Academic Conference with International Participation, October
19, 2006.
"Global Poverty: Sustainable Solutions" Proceedings
Conference Papers
Note: All papers have been refereed in full text
by a minimum of two referees
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| Name & Organisation or Institution |
Title and Abstract |
About the presenters |
Dr Dora Marinova and Amzad Hossain
ISTP, Murdoch University
D.Marinova@murdoch.edu.au |
Principles for Self Reliance and Sustainability:
Case Study of Bangladesh
The paper explores the principles of self-reliance and connects them
to the sustainability concept drawing examples from Bangladesh. It argues
that there is a need for an alternative model for development in traditional,
predominantly rural communities which avoids creating dependence on
foreign aid and allows for the empowering of local people to trust in
their own capabilities and spirit. Self-reliance as an alternative to
the western model if properly understood and applied can bring hope
for a brighter and more sustainable future.
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Dora Marinova is an Associate Professor
and Head of the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy at
Murdoch University where she teaches in the areas of demography, economics
for sustainability and women and development. Her research interests
cover technology policy and development, sustainable business and partnerships.
She has published over 70 refereed journal articles and book chapters
and has conducted research for Western Australian and Commonwealth Government
departments.
Amzad Hossain is an honorary research fellow at the
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University.
Hossain publishes papers and popular articles reflecting Baul philosophers’
views in regard with sustainable development, sustainability, renewable
energy, values and spirituality, and reflective education. As a Visiting
Professor, Hossain also teaches and supervises post-graduate students
at Rajshahi University in Bangladesh. |
Dr Brad Pettitt
ISTP, Murdoch University
b.pettitt@murdoch.edu.au |
Poverty, Security, and the Australian
Aid Program: from the Simons Review to the White Paper
Australia’s official overseas aid program has undergone a process
of rapid and major transformation in recent years. Interventions based
on Australia’s regional security and counter-terrorism capacity
have overtaken and replaced interventions based on poverty alleviation
and sustainable development. This article describes the recent shift
in official aid policy and places it within the context of broader changes
in the aid program over the last two decades. It then goes on to argue
that this new security focused direction is one that has ignored the
recommendations of the Simons Review and as a result is undermining
the effectiveness of poverty reduction in the aid program. It concludes
that the recent release of the Australian Government’s White Paper
on the Aid Program should enable poverty reduction to return to the
centre stage of the official Australian aid program.
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Dr Brad Pettitt is a Lecturer in Sustainable
Development at the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy.
He has policy experience with Oxfam in Cambodia and with the Australian
Government Aid Program, AusAID in Canberra. He teaches units in Sustainability
Ethics and Overseas Aid and International Development. His research interests
include Australian and international aid policy; non-government development
organisations, sustainability planning, and links between development
and environment theory. |
John Davis
ISTP, Murdoch University
J.K.Davis@murdoch.edu.au |
NGOs and Development in Bangladesh: Whose sustainability
counts?
From its birth as an independent nation in 1971, Bangladesh became
a site for Non Government Organisations. Initially focussed
on relief and rehabilitation activities following the War of Liberation
and succeeding natural calamities, International and local NGOs turned
their efforts to longer term development in the absence of state capacity
to deliver welfare.
By the mid 1980s still lacking a strong state, NGOs were faced with
the challenge/opportunity to deliver social services into the long
term and became the champions of 'sustainable development'.
International NGOs spun off their operations and 'client' base into
local and national NGOs. Bangladeshi NGOs found many opportunities
for partnership with the growing international community of development
NGOs, and Northern/Western government Development Agencies.
During the 1990s the NGO sector in Bangladesh grew rapidly.
NGOs developed business strategies to both provide outlet for beneficiaries'
produce and to deliver goods and services to their 'target groups'.
Local income has become increasingly important in strategies for sustainability
of the organisations and the careers of their employees.
Some NGOs are now the largest providers of a range of services in
Bangladesh, and their role with respect to the poor, business and
government has become increasingly subject to debate.
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John Davis is a postgraduate research student
and casual tutor at Murdoch University. John has worked for lengthy periods
in Bangladesh and Indonesia, and continues to be active consulting on
sustainable development of poor communities in Asia and Africa. In Australia
he has had experience in the landcare and coastcare programmes. His current
PhD research examines ideas of stewardship of the coast and how stewardship
of the Western Australian coast might be strengthened. |
Natalie McGrath, Rachel Armstrong and
Dr Dora Marinova
ISTP, Murdoch University
N.McGrath@murdoch.edu.au |
Reframing Poverty of Indigenous Australians
The paper examines the policy framework that has governed Indigenous
Australians since colonisation and argues for a need to reframe the
meaning of economic development to properly reflect the importance of
cultural values. It suggests that using participatory methods can be
a way of creating a space for dialogue where the current concepts can
be challenged for such change to occur.
