A new system of values is a precondition for change. All economic systems need to be tested in terms of whether and to what extent they put people
at the center of the development process and do so as subjects, not merely as objects, of that process.

Sustainable Development is development that is pro-poor, pro-nature,
pro-jobs and pro-women. It stresses growth with employment, growth with environment, growth with empowerment, growth with equity.

New Paradigm for JPIC:
1. Meeting basic human needs
2. Justice and participation: Are these met equitably?
3. Sustainability: Is the economic system ecologically and socially sustainable over generations?
4. Self-reliance: Does the economic system enable people to achieve a sense of their own worth, freedom and capacity, rather than being completely
vulnerable to the decisions of others?
5. Universality: Do the economic system and economic policies focus on the above elements for the global human family, beyond national or regional political boundaries?
6. Peace: Does the economic system promote peace built on justice?