RESOURCES AND PAPERS

VALUING LEADERSHIP

Dr. Vinayak Rao, Founder and Chief Executive, CEL-NET

Today's environmental crises have gone far beyond a few localized oil spills or bouts of urban smog. From alarming shifts in climate to the inexorable spread of deserts, the problems are global, and often deeply entrenched. They present the kind of challenge that demands action at the top, among decision makers. more>>

THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHALL LEAD

Dr. Detlef Sprinz, PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

Many now developed countries were enduring subsistence level economies centuries ago, often combined with a feudal system and religious strife that often hindered political and economic development. A look at the religious songs from the early period of Reformation is quite instructive: Fear of famine, death, plague, war, etc. were commonplace. Yet many of these countries can by now assure nearly all of their citizens sufficient food, shelter, education, political participation, and quite often reasonably stable democratic systems. There have been various roads to democracy, and not always peaceful ones. Despite increasing world trade over the past centuries, colonialism, etc., much of the long-term political and economic outcomes were ultimately domestically determined. more>>

UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP

Dr. Vinayak Rao, Founder and Chief Executive, CEL-NET

The task of organizing our society and improving the quality of life for all depends on leadership and governance. The understanding of the 'context' in which the problem is situated is important for exercising leadership in a meaningful and productive way more>>