Education, communication and culture in the information society: a Latin American perspective

Includes bibliography

Information society and public ICT policies in the Caribbean: a review of advances and challenges, policy instruments and country experiences

Includes bibliography

Social capital and culture: master keys to development

Includes bibliography

Class and culture in the changing peasantry

Includes bibliography

Education and culture: a political perspective: hypotheses on the importance of education for development

Includes bibliography

Las exigencias educativas de la sociedad actual y el derecho a la educación en América Latina = Educational needs in a modern society and the right to education in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Road maps towards an information society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Building an information society: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective

Includes bibliography

Tax performance and reform in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Includes bibliography

Gender, pensions and social citizenship in Latin America

Includes bibliography

The cultural industry and new codes of modernity

Includes bibliography

The State, the community and society in social development

President Cardoso delivered this address at the First Regional Conference in Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development, held in Sao Paulo from 6 to 9 April 1997. On that occasion President Cardoso reviewed the issues examined at the World Summit, with special emphasis on poverty and the search for an environmentally sound, democratic form of development that will lead to a greater degree of social equity. Within this context, he discussed the relationship between economic and social factors, devoting particular attention to State reform, education, competitiveness and job creation. He also outlined the situation in Brazil with regard to economic development, education and health services, the neeed for agrarian reform based on the principle of equity, and respect for human rights. In concluding his statement, he stressed the need to overcome the traditional division between community and society and between the public and private spheres. To that end, he called for a re-examination of ethical considerations, not as an empty discussion of morality but rather as an effective means of motivating action for change.