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Issue 5 - Do developed and developing nations agree on the road map for global development?  
Is there a difference in the way different cultures see "development"?  

playlist on Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1C4E722B7964C0C4

See the Manual Chapters: 

• Defining Development -

• The factors causing poverty and suffering

• Communication and Global Cultures

• Aid effectiveness: Evaluating the impact of aid

Issue dealt in the    Episode 3 - MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

See manual chapter Defining Development

See also  Diritti universali (anzi, occidentali)

 

 

REPERTORY  3 -  Vrinda' s Introductions to WIKI chapters    07:35- 10:21 http://www.facebook.com/pages/EUGAD/211965065353

Change" is a key term for those who work in international cooperation. A specific "change" is always the intended objective of a cooperation action. Development workers always ask themselves and the project stakeholders the question: how can we produce a change? What kind of "change" do are they looking for? How can we change human relationships from a a zero sum game to a positive sum game? To build a school where earlier there was no school is relatively easy. But how can one bring in dialogue where earlier there was rhetoric and mistrust? How is it possible to induce a cooperative climate where earlier there was conflict and competition and exclusion? Is it possible to change human relationships from a zero sum game to a positive sum game? Those who work in International cooperation say that the change they want to induce in the people they assist is not a transformation of their values; it is not a conversion. On the contrary, they want their project beneficiaries to be better able to choose in accordance with their values. For development workers, development assistance is empowerment. Like educators do for individuals, development workers do for communities. Development workers help in "leading out" human potentialities. And using the famous words of Socrates, they act as midwifes in assisting women to deliver. Development actions are therefore a concrete form of social maieutics. All cooperation projects run the risk of being implicit or explicit forms of coercive socialization aimed at making the counterparts abandon their values and adopt the values of their masters. But these cooperation projects also bring along with them new opportunities for education when they are authentic, i.e. a service given to the beneficiaries with the objective of enlarging the horizons of opportunities, possibilities and choices. Whenever we have a "community" that is the intended target of "social change", we always run the risk of imposing values that are alien to these community. This risk is particularly high when the target community comprises of marginalized and voiceless persons; and the educator is acting on behalf of more powerful and richer communities, as is usually the case with development assistance projects. Development experts take a number of mitigation measures against potential risks based on dialogue processes that enable people to participate in all steps of planning, implementing and evaluating development actions. These are risks that educators know they face in their job of trying to make others adapt to their pre-determined plans rather than as an education, enabling people to lead out their human potential in harmony with their own values.

 

 

 

 

Testimonials C.B. Rao, a writer and a former United Nation officer was interviewed by Fausto Aarya De Santis in March 2011 in Varanasi, India Redefining the boundaries between Economy and Ecology Why should we spend our money to fund the development of other people? see full interview:  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9191985103316EA2

 

 

 

Testimonials Manoj Kumar  Country Director of Concern Worldwide  was interviewd  by Stefano De Santis on December 2010   in River N 2, Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone. Change and tradition: When development takes place, the traditions themselves start to change. But local traditions and indigenous knowledge could be the answer to many problems we are facing today. Indeed changing tradition doesn’t mean development. Naturally some tradition must be stopped, like female genital mutilation, widely practised in Sierra Leon, for instance. This means that we don’t have to accept blindly all of the tradition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_LEDeBR26w&list=PLB670B648F6840C29&index=7&feature=plpp_video see full interview: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB670B648F6840C29

 

 

Testimonials Dilip Kumar is the Founder Member of Pravah. He was interviewed on the 3rd of April 2010 by Fausto Aarya De Santis What is your opinion on aid coming from an other country and an other culture? see full interview:  ttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1BF1E6742830DB62

 

 

