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following the announcement by Morgan Stanley of Israel transitioning into a ‘developed market status’, the Milken Institute has an interesting research report as to the potentially significant risks that the country could face.
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