1. Reflections on Humane Economic Development

2.  Industrial revolution, rise of nation-states, philosophical liberalism, and the spread of democracy  Response to the “social question” Pope Leo XIII

3. 1. Historical consciousness 2. Focus on the individual (turn to subject) 3. Inductive versus deductive reasoning 4. Development of guiding principles

4. Human Dignity Common GoodSubsidiarity Option for the Poor Rights & Responsibilities Dignity of LaborParticipationStewardship Peace and Disarmament

5.  Caritas International  Organizations in 165 countries that work without regard to race or religion  Directly help 24 million people a year  Employ 440,000 paid staff and 625,000 volunteers  Have a combined estimated worth of US $5.5 billion

6.  Catholic Relief Services  Official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops  Provides humanitarian relief and development assistance to the poor in over 100 countries

7.  Catholic Charities  Provided help for 9,164,981 (unduplicated) people regardless of their religious, social or economic backgrounds in 2009  163 Catholic Charities agencies in United States

8.  U.N. CLEP estimates 1. half in urban areas worldwide live in squatter settlements 2. Extralegal economy accounts for over a third of the developing world’s economy Area in San Paolo, Brazil

9. 1. Facilitate economic transactions 2. Ensure efficient and sustainable resources use 3. Allow for the evolution of effective credit markets 4. Improve investment opportunities 5. Ensure economic accountability and transparency

10.  works to implement institutional reforms in property and business rights  seeks bottom-up reforms through recognition of existing extralegal systems and customs Hernando de Soto

11.  60% of Brazil’s inhabitants live in the extralegal sector (CLEM)  76% of Brazilians affiliate themselves with the RCC

12. 1. What are the paths for cooperation among NGO’s, GO’s, private businesses, and this faith-based community to work for property reform? 2. How can the diverging goals of these groups be reconciled to achieve reform? 3. What is the long-term cost for nations that do not engage their faith-based communities to address wide-scale poverty?