15 - Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT)

Telecommunications is no longer a key industry – almost

By Editor 15/04/2025CommerceNo Comments

Telecommunications is no longer a key industry or state-owned enterprise (SOE) due to significant technological, economic and regulatory shifts, particularly since the late 20th century. While telecommunications remains critical to…

Reducing Development Gaps using ICTs and Internet Access in Synergy with Sustainability

By Editor 12/04/2025Economic democracyNo Comments

Introduction “Digital exclusion mirrors poverty, illiteracy, limited electricity access, lack of digital skills, and inadequate content in local languages …” (Zhao, 2022, p. 3). So wrote the Secretary-General of the…

Toward Economic Democracy: A Three-Tiered Model for a Just Economy

By Editor 11/04/2025UncategorizedNo Comments

The challenge of building an inclusive, fair, and sustainable economy has led many thinkers to explore alternative models to capitalism. One promising approach involves a three-tiered economic structure that blends…

Proper conduct and ideals in your career

By Editor 11/04/2025Spiritual insightsNo Comments

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti said: "Encourage everyone to build their career in a nice way. Let none get the opportunity to think that their life has become useless." - Ánanda Púrńimá…

How wide is religion defined and how far does it extend today?

By Editor 11/04/2025Human rightsNo Comments

How wide is the "definition" of religion and how far does it extend today? For example, encompassing many spiritual beliefs and practices, new religions, new practices. Is religion a static…

Long-term impacts of slavery and racism on gender issues in developing countries today and the role of CEDAW in activism

By Editor 11/04/2025Human rightsNo Comments

Introduction Slavery of coloured/indigenous people along with colonialism in their homelands, and the systemic racism that went with it, caused and has left deep-rooted socio-economic inequalities in today’s developing countries.…

What should role and integrity of banks be like?

By Editor 10/04/2025CommerceNo Comments

“... it remains a self-evident fact that we must take human honesty for granted, that we must assume that the man with whom we do business intends to do it…

Is development a project of whiteness?

By Editor 10/04/2025International lawNo Comments

This essay examines some key points in considering whether ‘development is a project of whiteness’, and what are some recent trends that might suggest otherwise. As a start, we can…

Impact of global warming on validity of triple bottom line reporting

By Editor 02/04/2025CommerceNo Comments

The triple bottom line (TBL) process involves identifying, assessing and reporting an organisation’s activities in terms of their impact on the environment, society, and the economy (Elkington 1980). TBL covers…