what now - towards another development

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What Now?Towards Another Developmen


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Dag HammarskjldFoundation

Established in1962 in Sweden

Aims to identify

new concepts andpolicies to newissues ondevelopemt and

democracy


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Problems Brought by Devt

mass poverty environmental

damage

social inequality

unequal powerplay among na-

tions


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Preceding Proposals

Slow down eco-nomic growth

Accelerate tech-

nology and plan-ning

Let the poor

sink (lifeboat)Such views are tainted withvested interests, and theyare politically impractical.


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The Report

Calls for anotherdevelopmentgeared to thesatisfaction ofneeds

Treats man'sneeds as social

needs


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Pillars

1.Satisfaction ofneeds, eradication ofpoverty

2.Endogenous and

Self-reliant devt3.Harmony with the

environment

4.Change in Structures5.Immediate action


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1. Satisfaction of Needs

Needs are tremendous and increasing,and MUST be satisfied

It's not the scarcity of resources that

causes poverty, but rather how it is pro-duced and distributed

Processes, policies and educational sys-

tems geared to satisfy the affluent andnot the masses


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2. Endogenous & Self-Reliant Development

Third-world countries adviced to bridgethe gap with other countries even ifcurrent models are a fail

Alternative roads to devt is needed Besides basic needs, cultural life must

be promoted, protected and developed

Development focused on man, aimed athis liberation and fulfillment


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2. Endogenous & Self-Reliant Development

Stimulation of creativity, better utiliza-tion of production factors

Reduction of vulnerability and depen-

dence Countries may opt to withdraw tempo-

rarily from the international system to

strenghten itself Exchange of experience, not just one

global approach


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3. Harmony with theEnvironment

Clarification of the earth's 'limits', whatcan it only provide for us

What will happen in the future depends

on the policies to be defined and ap-plied

It's not the poor who is a danger on the

'limits', but the few who monopolizes it.


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3. Harmony with theEnvironment

Population is a serious problem, but itshould not be solely blamed

The environment is destroyed due to ill-

advised techniques and monopolizationof land and resources

Preservation of the environment is in-

separable to the satisfaction of needs.


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4. StructuralTransformations

Former strategies are a fail because itdid not focused on the development ofman

Current system is dominated by market-economy industrial countries controllingthe Third World

Unequal economic relations Reform on socio-economic and political

structures needed


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4. StructuralTransformations

Reform on the ownership and control onproduction to prevent a minority accu-mulate all the wealth

Democratization of power, decentaliza-tion

Social mechanisms to protect the weak-

est communities and individuals Bureaucracies under social control


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5. Immediate Action

Wide use of traditional economic indica-tors is misleading

Establishment of a poverty line

Growth focused not just on how manywas produced, but how they are pro-duced

Indicators that consider factors con-nected with living standards


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5. Immediate Action

Define basic needs according to desiredsocial values

Establishment of social indicators that

measure satisfaction of needs by socialgroups

Identify groups that need immediate

priority and action Examine distribution of available re-

sources


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Criticisms

Too focused on building a new worldorder and the problem of development

Other issues such as war and gender

equality untouched Role of business and civil society not

emphasized

Globalization was unheard of as if itdoesn't exist


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Impact

Served as a challenge to traditionalnotions of development

Part of its critique has been accepted

into mainstream thinking Non-GNP measures of development

developed and now used in policy-making

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