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For five years, 2009-14, Arun Maira sat in India's cockpit, as a member of the national Planning Commission. From this perch, the panoply of India was visible. These were years of great changes in the country ending with the decimation in the national elections of the Congress party that had ruled India since its Independence and the emergence of a new political configuration in government. The Planning Commission, a hoary old institution, was also set aside, a change in which Maira played an im

The development of institutions that conform to both democratic principles as well as market-capitalist ideas is one of human history's unfinished tasks. Perhaps it has become modern India's destiny to help finish the task. Institutions and institutional processes provide stability, are a means to progress and thus fulfil the needs of society.

Soon, the realization that, while economies had been growing, systemic problems of social inequalityand environmental unsustainability were becoming intolerable, led to the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, which all countries signed up to achieve. A new toolkit is required to attain these goals thatgo beyond the precepts of good business management and prevalent best practices in governmentas well as civil society organizations.

Arun's insights...provide a unique perspective on collaborative solutions to address humanity's greatest challenges. -Ratan TataWalls have risen between nations and people of different faiths and cultures. There is increasing violence against people whom we do not approve-physical in the real world and verbal online. We are unwilling to give people the dignity that they deserve when they are different. We are losing our ability to listen to people who are not like us even within the boundaries