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Natalie McGrath is a Lecturer at the
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP), Murdoch University
where she currently teaches in Sustainability for Professionals and
Global and Regional Sustainability. Her research interests cover sustainability,
participatory research methods, women’s development and indigenous
culture. Natalie is currently involved in the work of the Desert Knowledge
Cooperative Research Centre in research related to the delivery of services
to desert settlements and indigenous communities.
After completing Research Masters with Training, Rachel Armstrong
is now a PhD student at the Institute for Sustainability and Technology
Policy (ISTP), Murdoch University where she also tutors in Indigenous
Sustainability, Reinventing Australia and iNtroduction to Sustainability.
Rachel is also involved in research for the North Australian Indigenous
Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) on creation of employment
and income on Indigenous Lands.
Dora Marinova is an Associate Professor and Head of
the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy at Murdoch University
where she teaches in the areas of demography, economics for sustainability
and women and development. (See above). |
| Talia Raphaely and Dr Dora
Marinova |
The New Human Agenda: An
Empowering Approach to Poverty Alleviation
The ways of the West are not necessarily the best for releasing human
potential and capacity for poverty alleviation. This paper puts forward
the New Human Agenda, built around the concepts of increased humanness,
partnerships and bioregionalism, as an alternative approach to traditional
interventions. Using the example of The Hunger Project, it argues that
the applied process and strategies (which are locally conceived, dynamically
transformative, flexible, connected, iterative, engaging, participatory
and empowering) have the potential to deliver sustainable and long term
opportunities for poverty alleviation.
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Talia Raphaely is currently doing a PhD
in attitudinal and behavioural change for sustainability through Murdoch’s
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy. She also has a consultancy,
Sustainably Speaking, which concentrates on sustainability communication,
education and promotion and behavioural change interventions and strategies.
Dora Marinova is an Associate Professor and Head of
the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy at Murdoch University
where she teaches in the areas of demography, economics for sustainability
and women and development. (See above). |
Other Presenters
at the Conference: |
| Terri Hughes
Murdoch University Post Graduate
ritar2@bigpond.com |
Fair Trade: Calling All Consumers |
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| Lindy Stirling
World Vision
lindy.stirling@worldvision.com.au |
Education and MDG |
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| Terry Crestwell
Make Poverty History (Event Coordinator)
terry@ca.com.au |
Make Poverty History: The need
for Justice |
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Jim Hong
School of Humanities and Social Science, University of
Science and Technology of China (associate professor)
hongjin@ustc.edu.cn
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Poverty and Sustainable: Development
in China (provisional) |
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| Dr Jane Hutchinson
Murdoch University
J.Hutchison@murdoch.edu.au |
Urban poverty in Manila |
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| Susan Cromb and Derek Cromb
Adopt a School Association Inc
crcromb@tpg.com.au |
Adopt a School: What's it all
about. |
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| Sunil Govinnage
Department of Industry and Resources, Western Australia
sunil.govinnage@doir.wa.gov.au |
Sri Lanka's sustainability and
anti-poverty programs since 1948. |
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| Govind Nair
World Bank
gnair@worldbank.org |
Global Poverty Reduction in the
21st Century: Institutional Dimensions And Challenges |
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| Peter Devereux
ISTP, Murdoch University
P.Devereux@murdoch.edu.au |
Australian Volunteers-from the
human face of the aid program toward human security and development |
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Local Organising Committee
1. Dr Paul Flatau, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch
University
2. Dr Brad Pettitt. Institute for Sustainability and Technology
Policy, Murdoch University
3. Assoc. Prof Dora Marinova, Institute for Sustainability and
Technology Policy, Murdoch University
1. Yamini Narayanan, Institute for Sustainability
and Technology Policy, Murdoch University
2. Susan Davidson, Institute for Sustainability and Technology
Policy, Murdoch University
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International Advisory Board
Vera Mugittu, Managing Director, Muvek Development
Solutions, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Professor Giulio Querini, Department of Public Economics,
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
Dr John Renne, Assistant Professor and Associate Director
of the University of New Orleans Transportation Center in the College
of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans, USA
Dr Harald Rochraher, Director, Inter-University Research
Centre for Technology, Work and Culture and university assistant
Department of Technology and Science Research of the Institute for
Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Klagenfurt and at the Technical
University of Graz, Austria
Dr Lingyong Wang, Institute for Scientific Information,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof Lech Zacher, Director, Center for Impact Assessment.
Studies and Forecasting. Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship.
and Management. Warsaw, Poland
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