It is often assumed that making progress towards democracy and
economic and social development requires at least the resources of governments and large corporations and law firms.
Not exact matches
After drawing out how the encyclical applies this to various
social,
economic and ecological issues he highlighted, concerning «the problem of technology», that «this is the first time an encyclical deals with the subject in such an organic manner -LSB-...] The exclusively technical mentality [
and ideology] in fact, reduces all to pure doing... [True human
development]
requires a new perspective upon man that only the God who is truth
and love can provide.»
Such a sign is a call to transform national
and international
social,
economic,
and political structures so that they may provide the conditions
required for the
development for all, without exclusion
and discrimination against any person in any circumstance.
Although Pius XII was influenced by the fundamental changes in
economic theory initiated by Keynes, it was not until Pope John XXIII in 1961 published Mater et Magistra (Mother
and Teacher) that a new methodology
and the identification of the problem of «
development» emerged,
requiring substantial changes in the
social teaching of the Church which were expressed in Pacem in Terris (Peace throughout the World) in 1963.
Interdependence in trade
and in the conditions of peace
requires constructive
economic development in areas of rapid
social change if chaos
and violence are to be avoided.
Moringa invests in projects which provide the environmental,
social and economic aspects
required for sustainable
development.
There is little appetite for policy discussion
and virtually none for the theoretical
developments required to understand the profound
social and economic developments of the last 100 years.
The standard of political
and moral performance
required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of
social justice by organs of government
and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income
and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve
and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral
development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions
and fight for expansion of their rights;
and 10) increase of contribution of public
and private organizations to the political,
economic,
social and environmental
development of the country.
The understanding of the human condition in the world
requires a break with the positivism thinking of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, which reduces
and separates the subject from the object,
and that confuses
social development with
economic growth.
A desire that
requires the integration of a new ethic based on respect for differences, involves decision, political will, mobilization
and organization of all educational agents to foster a dynamic
and critical thinking that generate new ideas which promote
economic and social development.
The change process
required a comprehensive
and strategically - planned
and implemented home, school,
and community collaboration that included
social - capital
and other
economic -
development initiatives targeting entire low - income neighborhoods.
Attainment of the Millennium
Development Goals, particularly the first goal of eradicating extreme poverty
and hunger, in the face of climate change will therefore
require science that specifically considers food insecurity as an integral element of human vulnerability within the context of complex
social,
economic, political
and biophysical systems,
and that is able to offer usable findings for decision - makers at all scales.
A sustainable
development approach within Indigenous communities
requires that
economic development is consistent with
and cognisant of the
social, cultural, political
and spiritual context of the group aiming to achieve
economic and social development.
This principle
requires that negotiations «respond to the group's goals for
economic and social development».
Respondents noted that achieving
economic and social development through native title
requires the support of third parties
and governments.
Good governance structures
and processes are a key to community - wide
economic and social development and require: unified
and visionary leadership; strong links between traditional law
and governance structures; internal dispute resolution
and effective group decision making mechanisms;
and options for governance structures beyond the Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs)
required by the Native Title Act.
Redirecting the native title system to the
economic and social development of traditional owner groups in the way suggested above
requires considerable resources.
Participatory planning
requires that traditional owners determine the goals for
social and economic development, rather than assisting in the
development of objectives set outside the community.47 Participatory planning:
The importance of governance is highlighted by the second principle which
requires that native title negotiations aimed at
economic and social development «provide for the group's capacity to set, implement
and achieve their
development goals».
This perspective, first
and foremost
requires that communities who are the subject of policies for
economic and social development must be active participants
and the central driving force behind the policies.
However, the Indigenous Nations of the Murray - Darling River Nations argue that they
require specific cultural water allocations, which they refer to as «cultural flows», to meet their spiritual, cultural,
social,
economic and environmental management responsibilities
and development aspirations.
Substantively, the right of free, prior
and informed consent is grounded in
and is a function of indigenous peoples» inherent
and prior rights to freely determine their political status, freely pursue their
economic,
social and cultural
development and freely dispose of their natural wealth
and resources - a complex (series) of inextricably related
and interdependent rights encapsulated in the right to self - determination, to their lands, territories
and resources, where applicable, from their treaty - based relationships,
and their legitimate authority to
require that third parties enter into an equal
and respectful relationships with them based on the principle of informed consent.
Achieving
economic and social development through the framework of principles proposed in chapter 2
requires support
and contribution from other stakeholders in the native title process.
General Recommendation XXIII provides guidelines to a non-discriminatory approach to
development, including the provision by State parties of conditions «allowing for sustainable
economic and social development compatible with their cultural characteristics» (18)
and requiring restitution for the deprivation of Indigenous land providing for «the right to just, fair
and prompt compensation [which] should as far as possible take the form of lands
and territories».
Article 1 of ICESCR
requires States to protect the rights of Indigenous people to pursue their
economic,
social and cultural
development.
CERD's General Recommendation 23 [47]
requires States to ensure that the unique cultural characteristics of Indigenous people are maintained
and protected, as well as ensuring conditions pertaining to their
economic and social development are satisfied.