Testimonials Danièle Smadja is the EU Ambassador to India. She was interviewed in Delhi on the 12th May 2010 by Fausto Aarya De Santis  What are the important areas of cooperation between India and the EU?    We have many types of project, but for simplicity let me divide them in three. At first we have budget support at the central level; this is the case for education and health. The second type is at the state level by budget support, providing technical assistance and transferring and exchanging our practices; and we have two state programs right now, one with Rajasthan in the field of water and with Chhattisgarh in health and education. At both, the national and state level, we are not just signing the cheque, we are present in the policy making by helping them with our experience, technical assistance and our models on how to go about their policies. The third level is supporting financially the civil society organizations; we regularly have projects with them. We also try and organize the best synergies and compliment the three levels of cooperation. As an example, when we work with NGOs in education we will target the population which remains outside the main stream services, like the tribal population or remote communities. What is your opinion on aid coming from an other country and an other culture?  There has been a lot of discussions over the last 5-7 decades about aid. The most important element is to do what the government of the country we are engaged in wants to do and has decided to do. We cannot impose policies, we have to support the national policies of the country and respect the obligations of the donor country. This doesn't mean that whatever they do we sign the cheque.   Every country has to take charge of the development of their country. The effectiveness of aid then comes from the capacity of the donor country to contribute to the national policies and strategies and to make sure that whatever we are contributing to has a chance of success. Then only we can bring an added value by filling the financial gap (even if on a small scale), bring expertise, experience and policies we use in Europe. You are with the WHAT and i'm with the HOW... and until you don't know WHAT there is no way i can help you on HOW to do it. EU commitment towards Global Partnership for Development    The EU was very committed towards the MDGs when they were put together in the UN. What we have in mind with this Global Partnership for Development is that our development assistance should always go hand-in-had and support the national strategies and policies of the country.&nbsp. We come with the projection of our values, the european values, but we don't come with our own model to impose; we come to support.   Why do we do it India? India has 400 million people under poverty, this represents a quarter of the entire population around the world. Europe cannot turn a blind eye to that.  see full interview:   http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAD2368FBDC1A2719

 

 

 

Testimonials In Konu, Sierra Leone, we recorded a conversation between Francesco Brancatella, Italian journalist of  RAI, Stefano De Santis (progetto EUGAD)  and the Leoninan journalists of the local radio.  December 2010 African and Western values We do appreciate parts of the Western culture: like democracy Chidren's Rights: Western and African perceptions see full dialogue: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB74A33E6B026DDDF

 

 

 

Testimonials Jean Drèze   s a development economist teaching and working in India. He was interviewed in Allahabad, India on the 23rd February 2011 What is Power for a Country? What is wrong with the Human Development Index see full interview: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46EDF7CD88112E51

 

 

Testimonials Jyoti Sapru was interviewed by Fausto Aarya De Santis in May 2010  in New Delhi, India Should Cultures Dialogue more or Less? see full interview: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8D888077C6583305

 

 

 

 

Testimonials Silvia Costa is an European Parlamentarian from Italy. She was interviewed in Brussels by Francesco Brancatella and Fausto Aarya De Santis on the 13th of July 2011 Non esportare la democrazia ma cooperare per gantire i diritti see full interview: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE5B4D9EB8DECFFE4

 

 

 

 

 

Testimonials Zulfiquar Haider is the National Programme Coordinator for the Planning Commission (GoI) - UN, Joint Programme on Convergence. He was interviewed in Delhi on the 13th of April 2010 by Fausto Aarya De Santis What is your opinion on aid coming from an other culture and an other country Given the kind of disparity that exists in the world, the rise in consciousness globally and if we recognize that humanity is one... it is not really a choice to respond to a situation which is not acceptable to us. Owing up to this responsibility has to be a case, it is not the case of making a choice. Yes, there is a need of aid and the mechanism of international aid has its place in the world. The challenge with international aid is accepting a plural world, where we accept that others may have a different take on what is desirable and what is development for them. Or are we going to continue to say that development is catching up with the West and making them like 'Us'. This is not only a western problem it is a problem all over the world. Even in India, every group thinks that there way is the right way and somebody elses ' way is the distorted way. And is the worst situation it is not just different, it becomes the wrong way. There is now quite a degree of understanding that aid should not come with too much riders. But i would not say that this has stopped, the prevalent practice continues top be the same. see full interview:  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77195325F4994608

 

 

 

