Area of Focus: Social Development

Created: Jan 06, 2007
Updated: Jun 06, 2007

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Social Development

Social development refers to the improvement in qualities of life and human well-being by organizing human governance and affairs to accomplish such tasks as the eradication of poverty, the reduction of income disparities, the elimination of violence, the guaranteed right to clean water and health services, the increased respect for nonhuman creatures and their ecosystems, and the structuring of a just legal system and system of representation.

Related WiserEarth Portals

Social Entrepreneurship
Rural Development
Sustainable Development
Community Development
Community Resources
Distributive and Economic Justice
Poverty Alleviation
Community Enterprise
Rural Farming Communities
Sustainable Livelihoods
Sanitation

News/Events

2007 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship is an international event that last year attracted nearly 700 social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, policy makers, corporate representatives, financiers, philanthropists and students from more than 40 countries. For three days, we will convene a series of plenaries, panel discussions, workshops and academic presentations designed for learning, problem solving and community building.

Featured Organizations

Ecotrust was created in 1991 by a small group of diverse people who sought to bring some of the good ideas emerging around sustainability back to the rain forests of home. We set out to characterize this region and articulate a more enduring strategy for its prosperity.

Citizens for Global Solutions
envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone. This vision requires effective democratic global institutions that will apply the rule of law while respecting the diversity and autonomy of national and local communities.

Featured Resources

Tracking Progress: Accomplishments and Shortfalls in Local Social Development
This report is part of the continuing initiative of Social Watch Philippines (SWP) to monitor the commitments made by the Philippine Government during world conferences and to measure actual progress towards the agreed goals and targets by highlighting the situation in selected local areas in the Philippines.

FutureShifters.net - A Playground for Social Innovation
A website based in Thailand that encourages young people to change the world.

Keywords
quality of life, well-being, standard of living, poverty eradication, equality, eradication of violence, social justice, education, social entrepreneurs, social welfare, social responsibility, reciprocity, respect for cultural differences, traditions, social benefit, fundamental guarantees, ethics, representation, universal health care, environmental ethics, human rights, social and moral development, social accountability, social security, social enterprise

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