Manfred Max-Neef (b. October 26, 1932 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean economist and ecologist. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Valparaíso is one of the main seaports of Chile, on the Pacific Ocean, and the capital of the Valparaíso Region. ... Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. ...

Max-Neef started his career as a teacher of economics at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1960s. He then travelled through Latin America and the United States, as a visiting Professor in various universities, as well as living with and researching the poor. Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

In 1981, he wrote the book From the Outside Looking In: Experiences in Barefoot Economics. It is a narrative of his travels among poor communities in South America, describing his approach to 'economics as if people matter.' In the same year, he founded the organization CEPAUR (Centre for Development Alternatives). See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Max-Neef won the Swedish government's Right Livelihood Award in 1983, known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", for his work in poverty stricken areas of developing countries. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ... Jakob von Uexkull, founder of the Right Livelihood Award The Right Livelihood Award, established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, is presented annually in the building of the Swedish Parliament, usually on December 9, to honour those working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ...

Max-Neef ran for President of Chile as an independent in the 1993 election. He achieved 4th place, with 5.55% of the vote. Flag of the President of Chile The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. ... Politics of Chile Political parties in Chile Elections in Chile: President: 1970 - 1989 - 1993 - 1999 - 2005 A presidential election was held in Chile on December, 1993. ...

In 1993, he was appointed rector of the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia. He served in that position for eight years. The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Universidad Austral de Chile is a university in Chile. ... Nickname: The pearl of the South, The key of the South seas, Gibraltar of the Pacific, Chiles most beautiful city, City of the rivers Motto: Muy Noble y Muy Leal (Very Noble and Very Loyal) Location of the Commune of Valdivia Coordinates: Country Chile Region Los Rios Province Valdivia...

Memberships: European Academy of Sciences and Arts, The Club of Rome, New York Academy of Sciences, Leopold Kohr Academy of Salzburg. The European Academy of Sciences and Arts was created in 1985 in Salzburg, Austria by heart surgeon Dr.Felix Unger of Salzburg; the former archbishop of Vienna, Franz Cardinal König; and the political scientist and philosopher Nikolaus Lobkowicz. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... New York Academy of Sciences is a society of some 20,000 scientists of all disciplines from 150 countries. ...

Awards: In addition to the Right Livelihood Award. University Award of Highest Honour, Soka University, Japan. Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Jordan, Jordan. National Prize for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, Chile. Soka University (創価大学, Sōka Daigaku) opened in Japan in 1971 (undergraduate) and 1975 (graduate). ... University of jordan is the oldest institute in hashimiet kingdom, established in 1961, the university has, since then, applied itself to the advancement of knowledge no less than to its dissemination. ...

Books

• From the Outside Looking In: Experiences in Barefoot Economics (1981, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation) ISBN 1-85649-188-9
• Human Scale Development 1991, the Apex Press, New York and London, ISBN 0-945257-35-X
• Real-Life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation, with Paul Ekins, 1992, Routledge, London, ISBN 0-415-07976-4

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( ) (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...

External links

• Roll of Honor: Manfred Max-Neef from the Right Lifelihood Award's website
• Max-Neef on Human Needs and Human-scale Development
• Big Picture TV Free video clips of Manfred Max-Neef
• (Spanish) El desarrollo a la medida humana from Desarrollo y Cooperación (March/April 2002)