Testimonials Julian Parr,  Regional Manager, South East Asia for Oxfam GB. 2 - Perception of Aid and Stakeholders 'Say' on how it is used What is your perception of aid coming from an other culture an other country?  It's a challenge, isn't it. You have to be very sensitive on how much you challenge and how much you assist countries to achieve MDGs. I think it is how you approach... is about dialogue, about communication, it is certainly not taking a dictatorial or accusatory attitude towards any country or nature. Do you think that local communities have say in how the aid is used?   That is one of the biggest challenge, I would say. We get it badly wrong in occasion... because if you want to be inclusive and genuine then you need to work at very grass root level and you need to do you over a very long period of time because you want to include the voices of the most disfranchised. To get that authentic voice takes trust, takes time, takes investment... and very often agencies don't have that length of time to achieve the scope of goals they want to. The challenge of listening and being inclusive of community voices means that you have a much stronger solution to their problem... and I genuinely believe that all communities can actually find their own solution if you create the right space around them, the enabling environment and create the resources to make change, they can often come up with the right answers. 16 - Do you think cultures should dialogue more for better understanding or dialogue less to preserve their cultural identity?   I don't tend to define cultures as nation state. I look at it from the language that is being talked between the private sector and civil society or government. There is a stronger sense of cultures between organization than between population.   I have colleagues writers and journalists that believe that Indian values are being eroded by modernity and access to information. They are not! India has got the ability to absorbs culture and make it work for itself, it doesn't try to adapt, it adapts and it does not change its value system... and I think that is very healthy. see full interview: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF143F55954667298

 

Testimonials Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Government of India. He was interviewed in Delhi on the second week of April 2010 by Fausto Aarya De Santis Do you think cultures should dialogue more for better understanding or dialogue less to preserve their cultural identities?   The concept of an identity that is static is a huge mistake. Any effort to preserve identity is backward looking, static and frozen. The global environment is increasing the possibilities for countries and cultures to interact and i would strongly in favor of anything which increases that interaction.  But i'm not a supporter of the idea of all cultures merging into a some pre-digested-homogenized-mush. I would like to see an interaction of cultures where cultures absorb things from outside, contribute things to the outside but yet remain distinctly different. How do you get the balance is the issue in my view.  see full interview:   http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL073E7C62882137D9

 

 

Testimonials Rajendra K. Pachauri , Nobel Peace Prize winner, is the Director General of the The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI. He was interviewed in New Delhi, India on the second week of February 2011 by Stefano De Santis Rajandra K. Pachauri - Development as Integration and Out-of-Fashion Development Assistance Rajendra K. Pachauri says that the most important part of these (millennium development) goals is essentially to create an environment where development can take place and poverty can be eliminated. Development is not confined only to provision of water, fuels, etc in a very disconnected manner. Development requires integration. This is where we need to make a difference. (Takes the example of the environment and says that the poor are dependent and interlinked with nature, so protecting the environment is an essential part to the removal of poverty.) When the MDGs were formulated we expected that there will be large scale development assistance which will take place, but that did not happen. Development assistance appears to have gone out of fashion. But what we can do through the MDGs is that the national governments are sensitized about poverty alleviation, but in an integrated approach and that there must be coordination among the various departments.   Development is not confined only to provision of water, fuels, etc in a very disconnected manner. Development requires integration. This is where we need to make a difference. (Takes the example of the environment and says that the poor are dependent and interlinked with nature, so protecting the environment is an essential part to the removal of poverty.)   We need a complete change in approach. What you really have to do is to create knowledge at every level of policy making and implementation, right down to the grass-root level, whereby people understand that you cannot function in cellos. Development can only be ensured provided that there is integration of all the actions.  The sum of the parts (separate actions, cellos) is much lower than the sum of doing all these things together (integrated action)  Even when it comes to the MDGs, we have these identified goals but they actually overlap; you cannot deal with them separately. This is where International and National governments have failed in bringing about proper integration across all the MDGs. So if we are serious about meeting the Goals it is essential for us to bring about a complete re-orientation of the way these goals are being implemented.  When the MDGs were formulated we expected that there will be large scale development assistance which will take place, but that did not happen. Development assistance appears to have gone out of fashion. But what we can do through the MDGs is that the national governments are sensitized about poverty alleviation, but in an integrated approach and that there must be coordination among the various departments. Why does development assistance appear not to be in fashion any longer?   There is a certain level of selfishness. People believe that they have to consume more and more, therefore their income is meant only for consumption. Some people are also very insular, they feel they are living on an island. They don’t realize that if something goes wrong in one part of the world it affects everyone one else. We are living on a world where we are all resident of spaceship earth. The desire to see that we must help our brothers, other countries, even on the part of countries which have benefited from colonialism, has vanished.   There is also a lack of leadership. There are very few leaders who say we have to help the countries which are poor, the communities which are poor. Today the distinction between rich and poor and becoming much larger and to my mind that is a dangerous situation.  When I had the privilege of accepting the Nobel Peace Price on behalf of the IPCC I used the phrase “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, which is Sanskrit for saying, this universe is one family. I think that feeling has vanished. see full interview:  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B4B968D8E371E8F

