National Conference Proceedings

Civil Society: Creative Responses to the Challenge of Globalization

Table of Contents

Preface

Nicanor Perlas 6

Globalization and Philippines 2000: a betrayal of Philippine society?

Nicanor Perlas 14

The debates within civil society on APEC

Walden Bello 31

TNCs and corporate governance of the world

David Korten 42

Workshop reports: globalization and its impact on civil society 54

Limitations of prevailing economic paradigm

Steve Usher 57

Mismeasuring progress: the issue with GNP/GDP

Jim Sharman 76

Sustainable development as a response to globalization

Nicanor Perlas 80

Some thoughts on associative economics

Gaudenz Assenza 86

Transforming foreign investment

Gaudenz Assenza 98

Spirituality and economics

Mina Ramirez 104

Alternative macro-economics and the new image of society

Steve Usher 112

Community-based economics

Philip Camara 119

Appendices 127

Conference invitation 128

Conference program 130

Adam Smith and Karl Marx: The Economy of Errors 134

Start taking the backlash against globalization seriously 139

The APEC debate: Joel Rocamora and Nicanor Perlas 141

DECLARATION 155

 

 
 
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