A presentation by Francesco Bandarin, director of UNESCO's World Heritage Center. The World Heritage Center seeks to be part of an international network of public and private institutions that work on development issues.
Professor Avishay Braverman, president of Ben-Gurion University, states that in this new age he characterizes as the "bin Laden era", the world needs a transformation where sustainable development strategies need to be defined and structured by capable leaders.
The Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project (APDPIP) focuses on the education of female child laborers as well as the establishment of self-help groups, networks, and federations to improve access to government services as well as markets.
With the right public policies (which can include tax, investment and procurement policies as well as labor and environmental policies), developing countries can channel growing public concern about globalization into a partnership with business, civil society, and citizens.
Investments in empowerment, social capital, and community driven development (CDD) have been undertaken at the World Bank in an effort to improve development outcomes.
In Ukraine, insufficient public participation in the policy-making process is cited as a major impediment to the reform process especially at the local government level.
