At the Anticafé in Paris ECON+ met again to chat about Development, here’s what we talked about…
Do you have anything to add? What are the future challenges and solutions?
What are the major concerns?
- Lack of resources
- Inequality
- Sustainability
- Health
- Education
- Gender equality
What are our key challenges?
- Keeping economic growth while preserving the environment
- Supplying enough energy while limiting environmental impact
- Managing resources especially national oil companies
- Combining sustainable development with economic development
- Working out how to fight corruption
What are the future levers?
- Developing private institutions
- Providing education for people’s empowerment and freedom
- Maintaining a sustainable coherence
- Rethinking the aid model
- Promoting environmental innovations
- Developing community work
- Creating new political system
- Empowering the youth
- Defending rights and fundamental freedoms