Content Tagged: technocracy

Books

• Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development

  Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development

  A deeply researched and widely acclaimed account of the World Bank and its destructive impact on the environment and social equity, as well as a questioning of the history, underly...

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Videos

• Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya, Aspen Institute, India, "Ideas India"--

  Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya, Aspen Institute, India, "Ideas India"--

  Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya: From Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Sarojini Naidu, B R Ambedkar, and even before them, Raja Ram Mohan Roy—the Indian independence...

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• With Amartya Sen, A Global Ethic from Ancient India,Moderator: Homi Bhabha, Harvard Humanities Center.

  With Amartya Sen, A Global Ethic from Ancient India,Moderator: Homi Bhabha, Harvard Humanities Center.

  With Amartya Sen, A Global Ethic from Ancient India. What can ancient Indian thinkers Ashoka and Kautilya tell us about how to think about the dilemmas of globalization in...

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• accountability
• accountability
• accountability (to the world)
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• Acre (Brazil)
• Acre (Brazil)
• Adam Smith
• Adam Smith
• adjustment loans (see also: structural adjustment)
• adjustment loans (see also: structural adjustment)
• Afghanistan
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• African Development Foundation (ADF)
• African Development Foundation (ADF)
• Agency for International Development AID (see also: U.S.AID)
• Agency for International Development AID (see also: U.S.AID)
• Agenda 21
• Agenda 21
• agricultural extension
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• Akeel Bilgrami
• Akeel Bilgrami
• Allegretti Mary
• Allegretti Mary
• Amartya Sen
• Amartya Sen
• Amazon forest
• Amazon forest
• Ambedkar B.R.
• Ambedkar B.R.
• amorality (Kautilya's)
• amorality (Kautilya's)
• ancient India
• ancient India
• animal hospitals
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• artha
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• Arthasastra (Kautilya's)
• Arthasastra (Kautilya's)
• Asher Robert E.
• Asher Robert E.
• Ashoka
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• Ashoka Fifth Piller Edict
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• Ashokan Edicts
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• Ashokan ethic
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• Aspen Institute
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• Bacon Sir Francis
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• Bangkok
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• Buddhism
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• Clausen A.W. "Tom"
• Clausen A.W. "Tom"
• Claxton Nicholas
• Claxton Nicholas
• Climate Alliance of European Cities
• Climate Alliance of European Cities
• coalition politics (India)
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• Conable Barber
• Conable Barber
• conciliation
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• conditionality (for loans)
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• Congo
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• consequentialism
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• conservation
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• contradictions World Bank
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• corruption
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• Cowell Adrian
• Cowell Adrian
• culture of loan approval
• culture of loan approval
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Dalai Lama
• Dalai Lama
• dams (see also large dams)
• dams (see also large dams)
• danda (rule of force; army)
• danda (rule of force; army)
• debt crisis
• debt crisis
• deforestation
• deforestation
• deontological
• deontological
• deontology
• deontology
• deregulation
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• Dhamma
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• Dostoyevsky
• Dostoyevsky
• duty
• duty
• economic growth
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• economics
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• economists
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• Electrical Gernerating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
• Electrical Gernerating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
• elephant forests
