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From: Farhad Saba, Ph. D. (saba@CTS.COM)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 06:43:44 CDT

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      It seems to me that Boris is putting the concept of "managed development" on the table for discussion. He is suggesting that we need to distinguish it with the concept of "totalitarian ideology." Another dimension here is the pressure excreted by the private sector for "development," as in oil exploration in Alaska, just to give one example that is a point of contention in the US right now, and the will (or there-lack-of) of the government to negotiate its necessity and its extent.

      Traditional development after the end of WW II meant provision of goods and services to as many people as possible. Development was idealized as good social policy until the environmental crisis of the 1970's emerged. Would it be fair to say that the current "crisis" of the field of development is that it needs a new definition in light of the current awareness about the environment?

      Also, "development" in the third world meant accepting and acting upon a rational model imported from the then Soviet Union, or from the West. Again, in the 70's rational models were questioned by "developing countries," in a search for defining their self-identity and distinguishing their cultural identity from imported culture. The cry as I remember it, several years ago, was neither East, nor West.

      So, as a lay person in your field, my questions is how do we define
    "development" today in light of epochal historic events of the last 30 years?

      Thanks
       Fred Saba, Ph. D.
      CEO, Distance-Educator.com

      Dear George!
      I agree with you. There is an urgent necessity to discuss the global development issues. Even if somebody wants to keep his eyes closed, concentrating on his internal digestion, it does not mean that development does not exist at all. And acceleration of the development towards the global ecological catastrophe is frightening.

      A managed development seems for somebody to remind a totalitarian ideology. But those who can think can not help noticing an inevitable development challenge that requires urgent and powerful preventive measures just not to repeat the Rome Empire crash and not to fall into a cultural decay for another thousand years of Gloomy Middle Ages.

      An avalanche of ‘Unsubscribe’ messages gives a lot of information about contemporary social psychology, and it is one of scientific results of the started discussion. A shared by a group of thinking people vision of the global development perspectives and the civilised ways to influence on it may appear only after a similar discussion.

      I wish you success and good luck,

      Professor Boris Sedunov,

      Moscow institute of business admunustration

      mailto:sedunov@access.orgland.ru

      www.eni.edu/page98.html www.eni.edu/page6.html

      ----- Original Message -----
        From: George Vigileos
        To: mailto:INTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu
        Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:06 PM
        Subject: Re: unsubscribe

        I think that contending ideologies are very much alive. They have shifted to the area of interaction between social, economic, and environmental issues. Although the market system is becoming prevalent in the world today, there are significant differences in the way various countries are approaching these issues. A good example is the difference between the USA and Europe on Kyoto.
        Issues such as equity and fairness have migrated from income concerns to a much wider arena, that of the physical environment - the management of resources. Shifts in the valuation of the environment in industrialised countries are having an effect on how developing countries plan to use their natural resources, opening development paths which could be more equitable in socio-economic and environmental ways (eco-tourism, fair trade etc.).
        In a more global economy, development decisions are interlinked, and this time it will take a change in ideology and lifestyles in the North and the South to reach a liveable future for all...Global warming sets the pace, as there is no longer any time for 'us and them'.

        George Vigileos
        Countryside & Community Research Unit
        Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education

        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        Man did not weave the web of life - he is merely a strand in it.
        Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
        Chief Seattle, 1854.

          ----- Original Message -----
          From: Farhad Saba, Ph. D.
          To: mailto:INTDEV-L@PETE.URI.EDU
          Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:36 AM
          Subject: Re: unsubscribe

          The question of "development" was interesting when there were two contending ideologies in the world: Market capitalism, and centralized communism. With the seeming demise of communism, what are the issues to be discussed? The debate, even in China, is to what extent accept the rule of the market. Cuba is the only believer left. Could anyone shed some light on the issues of development today?

           Fred Saba, Ph. D.
          CEO, Distance-Educator.com

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    [mailto:mailto:INTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu]On Behalf Of GrantWrtr@AOL.COM
            Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:21 PM
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            Hand raised -- waving wildly for attention -- Me too, Me too!!

            Please unsubscribe me. I think the original idea behind this list was
            commendable, but a list is only as valuable as the subscribers make it. No
            one seems to be interested in using this list to discuss development. The
            vast majority of messages pleading to unsubscribe are distributed to
            everyone. So, I guess I will add my request to those.

            However, I do wish to commend the list originator for a valiant effort to
            help "develop development". Thank you.

