Presentation by Isagani Serrano, President, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement at the "Civil Society Panel Discussion 4: Responsible Development Financing in Post MDG 2015"; organized by NGO Forum on ADB on 4 May 2013 during the 46th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Delhi, India.

1. Responsible Development Financing
for Post MDG 2015
CSO Panel 4, 46th
ADB AGM Delhi
Isagani R Serrano
President, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement
(PRRM)
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2. Responsible development financing,
for what?
Development as usual
or
A different kind of development?

3. Paradox: growth with rising
inequalities

4. Paradox: growth with so many
excluded

5. Paradox: growth with declining
environment

6. What are we chasing growth for,
anyway?

7. Financing happiness?

8. Change the measures, change the
pathways
% food supply grown organically
% streams you can drink from safely
Average age of trees in the forest
Population trends of migrating songbirds
Shortened food miles (distance between where food is grown and consumed)
Average distance travelled by a person each year
% elections when you vote for a politician you really trust and like
Average distance between living places of members of extended family
Average number of minutes spent everyday in prayer, meditation, or quiet
time
% of “clowns” or people with sense of humor in a village or community
% of people who say they have “enough”
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9. Is this where ADB wants to go?
Thank You and Good Luck!

10. Is this where ADB wants to go?
Thank You and Good Luck!