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• Eletrobras
• embeddedness
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• end-use energy efficiency
• end-use energy efficiency
• Endangered Species Act
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• endangered species edict (Ashoka)
• energy
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• Enlightenment
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• Environmental Defense Fund
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• environmental policies (World Bank)
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• Environment Department World Bank
• Environment Department World Bank
• equal protection of laws
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• espionage
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• ethics
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• Ethics (Aristotle)
• Ethics (Aristotle)
• ethics and economics
• ethics and economics
• extractive reserves
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• famine prevention (Kautilya)
• famine prevention (Kautilya)
• Faust
• Faust
• Faxian (Fa-Hsien)
• Faxian (Fa-Hsien)
• forced resettlement
• forced resettlement
• foreign affairs
• foreign affairs
• forest protection
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• forests
• forests
• free market
• free market
• FUNAI National Indian Foundation (Brazil)
• FUNAI National Indian Foundation (Brazil)
• Gandhi
• Gandhi
• George Soros
• George Soros
• global civil society
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• global economic crisis
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• global environment
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• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• global ethic
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• globalization
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• global problems
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• global warming
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• Goethe
• Goethe
• good governance
• good governance
• governance
• governance
• Gray John (philosopher)
• Gray John (philosopher)
• growth
• growth
• Gujarat
• Gujarat
• Harvard Humanities Center
• Harvard Humanities Center
• Harvard South Asia Initiative
• Harvard South Asia Initiative
• healtcare
• healtcare
• healthcare (universal)
• healthcare (universal)
• Heidegger Martin
• Heidegger Martin
• Heinrich Zimmer
• Heinrich Zimmer
• Henry Kissinger
• Henry Kissinger
• Himalayas
• Himalayas
• human rights
• human rights
• Ideas India
• Ideas India
• incentives
• incentives
• indentured servitude
• indentured servitude
• India
• India
• Indian flag
• Indian flag
• Indian independence struggle
• Indian independence struggle
• indigenous peoples
• indigenous peoples
• Indika (of Megasthenes)
• Indika (of Megasthenes)
• individual (role of)
• individual (role of)
• Indonesia
• Indonesia
• inner conquest
• inner conquest
• institutions
• institutions
• instrumental reason
• instrumental reason
• integrated pest management (IPM)
• integrated pest management (IPM)
• Inter-American Foundation IAF
• Inter-American Foundation IAF
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBRD (see also: World Bank)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBRD (see also: World Bank)
• International Development Association IDA (see also: World Bank)
• International Development Association IDA (see also: World Bank)
• International Finance Corporation IFC World Bank (See also: World Bank)
• International Finance Corporation IFC World Bank (See also: World Bank)
• International Monetary Fund IMF
• International Monetary Fund IMF
• international relations
• international relations
• invasion of Iraq
• invasion of Iraq
• Iraq
• Iraq
• Irian Jaya
• Irian Jaya
• irrigation projects
• irrigation projects
• Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Java
• Java
• jurisprudence
• jurisprudence
• justice
• justice
• Kalinga
• Kalinga
• kama
• kama
• Karl Polanyi
• Karl Polanyi
• Kasten Robert
• Kasten Robert
• Kautilya
• Kautilya
• Kedung Ombo dam
• Kedung Ombo dam
• Kenya
• Kenya
• Keynes John Maynard
• Keynes John Maynard
• Kishan Rana
• Kishan Rana
• Küng Hans
• Küng Hans
• large dams
• large dams
• law
• law
• learning by doing
• learning by doing
• Legacy of Forgotten Leaders (India)
• Legacy of Forgotten Leaders (India)
• legislation (vs. persuasion)
• legislation (vs. persuasion)
• legitimacy (state)
• legitimacy (state)
• livestock ranching
• livestock ranching
• loan approval culture
• loan approval culture
• Lutzenberger Jose
• Lutzenberger Jose
• Machiavelli
• Machiavelli
• Maheswar dam (India)
• Maheswar dam (India)
• malaria
• malaria
