Sara coordinates the Chilean Ecological Action Network (RENACE), a national
network of 145 local environmental organizations. Most are small organizations
with few resources. Together they may hold the key to changing a nation-at least
that is Sara’s dream.
Sara’s top priority is to expose the people of Chile, Latin […]
by David C. Korten
A well known quotation appears on the back of each issue of the journal of
an association of progressive business executives seeking a responsible role
for business in society. It reads in part:
Business has become, in the last half century, the most powerful institution
on the planet. The […]
by Maude Barlow
Many people know about how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
force developing countries into the unregulated free-market global economy by a
process of structural adjustment. Countries seeking new loans to meet old debt
obligations must privatize social security, deregulate their transportation and
resource sectors, allow transnational […]
by Dr. Rashmi Mayur
It is estimated that by the year 2050 three out of four people in the world will
be living in urban agglomerations-up from one out of two presently. Between now
and then the world’s human population is projected to grow from the current 5.7
billion to 10.5 billion. […]
by Sara Larrain R.
A recent survey of 2,465 international business leaders conducted by the
International Institute of Business Development declared the Chilean economy the
most competitive in Latin America and the fifteenth most competitive in the
world. The ranking was based on four criteria: government commitment to open
markets, the […]
Marilyn Mehlmann became the general secretary of GAP International in April
1995. GAP is helping people in 13 of the highest consuming Northern countries
bring their lifestyles into balance with the planet. Five more countries,
including Poland and South Korea, are now in the process of launching programs.
Several […]
Vandana Shiva, writer and science policy advocate, directs the Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy. Her current work
centers on biodiversity and sustainable agriculture. The following account of
her work is from a PCDForum interview.
Shiva: I am especially attracted to biodiversity as a central focus […]
by Bishan Singh
I was struck in a recent international meeting of activist scientists and
intellectuals that some of the Westerners present seemed fearful that if they
were identified by their colleagues as spiritual persons their opinions would be
dismissed as unscientific. Yet in other settings it was evident that some […]
PCDForum Article #10r, Revised for release July 10, 1995
by David C. Korten
Around the world, societies are being transformed by a reformist political
movement that promises good jobs, cheap consumer goods, strong families, local
control, and greater individual freedom through increased reliance on the
workings of a free market. The movement’s policy agenda centers on privatizing
government functions, protecting and […]
A feature of the People-Centered Development Forum
By David C. Korten
Opening Plenary Presentation to The Environmental Grantmakers Association Fall Retreat, October 13-15, 1994, Mount Washington Hotel & Resort, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
We are here this morning to reflect on a major question of our time. What is the relationship between our hopes for a sustainable future […]