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Rethinking ASEAN: Towards ASEAN Community 2015 August 7, 2007 Jakarta, Indonesia

The Population and Community Development Association. The Privatisation of Poverty Eradication: A New Paradigm in Development. Rethinking ASEAN: Towards ASEAN Community 2015 August 7, 2007 Jakarta, Indonesia. Tanatat Puttasuwan, Ph.D. Trustee & Director of CSR.

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Rethinking ASEAN: Towards ASEAN Community 2015 August 7, 2007 Jakarta, Indonesia

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  1. The Population and Community Development Association The Privatisation of Poverty Eradication: A New Paradigm in Development Rethinking ASEAN: Towards ASEAN Community 2015 August 7, 2007 Jakarta, Indonesia Tanatat Puttasuwan, Ph.D. Trustee & Director of CSR

  2. The Village Development Partnership As part of CSR

  3. Five Key Objectives of the Partnership • Community Empowerment • (Institutional Development) • 2.Economic Development • (Income Generation) • Environmental Protection • Health Care • Education

  4. Economic Development (Income Generation) Village Development Bank

  5. $ $ Flow of funds in exchange for trees Company Tree planting Village DevelopmentBank Projects 50% of company contribution allocated to village development bank for micro-credit loans 20% to institutional development 30% to social development activities

  6. Local Environment Enhancementin Corporate-Community Partnerships Tree planting for capital formation Funds are deposited into a Village Bank operated by an elected committee, comprising 50% women Companies contribute Baht 40 (>US$1)per tree planted. Villagers contribute labour.

  7. A tree nursery is started by youth,who also take the lead intree planting activities

  8. Businesses funded by loans from Village Development Bank Income generating activities which reduce levels of poverty: Growing new crops with greater market value Creating new products from traditional raw material for new markets

  9. Jasmine Rice Output increased by 30% 3,400 families trained AVillageRice Academyfor small farmers (Rice Academy) to achievehigher yieldsandnew varieties

  10. Businesses funded by loans from Village Development Bank Business expansion New business opportunities Relocation of factories to rural areas New products using existing materials Workers as part owner of factory

  11. เลี้ยงหมูหลุม Bank loan forcurry paste making

  12. From low income cropto high income trees

  13. Selling trees to housing estates, highways, golf coursesand nowexported to Taiwan, SingaporeandHong Kong The Population and Community Development Association (PDA) 30 fold increase in income… no more poverty

  14. From feather to leather:chicken farm to factory

  15. Businesses funded by loans from Village Development Bank Blue Swimming Crab Farm

  16. Blue Swimming Crab Farm

  17. Blue Swimming Crab Farm Each plot costs US$2,000 A1,000sq. meter plot generates US$40,000 per year.

  18. Income Generation: 50% of the profitsof thevillage development bankare allocated to asafety net fundfor children and the elderly (e.g. healthcare, education)

  19. Health & Educationin Corporate-Community Partnerships Scholarships School lunch farm

  20. Health & Educationin Corporate-Community Partnerships Sex education Life skills Youth government Inter-generational loans and businesses

  21. Revolutionary Educational Opportunity for the Poor(Privatization of Education for the Poor)

  22. Cloth weaving and IT learning

  23. Tradition and Environment

  24. Local Environment and Livelihood Enhancementin Corporate-Community Partnerships A World Bank “best practice” Water for health and wealth. Villagers are trained to use water supply to increase crop production and learn new income generating activities Village Piped Water System

  25. PDA A partnership between: Company Community/Village Institution Family

  26. Community Empowerment Composition of theVillage Development Committee 3 1 2 Village DevelopmentBank (8) Village Youth Council (8) CouncilofElders (8)

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