 

 

Other Resources Human Development The concept of “human development” (HD) was developed in the late 80s, by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in order to overcome and expand the traditional meaning of development focused only on economic growth. This different approach reflects an old tension within international organizations, including those which focus their attention primarily on economic growth, identifying it as development and those who are mainly interested in the aspects and the social consequences of development itself. The HD approach puts people at the heart of development and rests on the belief that the human dimension of development has been neglected in the past due to excessive emphasis placed on economic growth. Examples of this emphasis are the measure of GNP per capita, used as the primary measure of levels of development among states, and variables such as income or consumption calculated in monetary terms as a measure of wealth or poverty of individuals, families and different social groups.   “Human development is the process of enlarging people's choices. Income is certainly one of these choices, but it does not represent the sum total of human experiences. Health, education, a healthy environment, the freedom of action and expression are also important.”    http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2010

 

Testimonials Amartya Sen work in the field of development economics has had considerable influence in the formulation of the Human Development Report, published by the United Nations Development Programme. This annual publication that ranks countries on a variety of economic and social indicators owes much to the contributions by Sen among other social choice theorists in the area of economic measurement of poverty and inequality. Sen's revolutionary contribution to development economics and social indicators is the concept of 'capability' developed in his article "Equality of What." He argues that governments should be measured against the concrete capabilities of their citizens. This is because top-down development will always trump human rights as long as the definition of terms remains in doubt (is a 'right' something that must be provided or something that simply cannot be taken away?).    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uuanAaV5Y0&feature=related

 

 

Other Resources  As the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi A. Annan declared when the Agenda for Development was adopted by the General Assembly in view of the Millennium Declaration in year 2000, the Agenda represents a comprehensive document which not only addresses the familiar components of development, such as economic growth, trade, finance, science and technology, poverty eradication, employment and human resources development, but also places new emphasis on the role of democracy, human rights, popular participation, good governance and the empowerment of women. As such, it provides an all-encompassing framework for international cooperation on development _ a central and evolving concern of the United Nations since its inception. The Agenda represents a major step in articulating an international consensus on the diversity of views concerning the fundamental goals of and requirements for economic and social development. It provides an action-oriented synthesis of the multifaceted agendas which were addressed by the major United Nations conferences of the 1990s, forging a coherent programme out of their interrelated Declarations and Programmes of Action. In particular, the Agenda highlights a new commitment to international development based on partnerships rather than on competing interests.   ISBN: 9211006449 www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.pdf

 

 

 

Testimonials India - UN Bureaucrat - C.B. Rao (video)   http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9191985103316EA2&feature=plcp

 

 

 

Testimonials Conference  Development Education Lecture on Sustainable Development Lecture on sustainable development - What can and what cannot grow Lecture on sustainable development - Paradoxes of GDPs measurement. What is growth? Debate on Sustainable Development Debate on Sustainable Development - Intervention of del Senagele (in french) Debate on Sustainable Development - Indonesian delegate - Development is defined by other people Debate on Sustainable Development - EU Officer - Talking about economic indicators   http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB097C4336B498D7E

 

 

 