• Malaysia
• Malaysia
• mandarin
• mandarin
• mantri (Sankskrit)
• mantri (Sankskrit)
• market liberalization
• market liberalization
• Martin Heidegger
• Martin Heidegger
• Mason Edward S.
• Mason Edward S.
• materialism
• materialism
• material resoures
• material resoures
• material wealth
• material wealth
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso
• Maurya dynasty
• Maurya dynasty
• Maurya India
• Maurya India
• Max Weber
• Max Weber
• McNamara Robert
• McNamara Robert
• medical services
• medical services
• medicinal herbs
• medicinal herbs
• Megasthenes
• Megasthenes
• Mendes Chico
• Mendes Chico
• Mexico
• Mexico
• modernity
• modernity
• Montreal Protocol
• Montreal Protocol
• Morse Bradford
• Morse Bradford
• Morse Commission
• Morse Commission
• Multilateral Development Banks MDBs
• Multilateral Development Banks MDBs
• Narmada Bachao Andolan
• Narmada Bachao Andolan
• Narmada dam
• Narmada dam
• Narmada river
• Narmada river
• Narmada Sagar project
• Narmada Sagar project
• national TFAP plans
• national TFAP plans
• National Thermal Power Corporation India (NTPC)
• National Thermal Power Corporation India (NTPC)
• National Wildlife Federation
• National Wildlife Federation
• Natonal Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India
• Natonal Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India
• natural resources
• natural resources
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• negotiation
• negotiation
• Nepal
• Nepal
• net negative transfers
• net negative transfers
• Newton Sir Isaac
• Newton Sir Isaac
• Nigeria
• Nigeria
• non-governmental organizations NGOs
• non-governmental organizations NGOs
• non-project lending
• non-project lending
• nonviolence
• nonviolence
• Obama health care legislation
• Obama health care legislation
• Obey David
• Obey David
• one rupee coin
• one rupee coin
• Operations Evaluation Deparment (OED) World Bank
• Operations Evaluation Deparment (OED) World Bank
• Orissa/Odisha
• Orissa/Odisha
• Oxfam
• Oxfam
• Pakistan
• Pakistan
• Pak Mun dam (Thailand)
• Pak Mun dam (Thailand)
• Papua New Guinea
• Papua New Guinea
• participation
• participation
• Patrick Coady
• Patrick Coady
• Peter Singer
• Peter Singer
• Philippines
• Philippines
• pilgrims (Chinese)
• pilgrims (Chinese)
• Pillar Edicts (Ashoka)
• Pillar Edicts (Ashoka)
• Polanyi Karl
• Polanyi Karl
• political economy
• political economy
• political violence (India)
• political violence (India)
• politics
• politics
• Politics (Aristotle)
• Politics (Aristotle)
• Polonoroeste project
• Polonoroeste project
• postmodernity
• postmodernity
• poverty
• poverty
• poverty alleviation
• poverty alleviation
• prakrit
• prakrit
• pressure to lend
• pressure to lend
• Preston Lewis
• Preston Lewis
• Price David
• Price David
• Project for Ecological Recovery (Thailand)
• Project for Ecological Recovery (Thailand)
• protected natural areas
• protected natural areas
• protected species
• protected species
• prudence
• prudence
• public debate
• public debate
• public participation
• public participation
• public policy
• public policy
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Rainforest Action Network
• Rainforest Action Network
• raja dharma
• raja dharma
• realism
• realism
• realpolitik
• realpolitik
• reflection (inner)
• reflection (inner)
• religion
• religion
• religious tolerance
• religious tolerance
• reorganization (of World Bank)
• reorganization (of World Bank)
• resettlement
• resettlement
• resettlement plan
• resettlement plan
• resettlement policies (World Bank)
• resettlement policies (World Bank)
• resettlement programs
• resettlement programs
• resettlement projects
• resettlement projects
• respect for life
• respect for life
• responsibility for the world
• responsibility for the world
• reverence for life
• reverence for life
• Rio Declaration Earth Summit 1992
• Rio Declaration Earth Summit 1992
• Rio Earth Summit (1992)
• Rio Earth Summit (1992)
• Robert McNamara
• Robert McNamara
• Rock Edicts (Ashoka)
• Rock Edicts (Ashoka)
• Romania
• Romania
• Romila Thapar
• Romila Thapar
• Rondônia
• Rondônia
• Rondônia Natural Resources Management Project
• Rondônia Natural Resources Management Project
• Roosevelt (Theodore)
• Roosevelt (Theodore)
• Rostow Walt W.
• Rostow Walt W.
• Royal Dutch Shell
• Royal Dutch Shell
• rubber
• rubber
• rubber tappers
• rubber tappers
• Ruzizi II Regional Hydroelectric Project
• Ruzizi II Regional Hydroelectric Project
• Rwanda
• Rwanda
• Sadar Patel
• Sadar Patel
• Sahlins Marshall
• Sahlins Marshall
• Saint-Simon Henri
• Saint-Simon Henri
• Saint-Simonians
• Saint-Simonians
• Sanskrit
• Sanskrit
• Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam
• Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam
• Sarnath Ashokan Pillar
• Sarnath Ashokan Pillar
• sector lending
• sector lending
• secular ethic
• secular ethic
• Seleucids
• Seleucids
• self-control
• self-control
• self-organizing politics
• self-organizing politics
• Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
• Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
• shastra
• shastra
• Singh Manmohan
• Singh Manmohan
• Singrauli (India)
• Singrauli (India)
• Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant
• Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant
• Sir Francis Bacon
• Sir Francis Bacon
• skepticism
• skepticism
• slavery
• slavery
• Smith Adam
• Smith Adam
• social change
• social change
• South Africa
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka
• state (role of)
• state (role of)
• state (withdrawal of)
• state (withdrawal of)
• statecraft
• statecraft
• state seal of India
• state seal of India
• steady-state economy
• steady-state economy
• Stern Ernest
• Stern Ernest
• sticks and carrots
• sticks and carrots
• Stockholm Declaration (1972)
• Stockholm Declaration (1972)
• structural adjustment
• structural adjustment
• structural adjustment loans
• structural adjustment loans
• Subash Chandra Bose
• Subash Chandra Bose
• Subernarekha project
• Subernarekha project
• subversion
• subversion
• Sugata Bose
• Sugata Bose
• Suharto
• Suharto
• Sumatra
• Sumatra
• Summers Lawrence
• Summers Lawrence
• Survival International
• Survival International
• sustainability
• sustainability
• sustainable development
• sustainable development
• sustainable forestry
• sustainable forestry
• Taft Robert A.
• Taft Robert A.
• Tanzania
• Tanzania
• technocracy
• technocracy
• Thailand
• Thailand
• Thatcher Margaret
• Thatcher Margaret
• The Great Transformation (Polanyi)
• The Great Transformation (Polanyi)
• The Idea of Justice (Amartya Sen)
• The Idea of Justice (Amartya Sen)
• The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Adam Smith)
• The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Adam Smith)
• tolerance
• tolerance
• totally insane
• totally insane
• To Uphold the World
• To Uphold the World
• Training and Visit (T&V) agricultural extension programs
• Training and Visit (T&V) agricultural extension programs
• Transmigration projects Indonesia
• Transmigration projects Indonesia
• Treasury Department U.S.
• Treasury Department U.S.
• tribal peoples
• tribal peoples
• tropical deforestation
• tropical deforestation
• Tropical Forestry Action Plan (TFAP)
• Tropical Forestry Action Plan (TFAP)
• U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development
• U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development
• U.S. Congress
• U.S. Congress
• U.S. Congress Human Rights Caucus
• U.S. Congress Human Rights Caucus
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• U.S. Governor (World Bank)
• U.S. Governor (World Bank)
• U.S. Treasury Department
• U.S. Treasury Department
• Udall Lori
• Udall Lori
• Uganda
• Uganda
• UNCED
• UNCED
• UNDP
• UNDP
• uniformity judicial procedure
• uniformity judicial procedure
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
• United Nations Convention on Biodiversity
• United Nations Convention on Biodiversity
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• United Natons
• United Natons
• universal health care
• universal health care
• UN System
• UN System
• Upper Krishna projects
• Upper Krishna projects
• Uruguay
• Uruguay
• utilitarianism
• utilitarianism
• Vaclav Havel
• Vaclav Havel
• values
• values
• venal view (of human nature)
• venal view (of human nature)
• venal view (of modern economics)
• venal view (of modern economics)
• violence
• violence
• Wade Robert
• Wade Robert
• Wapenhans report
• Wapenhans report
• Wapenhans Willi
• Wapenhans Willi
• Weber Max
• Weber Max
• welfare
• welfare
• West Papua
• West Papua
• White Harry Dexter
• White Harry Dexter
• women's rights (Kautilya)
• women's rights (Kautilya)
• World Bank
• World Bank
• World Bank Articles of Agreement
• World Bank Articles of Agreement
• World Bank Board of Executive Directors
• World Bank Board of Executive Directors
• World Bank Operations Evaluation Department
• World Bank Operations Evaluation Department
• World Development Report (World Bank)
• World Development Report (World Bank)
• World Rainforest Movement
• World Rainforest Movement
• World Resources Institute
• World Resources Institute
• World Wide Fund for Nature
• World Wide Fund for Nature
• World Wildlife Fund
• World Wildlife Fund
• Xuangzang (Hiuan-Tsang)
• Xuangzang (Hiuan-Tsang)
• Zaire
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zambia

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