Battle plans versus safety nets
GLOBALIZATION is not yet over and as far
as I know, more of it is yet to come.
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
drives globalization, now...
Databases for development
I HAVE built many databases for the
government either as a manager or director. Sad to say, most of these databases
have not been sustained for...
Lessons for all reasons
PERHAPS it will never happen, but how I wish good government
programs will be spared from being abolished when new administrations take over
from old administrations.
One...
Democratic capitalism
COMMUNISM has one big advantage over
capitalism and that is the fact that communism is both a political and an
economic ideology.
Capitalism, on the other hand,...
A framework for community development
IT IS A common weakness among government
agencies to have programs that do not have projects, or conversely to have
projects that are not derived from...
Empowering villages
ITāS A COMMON story always told, about
national economies that are growing, and yet the benefits of economic growth do
not trickle down to the village...
Levels of anti-poverty actions
Global war against poverty
I think that it would be correct to say that poverty alleviation
is a short term task; that poverty reduction is a...
Framework for disaster response and natāl devāt
IT IS ALREADY a scientific fact that the
Philippines is disaster-prone, and that a natural disaster is bound to happen
sooner or later. It is only...
Media responsibility and political maturity
AS THE SAYING goes, āart is the
reflection of societyā.
But what if the actual reality is the
other way around?
What if our society now...
Local rehabilitation and redevelopment
REHABILITATION and redevelopment are two
twin objectives that should never be separated from each other.
The first requirement of course is to
recognize that these are...