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Commonwealth Secretariat meeting 6-7 July London
    Sustaining development in small states


  Promoting small states growth and development in
                the global economy
        Exploring new sources of
   partnerships for small states: J L Roberts



                                                     JLR
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                             J L Roberts



        • Past Eras for Policy and Action on SD

 1970s Raising awareness

 1980s Global Treaties

 1990s Legislation and national commitments

 2000s Strategies, Goals, Grand projects

                 2010s New Era for what?
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                                    J L Roberts



           From Crisis to rescue
 G20 Pledges of support
 UN Review of IFI structures and functions
 World Bank rescue packages
•    For 2009, the bank supported 767 projects to promote economic growth, fight
                            …
     poverty, and assist private businesses

    The ‘Unholy Trinity’ (IMF, WB,WTO)(Richard Peet)
      still in business preserving the status quo ante
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                                J L Roberts



                        Into a new era?
 G einschaf t or community
   em

Gesellschaf t or association (concepts in social theory
  (from the German sociologists Ferdinand Tonnies and Max Weber)


  Taking us forward into a fresh framework for
            sustainable development?
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                             J L Roberts



• Community: individuals, family, kinship,
  neighbourhood, village – common culture and mores

• Association: commercial company, professional
  group, state, federation- corporate objectives, division
  of labour, specialisation, business management
Exploring new sources of
 partnerships for small
         states
      J L Roberts

 Partners Partnerships
Associates
Colleagues
Accomplices
Players in a side
Companions in a dance
           or
Strengthening to a hole in a
ship’s deck for a capstan

What is the best narrative for us?
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                              J L Roberts



        • Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP)
Technical progress which promotes marginal
 productivity to increase for the same levels of factors
 of production

This approach to economic development threatens the
 outstanding natural assets in Small and island states
 when it values such natural wealth at zero.
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                             J L Roberts



      New Environmental Paradigm (NEP)
     Seeks to redress the environmental impact of
                    development by

Prevention and mitigation measures
Valuing natural resources explicitly in the system
 of social welfare accounts.

.
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                                   J L Roberts

   People of small States

 Low ecological footprint

High on the Happy Planet
Index
 Smallness means close to
government
Remoteness a protective
shield
  But without awareness and
  drive, highly vulnerable to
     ecosystem collapse.
                                        The lost Dodo: a metaphor for the perils of
                                                       inaction.
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                                     J L Roberts

‘Man aspires to the stars.
But if he can only get his
sewage and refuse
distributed and utilized in
an orderly fashion, he will
be doing well.’ Roy Bridger On
Progress in The Times


A heap of trash that's
twice the size of Texas,
80% plastic, and weighs
3.5 million tons. Trapped
in a circular course by
winds and currents
                                          The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                                  J L Roberts
   Centres of Excellence

Islands and Small States
Institute at the Foundation
for International Studies,
the Malta University Centre
Gozo, Malta.

 Education & training
 Consultation and expert
networks
 Information Analysis
 Publications
R&D
                                        Professor Briguglio leading an international
                                                         meeting
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                               J L Roberts


 • European Commission’s new form of enhanced General
         budget support called "MDG Contract”

• First version -€225 million to the Government of Zambia for
  a 6 year period (2009-2014): to
• Support poverty-focused public programmes
• Accelerate progress towards MDGs.
• Focus health and education
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                                  J L Roberts


   Clinical Economics
 The Jeffrey Sachs
Ruhiira Partnership

Millennium Villages
      projects

‘Challenge to pessimists and
sceptics.’ Guardian
–
8Trial villages in sub-
Saharan Africa –

                                     •    Objective: Achieve MDGs by 2015 on
                                         US$110 per person per year (30 cents per
                                                  day) over five-years
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                          J L Roberts

Sachs’ Millennium Village Project three year results

Income levels rising: malnutrition falling

School enrolment up:

Gender improvements

Maternal mortality reduced

Malaria incidence halved:

Better communications and inter-village trade
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                             J L Roberts



  The development narrative sound bite
                 Spat!

Think globally act locally: UN policy (Att. Rene Dubos)
Think globally act nationally: International aid
 through macro-economic budget support programmes
Act locally think globally: Jeffrey Sachs clinical
 economics in the millennium village project
Exploring new sources of       Sachs on development with people in
partnerships for small states                 villages
        J L Roberts

      Clinical economics
‘Development economics
needs an overhaul to be more
like modern medicine, a
profession of rigor, insight
and practicality.’

‘The end of poverty must
start in the villages’

‘The poor are ready to
act..individually and
collectively …through
networks of mutual
accountability and networks
of financing’

                                         Community with Associations
Exploring new sources of
partnerships for small states
        J L Roberts
South-South Clusters
  Michael Porter and Paul
  Krugman cluster model

Singapore science park with
World Bank, AfDB, IES
 Business clusters
 Sectoral clusters
 Knowledge clusters
 Supply services clusters

UN CSD thematic cluster
linkages in SD
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                            J L Roberts



• Variable geometry for technical support

North-south
South-south
South-north
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                         J L Roberts


CARICOM: partnership through Associations
    Over 50 major development Associations
            Climate change
            Disasters
            Coastal and marine
            Land use
            Transport
            Science and technology
            Justice
            R&D
            Management and finance
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                             J L Roberts



                   Professional model
Evidence base, theory and guidelines of best practice
Syllabus for basic and continuing education
Professional body for training, exams & discipline
Monitoring and evaluation
R&D
The top professional surgeon scrubbed in the
 operating theatre: the inverted hierarchy of evidence-
 based science.
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                            J L Roberts


