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- Production and evaluation of Results
- Nicolás Ardito Barletta
International Center for Economic GrowthIt is a significant privilege to speak in this forum... and on Women's Day. After listening to a group of illustrious and outstanding ladies, I complement the messages given here with some concepts about targeting and delivering results. I speak on behalf of 340 public Policy research institutes from 117 countries from all continents. Those institutes (NGO's), affiliated in our international network, work efficiently in their countries to improve public policies for sustainable growth and human development. They know that to combat poverty, generate employment and improve social integration, we need both human development and economic growth. They have to be consistently defined and achieved through integral and coherent policies and active programs. They need the participation of the poor in an enabling environment. First we too highlight the fundamental role of women in development and social integration. In full equality with men, they can make the difference for integral development and poverty eradication in this and the next generation. In this outstanding World Summit we have gathered to raise awareness, to awaken the consciousness of humanity, to define a guideline for action, to set standards, to gather technical experience about what effectively works, to cement consensus and to unite international political will to address the problem everywhere. We do it because nothing short of the incorporation of the poor to development everywhere can secure lasting peace. The results of this Summit have to be carried to every corner of the earth, to every activity in every region of our countries. ICEG and the network of institutes have contributed to the outstanding work of Ambassador Somavia and the U.N. Preparatory Committee concrete information about programs that produce results in countries from every continent. The network of institutes will contribute further, communicating the results of the Summit through Seminars in their countries. We thank the Ford Foundation for their generous support of this effort. As we think and dialogue about our objectives, let's remember that the key to concrete results is the participation of the poor, in the empowerment of those people, in their communities, in their countries, with policies and programs that enable them to participate, responsibly, fully, gainfully and constructively. I highlight then two sets of issues: One the production and evaluation of results. And two, the basis for combating poverty, generating employment and improving social integration. Production and evaluation of Results-programs need to be defined working together with the poor, where they are, who they are, what they need, to be empowered, to be incorporated;
participation in sustainable growth and development. That is, -imbedding people with human capital. The young comprise the majority of human kind. Effective nutrition, health, water and sanitation, education and training, family and community, are the key to empowerment. -given that, then employment generation and support for production activities with credit, property rights, technical assistance, information are the key; -physical infrastructure, including feeder roads, housing, electricity, communications, are indispensable complements; - strengthening of community values that foster mutuality of interest and human solidarity; -but in many cases, outright temporary subsidies are critical, as long as they move people to empowerment and participation; -dynamic and sustainable economic growth that expands income and opportunity and that gives meaning to empowerment and participation. That requires the enabling environment of economic and social policies that provides the basic needs with the full participation of the poor, and that improves the quality of economic growth by estimulating the incorporation of the poor: growth that incorporates, not growth that isolates, the poor. In a world moving toward more effective democratic political systems and dynamic market economies, there is no room for a struggle of the market vs the state. All sides need to complement each other, in a consistent way that produces results for those that now participate gainfully and for those that are our central concern, today and tomorrow, the poor and the marginalized. Participation, empowering programs, enabling policy environment established by governments, dynamic growth and participation by the private market economy, implementation of programs by civil society (which by definition is non‑public) and evaluation, is the structure and the agenda. It has to occur at the local level within the national culture. We can learn from each other's experiences internationally.The international community should set the standards, create the consensus, spread the word and stimulate political will. Let all people know that, with God's help and with strong moral values and shared convictions, it can truly be a win‑win journey. Let's commit ourselves to that noblest of causes. Nicolás Ardito BarlettaInternational Center for Economic Growith (ICEG) Calle Ricardo Arias y Calle 50, 1er Piso P.O. Box 7737, Panama, Zona 9, Panama Tel/Fax: +507/640040 Directory: images images -> Pelan pentaksiran kursus images -> Military callsign list as of dec 2010 images -> For Date: 02/01/2013 Friday Call Number Time Call Reason Action 13-768 0008 motor vehicle stop warning Issued images -> New embedded S images -> Creating Buy-In – Building Relationships images -> Deadline: Saturday, March 12th, 2016 images -> News items from Raising Our Voices images -> Last year four of the best Afrikaans Christian singers joined forces to tour Down Under with the production ‘Manne wat Glo’ images -> World-renowned vocal ensemble sweet honey in the rock images -> Peoples Voice Café History Download 0.58 Mb. Share with your friends:
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