Economic development
International experts available for comment on World Economic Forum and World Social Forum
IPN Press release
International experts available for comment on World Economic Forum and World Social Forum
IPN Opinion article
Organizers of the World Social Forum believe their anti-capitalist, anti-corporate gathering represents the needs and solutions of the developing world. However, a number of experts from the developing world disagree.
Lethal environmental ethics
IPN Opinion article
It may be based on a noble quest to safeguard our Earth's future. But the 'good science' of ecology leaves many urgent questions unanswered.
Why do developed countries impose their environmental ethics on poor countries that are simply trying to pass through a stage they themselves went through? After taking numerous risks to reach their current economic and technological status, why do they tell poor countries to use no energy, agricultural or pest control technologies that might pose some conceivable risk of environmental harm? Why do they tell poor countries to follow sustainable development doctrines that really mean little or no energy or economic development?