   Areas for new professional partnerships
Climate change
Disaster management
Freshwater
Land use
Tourism
Biodiversity
Technology transfer
Economics for development & green accounting
Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states
                             J L Roberts


Community: senior partner in development
IFI south oriented architecture
Companions in a dance not accomplices
From DSP to NEP
Small is beautiful and ecologically light footed
Centres of excellence for evidence based SD
Getting the sewage and refuse sorted
New professions for SD to get on with the job
Variable geometry for SD with the South-north links

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North South & South South Collaboration

  • 1. Commonwealth Secretariat meeting 6-7 July London Sustaining development in small states Promoting small states growth and development in the global economy Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states: J L Roberts JLR
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  • 3. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts • Past Eras for Policy and Action on SD  1970s Raising awareness  1980s Global Treaties  1990s Legislation and national commitments  2000s Strategies, Goals, Grand projects 2010s New Era for what?
  • 4. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts From Crisis to rescue  G20 Pledges of support  UN Review of IFI structures and functions  World Bank rescue packages • For 2009, the bank supported 767 projects to promote economic growth, fight … poverty, and assist private businesses The ‘Unholy Trinity’ (IMF, WB,WTO)(Richard Peet) still in business preserving the status quo ante
  • 5. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Into a new era?  G einschaf t or community em Gesellschaf t or association (concepts in social theory (from the German sociologists Ferdinand Tonnies and Max Weber) Taking us forward into a fresh framework for sustainable development?
  • 6. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts • Community: individuals, family, kinship, neighbourhood, village – common culture and mores • Association: commercial company, professional group, state, federation- corporate objectives, division of labour, specialisation, business management
  • 7. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Partners Partnerships Associates Colleagues Accomplices Players in a side Companions in a dance or Strengthening to a hole in a ship’s deck for a capstan What is the best narrative for us?
  • 8. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts • Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) Technical progress which promotes marginal productivity to increase for the same levels of factors of production This approach to economic development threatens the outstanding natural assets in Small and island states when it values such natural wealth at zero.
  • 9. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Seeks to redress the environmental impact of development by Prevention and mitigation measures Valuing natural resources explicitly in the system of social welfare accounts. .
  • 10. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts People of small States  Low ecological footprint High on the Happy Planet Index  Smallness means close to government Remoteness a protective shield But without awareness and drive, highly vulnerable to ecosystem collapse. The lost Dodo: a metaphor for the perils of inaction.
  • 11. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts ‘Man aspires to the stars. But if he can only get his sewage and refuse distributed and utilized in an orderly fashion, he will be doing well.’ Roy Bridger On Progress in The Times A heap of trash that's twice the size of Texas, 80% plastic, and weighs 3.5 million tons. Trapped in a circular course by winds and currents The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • 12. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Centres of Excellence Islands and Small States Institute at the Foundation for International Studies, the Malta University Centre Gozo, Malta.  Education & training  Consultation and expert networks  Information Analysis  Publications R&D Professor Briguglio leading an international meeting
  • 13. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts • European Commission’s new form of enhanced General budget support called "MDG Contract” • First version -€225 million to the Government of Zambia for a 6 year period (2009-2014): to • Support poverty-focused public programmes • Accelerate progress towards MDGs. • Focus health and education
  • 14. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Clinical Economics The Jeffrey Sachs Ruhiira Partnership Millennium Villages projects ‘Challenge to pessimists and sceptics.’ Guardian – 8Trial villages in sub- Saharan Africa – • Objective: Achieve MDGs by 2015 on US$110 per person per year (30 cents per day) over five-years
  • 15. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Sachs’ Millennium Village Project three year results Income levels rising: malnutrition falling School enrolment up: Gender improvements Maternal mortality reduced Malaria incidence halved: Better communications and inter-village trade
  • 16. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts The development narrative sound bite Spat! Think globally act locally: UN policy (Att. Rene Dubos) Think globally act nationally: International aid through macro-economic budget support programmes Act locally think globally: Jeffrey Sachs clinical economics in the millennium village project
  • 17. Exploring new sources of Sachs on development with people in partnerships for small states villages J L Roberts Clinical economics ‘Development economics needs an overhaul to be more like modern medicine, a profession of rigor, insight and practicality.’ ‘The end of poverty must start in the villages’ ‘The poor are ready to act..individually and collectively …through networks of mutual accountability and networks of financing’ Community with Associations
  • 18. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts South-South Clusters Michael Porter and Paul Krugman cluster model Singapore science park with World Bank, AfDB, IES  Business clusters  Sectoral clusters  Knowledge clusters  Supply services clusters UN CSD thematic cluster linkages in SD
  • 19. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts • Variable geometry for technical support North-south South-south South-north
  • 20. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts CARICOM: partnership through Associations Over 50 major development Associations  Climate change  Disasters  Coastal and marine  Land use  Transport  Science and technology  Justice  R&D  Management and finance
  • 21. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Professional model Evidence base, theory and guidelines of best practice Syllabus for basic and continuing education Professional body for training, exams & discipline Monitoring and evaluation R&D The top professional surgeon scrubbed in the operating theatre: the inverted hierarchy of evidence- based science.
  • 22. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Areas for new professional partnerships Climate change Disaster management Freshwater Land use Tourism Biodiversity Technology transfer Economics for development & green accounting
  • 23. Exploring new sources of partnerships for small states J L Roberts Community: senior partner in development IFI south oriented architecture Companions in a dance not accomplices From DSP to NEP Small is beautiful and ecologically light footed Centres of excellence for evidence based SD Getting the sewage and refuse sorted New professions for SD to get on with the job Variable geometry for SD with the South-north links