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“WEALTH of NATIONS” or a “COMMON FUTURE”: Responses to Unsustainable Development and Neoliberal Globalisation J.B. (Han

SID-Netherlands VU Amsterdam 23 January 2006. “WEALTH of NATIONS” or a “COMMON FUTURE”: Responses to Unsustainable Development and Neoliberal Globalisation J.B. (Hans) Opschoor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam http://www.iss.nl. GLOBALISATION.

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“WEALTH of NATIONS” or a “COMMON FUTURE”: Responses to Unsustainable Development and Neoliberal Globalisation J.B. (Han

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  1. SID-Netherlands VU Amsterdam 23 January 2006 “WEALTH of NATIONS” or a “COMMON FUTURE”: Responses to Unsustainable Development and Neoliberal Globalisation J.B. (Hans) Opschoor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam http://www.iss.nl

  2. GLOBALISATION CULTURE DEVELOPMENT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

  3. Global Ethics Declaration 1993 (Global Ethics Foudation) • Earth Charter 2000 (Earth Charter) • Accra Confession: Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and on Earth 2004 (WARC/Oikos) • Alternative Globalization Addressing Peoples and Earth (AGAPE)2005 (WCC)

  4. OUTLINE: • Preliminaries • Culture and Development in Modernity • Classical and Neo-classical Economics; Liberal and Neo-liberal Worldviews • Economic Globalisation and Development • Religion and Development • Conclusions

  5. OUTLINE: • Preliminaries • CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN MODERNITY • Classical and Neo-classical Economics; Liberal and Neo-liberal Worldviews • Economic Globalisation and Development • Religion and Development • Conclusions

  6. OUTLINE: • Preliminaries • Culture and Development in Modernity • CLASSICAL AND NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMICS; LIBERAL AND NEO-LIBERAL WORLDVIEWS • Economic Globalisation and Development • Religion and Development • Conclusions

  7. (Neo-) Classical Economics main device:

  8. OUTLINE: • Preliminaries • Culture and Development in Modernity • Classical and Neo-classical Economics; Liberal and Neo-liberal Worldviews • ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT • Religion and Development • Conclusions

  9. Millennium Development Goals: Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

  10. Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger Global poverty rates: falling. But: millions more people into deep poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, where the poor are getting poorer. Hunger: slow growth of agricultural output and expanding populations have led to setbacks in some regions. Since 1990, millions more people are chronically hungry in sub-Saharan Africa and in Southern Asia. UNDP MDGs 2005

  11. Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Most countries committed to principles of sustainable development. Insufficient progress to reverse the loss of the world’s environmental resources. Greater attention required to the plight of the poor, whose subsistence is often directly linked to natural resources around them. Half the developing world still lack toilets or other forms of basic sanitation. Growth of urban population outpaces improvements in housing and job availability. UNDP MDGs 2005

  12. Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development Developed countries to provide aid, debt relief and better opportunities for trade. Developed countries have fallen short of targets set for themselves. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, increased aid and debt relief must be accompanied by further opening of trade, accelerated transfer of technology and improved employment opportunities. UNDP MDGs 2005

  13. OUTLINE: • Preliminaries • Culture and Development in Modernity • Classical and Neo-classical Economics; Liberal and Neo-liberal Worldviews • Economic Globalisation and Development • RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT • Conclusions

  14. Functionality of religions in development perspective • Sources of values relevant to societal change • Critiquing dominant powers (“relativising Ceasar”) • Sources of identity to people (‘spiritual resources’) • Instrumental in embedding change in social practice • Provide links with day-to-day economic values and performance (work ethic and ethos) • Sources of practical compassion with those who suffer or lack.

  15. OUTLINE: • Preliminaries • Culture and Development in Modernity • Classical and Neo-classical Economics; Liberal and Neo-liberal Worldviews • Economic Globalisation and Development • Religion and Development • CONCLUSIONS

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