Testimonials A.K. Shiva Kumar, "IS POPULATION THE REAL PROBLEM?" ( He asks while teaching at the Indian School of Bussiness) So the course that I teach, I stimulate thinking and I keep asking students, why is this happening? If ask students, what is the biggest problem, they will tell you "population". And I’m amazed that people think that population is India’s biggest problem because there is such good news on the population side. That is absolutely wrong. Look at China, it has a population of 1.2 billion people and in terms of these basics in life, whether it is health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation, housing, they are much superior to us and they achieved it when their level of income was as low as India’s is. It is m It is not about growth rate, it is not with population size. It has to do with the fact that India has not recognized that its strength are its people and that unless you look after people you will continue to experience the problems that we are. Take care of people and population will take care of itself. aith of People in the Government is reinforced by greater investment in it facilities (health, etc). Also, you cannot talk about development without talking about corruption. And that today across the world you cannot talk about development unless you talk about corruption. I often ask the question, yes, corruption is important; but do you think corruption really accounts for differential performances across countries?  So if you take a table and say, here is China, here is India, here is Nicaragua, here is this this… why are the level of life expectancy, opportunity of schooling or maternal mortality rates so different? Can corruption explain the differences across these nations? And I ask these questions always, can we explain, in a way, the difference in human development outcomes only because of corruption? The answer is certainly no. But having said that, it’s equally important for us to say that public resources are very scares, especially in developing countries like India, these public resources must be used efficiently, must yield effective outcomes, must be invested in sustainable initiatives … so how do you ensure that and why is it not happening?    http://www.eugad.eu/wiki/index.php/A.K._Shiva_Kumar

 

 

Testimonials Interviewed by the TVP Documentary team in India, Zulfiquar Haider the National Programme Coordinator for the Planning Commission (GoI) - UN, Joint Programme on Convergence believes that with the rise in consciousness globally of kind of disparity that exists in the world and by recognizing that humanity is one... it is not really a choice to respond to a situation which is not acceptable to us. "Owing up to this responsibility has to be a case" he says "it is not the case of making a choice". But is also feels that challenge with international aid is accepting a plural world where development doesn't always mean catching up with the West. Nut most importantly, aid should. ⇒ See more in the complete interview   vEcF5FGDMWE|200}} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEcF5FGDMWE

 

 

Testimonial Marc Maes, member of the coalition of Belgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) known as 11.11.11, believes that the current EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements) arranged by the EU to open a free trade market between EU and the ACP Countries, are not really focused to support Development, as EU is affirming. In his opinion, if the ACP Countries signed the EPAs, the immediate consequences would be an increase of their internal costs, less Government income, the division of Africa.   Read more in his interview what he suggests EPAs should be in order to really support Development.   See also the question of the EPA   Full written interview: http://www.TVP.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Interview_to_Marc_Maes Video interview on youtube: Part 1: What are EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements);    discussion about the Development concept that it should be with EPAs, seen by EU and by ACP Countries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAGL1Qx4RDI  Part 2: EU Policy coherence between MDGs and EPAs? What would be the effect if all the ACP countries signed the EPAs?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt_IT1ROcak

 

 

Other Resources   Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are free trade deals being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and 76 developing countries – mostly former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacifi c (the ACP). The agreements set the rules of trade between Europe and these countries for decades to come, affecting the lives of millions of people. Ostensibly intended to be ‘development agreements’ that would promote regional integration, there is huge controversy about whether EPAs will deliver or undermine these objectives. See  ?  The debate on the EPAs

 

 

Testimonials Stefano Bartolini  Economist, Professor of Politic Economy at University of Siena (Italy), was interviewed during EUGAD consultations. He is the authot of a book titled Manifesto per la felicità says that  that welfare doesn't mean well-being, and however common people, in advanced societies, are constantly induced to look for welfare."This phenomenon specifically happens when you live in a social and environmental deterioration, as you are daily induced to afford new expenditures, in order to fill your own hole” – he explains – ” which increases the value of GDP, i.e. improves the economy, but doesn’t improve the quality of life. On the contrary, it gets even worse, as the so-called relational goods proportionally reduce more and more”.   As consequence, he deepens a new concept of Development - free from the consumistic phenomenon - which implies a structural modification of values, perceivable through a radical change of politics, education, job organization, role of mass-media, urban organization.    See  his interview -  italian language  Full interview, written edition: http://www.TVP.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Interview_to_Stefano_Bartolini   italian language    Book  italian language - Manifesto per la felicità - Come passare dalla società del ben - avere a quella del ben - essere (2010, pp. XIV-306, Ed. Saggine). http://www.donzelli.it/libro/2153/manifesto-per-la-felicita

 

 

 

