ACADEMY WORKSHOP ON "SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION"

VATICAN CITY, FEB 21, 2000 (VIS) - Today and tomorrow in the Vatican's Casina Pio IV, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences is hosting a workshop on the theme "Social Dimensions of Globalization." This precedes the academy's sixth plenary session which will be held From February 23 to 26 in the Vatican on the theme of democracy.

Among the topics which will be discussed at the workshop by members and guests of the academy: "The Meaning of Globalization"; "The Evolving Nature of Development in the Light of Globalization"; "Human Development and Globalization: Challenges and Indicators"; "Social and Cultural Dimensions of Globalization" and "The Social Doctrine of the Church and Globalization."

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, which was founded by Pope John Paul II in 1994, is Professor Edmond Malinvaud of the Research Center on Economy and Statistics - Malakoff, near Paris, France.

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