The first World Congress on Communication for Development will focus on demonstrating that communication for development is an essential ingredient for meeting today’s most pressing development challenges and, as such, should be more fully integrated in development policy and practice.

The organizers are looking particularly for empirical and conceptual studies exploring the impact of globalization on the poor in Latin America through one or more of its various manifestations. a) Globalization and the chronic poor b) ‘Corporate globalization’ and the poor c) Threshold and...

To increase the effectiveness of the Ecological Footprint as a tool for promoting ecological, social and economic sustainability, the Global Footprint Network engages in the following activities: - Outreach and Community Building - Research and Development - Education, Training and Application...