River Path Associates, Knowledge consultancy covering Research, Strategic Counsel and Creative Solutions.

River Path is an organisational pathfinder. We work by challenging perceptions, building evidence for change, and mapping the future. We use a range of techniques, including strategic consulting, research, and the development of creative solutions.

We work in the public, private and not for profit sectors, and in multiple professional fields – ranging from demography to communications technologies, and from international relations to retail. But everything we do is focused on four strands that we consider essential to being fit for the future.

Library - Globalisation

Governance in Asia: underpinning competitiveness in a global economy

Governance in AsiaA background paper for the UNCTAD Governance meeting held in Bangkok in 2003, along with an op-ed, published in 5 languages in newspapers throughout the world. The article and paper highlight the need for clear roles, strong relationships and partnerships in Asian countries to further development of the region.

Client: UNCTAD
Author: David E Bloom and Mark Weston
Date: 01/04/03
Read OPED online: Taipei Times here
Read Background Paper: PDF 65kb

Jamaica: Globalisation, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development

Jamaica: Globalisation, Liberalization and Sustainable Human DevelopmentDraft report from a team from Harvard University, the University of West Indies and River Path Associates exploring how Jamaica should respond to the opportunities and threats posed by globalisation. The study forms part of the United Nation’s Globalisation, Liberalisation and Sustainable Human Development programme and was launched in Kingston by the Honourable Phillip Paulwell, the Jamaican Minister of Industry, Commerce and Technology, and in Montego Bay, by the Honourable Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Trade, on 20 and 21 February.

Client: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Author: David Bloom & River Path Associates
Date: 20/02/01
Download: Word Document 1,336kb PowerPoint 126kb

Closing the loop

Closing the loopLatin America, globalization and development. Prepared for UNCTAD (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) (River Path: co-authors)

Client: United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
Author: David Bloom, David Canning and River Path Associates
Date: 30/11/99
Read online: here

Social Capitalism & Human Diversity

Social Capitalism & Human DiversityPaper, with David Bloom, for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Forum on the Future, providing an overview of key globalization issues. (River Path: co-authors)

Client: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Author: David Bloom & River Path Associates
Date: 07/03/00
Download: PDF 662kb