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      <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DArial=20
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      <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DArial=20
      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN class=3D400111811-12042001>Also, =
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      then Soviet Union, or from the West. Again, in the 70's rational = models were=20
      questioned by "developing countries," in a search for defining their=20
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      culture. The cry as I remember it, several years ago, was neither = East, nor=20
      West.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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      face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN=20
      class=3D400111811-12042001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
      <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DArial=20
      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN class=3D400111811-12042001>So, as a lay = person in=20
      your field, my questions is how do we define "development" today in = light of=20
      epochal historic events of the last 30 years?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
      <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DArial=20
      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN = class=3D400111811-12042001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN = class=3D400111811-12042001>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN class=3D400111811-12042001>
      <P><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;Fred Saba, Ph. D.<BR>CEO, = Distance-Educator.com</FONT>=20
      </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN = class=3D400111811-12042001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN = class=3D400111811-12042001>&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
      <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DArial=20
      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN = class=3D400111811-12042001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
      <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DArial=20
      color=3D#0000ff size=3D3><SPAN = class=3D400111811-12042001></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
      face=3DTahoma size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV></FONT>
      <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear George!</FONT></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT size=3D3><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>
      <P>I agree with you. There is an urgent necessity to discuss the = global=20
      development issues. Even if somebody wants to keep his eyes closed,=20
      concentrating on his internal digestion, it does not mean that = development=20
      does not exist at all. And acceleration of the development towards the = global=20
      ecological catastrophe is frightening. </FONT></FONT></P><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20
      face=3DArial>
      <P>A managed development seems for somebody to remind a totalitarian = ideology.=20
      But those who can think can not help noticing an inevitable = development=20
      challenge that requires urgent and powerful preventive measures just = not to=20
      repeat the Rome Empire crash and not to fall into a cultural decay for = another=20
      thousand years of Gloomy Middle Ages. </FONT></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>An avalanche of =91Unsubscribe=92 = messages gives a lot=20
      of information about contemporary social psychology, and it is one of=20
      scientific results of the started discussion. A shared by a group of = thinking=20
      people vision of the global development perspectives and the civilised = ways to=20
      influence on it may appear only after a similar discussion.</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wish you success and good = luck,</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Professor Boris Sedunov,</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Moscow institute of business=20
      admunustration</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
      = href=3D"mailto:mailto:sedunov@access.orgland.ru">sedunov@access.orgland.ru</A></= FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><A=20
      = href=3D"http://www.eni.edu/page98.html">www.eni.edu/page98.html</A>&nbsp;=
    &nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      <A=20
      = href=3D"http://www.eni.edu/page6.html">www.eni.edu/page6.html</A></FONT><=
    /FONT></P>
      <P>&nbsp;</P>
      <P>&nbsp;</P></FONT>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
      <BLOCKQUOTE=20
      style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
        <DIV=20
        style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20
        <A title=mailto:3Dgvigileos@CHELT.AC.UK = href=3D"mailto:mailto:gvigileos@CHELT.AC.UK">George=20
        Vigileos</A> </DIV>
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=mailto:3DINTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu=20
        href=3D"mailto:mailto:INTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu">INTDEV-L@pete.uri.edu</A> =
    </DIV>
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 11, = 2001 4:06=20
        PM</DIV>
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = unsubscribe</DIV>
        <DIV><BR></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think that contending ideologies = are very=20
        much alive. They have shifted&nbsp;to the area of interaction = between=20
        social, economic, and environmental issues. Although the market = system is=20
        becoming prevalent in the world today, there are significant = differences in=20
        the way various countries are approaching these issues. A good = example is=20
        the difference between the USA and Europe on Kyoto. </FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Issues&nbsp;such as equity and = fairness have=20
        migrated from income concerns to a much wider arena, that of the = physical=20
        environment - the management of resources. Shifts in the valuation = of the=20
        environment in industrialised countries are having an effect on how=20
        developing countries plan to use their natural resources, opening=20
        development paths which could be more equitable in socio-economic = and=20
        environmental ways (eco-tourism, fair trade etc.).</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In a more global economy, = development decisions=20
        are interlinked, and this time it will take a change in ideology and =

        lifestyles in the North and the South to reach a liveable future for =

        all...Global warming sets the pace, as there is no longer any time = for 'us=20
        and them'. </FONT></DIV>
        <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>George Vigileos<BR>Countryside =
    &amp; Community=20
        Research Unit<BR>Cheltenham &amp; Gloucester College of Higher=20
        Education<BR></FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
        size=3D2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Man did not = weave the=20
        web of life - he is merely a strand in it. <BR>Whatever he does to = the web,=20
        he does to himself.<BR>Chief Seattle, 1854.</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <BLOCKQUOTE=20
        style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
          <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- =
    </DIV>
          <DIV=20
          style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20
          <A title=mailto:3Dsaba@CTS.COM href=3D"mailto:saba@CTS.COM">Farhad Saba, = Ph. D.</A>=20
          </DIV>
          <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=mailto:3DINTDEV-L@PETE.URI.EDU=20
          href=3D"mailto:mailto:INTDEV-L@PETE.URI.EDU">INTDEV-L@PETE.URI.EDU</A> =
    </DIV>
          <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 11, = 2001 6:36=20
          AM</DIV>
          <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = unsubscribe</DIV>
          <DIV><BR></DIV>
          <DIV><SPAN class=3D490253205-11042001><FONT color=3D#0000ff>The = question of=20
          "development" was interesting when there were two contending = ideologies in=20
          the world: Market capitalism, and centralized communism. With the = seeming=20
          demise of communism, what are the issues to be discussed? The = debate, even=20
          in China, is to what extent accept the rule of the market. Cuba is = the=20
          only believer left. Could anyone shed some light on the issues of=20
          development today?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
          <DIV><SPAN class=3D490253205-11042001><FONT=20
          color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
          <DIV><SPAN class=3D490253205-11042001>
          <P><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;Fred Saba, Ph. D.<BR>CEO,=20
          Distance-Educator.com</FONT> </P></SPAN></DIV>
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            unsubscribe<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0=20
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