Testimonials Serge Latouche, the main exponent of the Degrowth theory, thinks that the so - called Sustainable Development is directly linked to the “society of growth”, a society which has been inducing Advanced Countries to consume as much as possible, no matter of their real needs. This way of living implies a strong increase of depression, stress, psychosomatic deceases, impoverishment of relational goods, i.e. a general worsening of the quality of our life; and the natural resources of the planet are going to come to an end as well. We, common people, however, usually do nothing to change this style of life as we don’t realize all of that: our brain has been colonized by the religion of the economy of growth. As consequence he introduced the term Degrowth (Decrescita in Italian language, in French: décroissance), just to be provocative: he wanted to point on evidence the absurdity of growth for growth, i.e. infinite growth in a limited world, as it is for the modern rich societies. He advocates, in the rich Countries, for the downscaling of production and consumption—the contraction of economies—together with a sustainable way of consumption, based on the use of local resources and on the relocation of production itself. In his opinion the Degrowth theory can’t cooperate with the Sustainable Development theory: for Serge Latouche, Development can’t be sustainable, for definition. It implies growth, however. As consequence, he points on evidence the Degrowth approach just because he wants to intentionally break with the paradigm of Development (no matter of the international imbalance which might derive). Read more in his interview,  italian language   Full written interview to Serge Latouche: http://www.TVP.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Interview_to_Serge_Latouche

 

 

Other Resources Degrowth (in French: décroissance, in Italian: decrescita) is a political, economic, and social movement based on environmentalist, anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist ideas. Degrowth thinkers and activists advocate, in the rich Countries, for the downscaling of production and consumption—the contraction of economies—together with a sustainable way of consumption, based on the use of local resources and on the relocation of production itself. In their opinion the current overconsumption of rich Countries, based on globalized (i.e. not local) productions, lies at the root of long term environmental issues and social inequalities. Key to the concept of degrowth is that reducing consumption and introducing a sustainable consumption do not require individual martyring and a decrease in well-being. Rather, 'degrowthists' aim to maximize happiness and well-being through non-consumptive means—sharing work, consuming less and better, while devoting more time to art, music, family, culture and community. They seem to be in strong opposition with the so - called Sustainable Development, as for them Development can’t be sustainable, for definition. It implies growth, however. Related to the Degrowth theory, read the books written by Serge Latouche -  italian language:  La scommessa della decrescita, S. Latouche, Ed. Feltrinelli, 2007 - It deepens the Degrowth theory from the point of view of the theoretical approach, as it is defined by Serge Latouche with the so-called 8 R : Re-evaluate, Re-conceptualize, Re-structure, Re-localize, Re - distribute, Reduce, Re - use, Recycle L’invenzione dell’economia, S.Latouche, Ed. Bollati Boringhieri, 2010 - It deepens the Degrowth theory from the point of view of the political program Read the book -  italian language: L'invenzione dell'economia, Serge Latouche, Bollati Boringhieri, 2010:http://www.bollatiboringhieri.it/scheda.php?codice=9788833920450    Read the book -  italian language: La scommessa della decrescita, S. Latouche, Ed. Feltrinelli, 2007 -http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/products/9788807171369/La_scommessa_della_decrescita/Serge_Latouche.html

 

 

Testimonials A short United Nations University podcast prioritizing the women's role in Africa's sustainable development. Filmed during the 2008 TICAD IV summit in Yokohama, the podcast features interviews with high-level delegates Gertrude Mongella and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp77MQ4Yu0I

 

 

 

Testimonials Vandana Shiva , physicist, philosopher, environmental activist, eco feminist, winner in of the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize') for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse, advocates against the prevalent "patriarchal logic of exclusion", claiming that a woman-focused system would change the current system in an extremely positive manner."Usually women are not in the main stream of society (as the men), and that's the reason why they can think differently, and  act differently. They act in defense of nature and in defense of society. Every day they have to clean the house, to care the babies, and this gives them a training in persistence" - she says.  DgSb4_Dmkg0|200}}       Full written interview: http://www.TVP.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Shiva_Vandana Audio interview on Youtube:  Part 1 - THE EARTH IS FEMALE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhdjzH0D_Dk     Part 3 - DEVELOPMENT AND ROLE OF WOMEN  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgSb4_Dmkg0

 

 

 

 

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