Nicanor Perlas

Nicanor Perlas is President of the Center for Alternative Development Initiatives (CADI) in Manila where he guides research and policy work and develops initiatives on globalization, threefolding and their impacts on civil society, cultural power and sustainable development.

Nicanor is publisher and Editor-in-Chief, TruthForce! Internet based newspaper cum magazine, www.truthforce.info and Editor-In-Chief, Ikabuhi Newspaper for Micro-Entrepreneurs (34,000 + circulation). He is also co-Founder of Tindog Pilipinas! (also Spokesperson), a national movement for a better Philippines, Professionals for Social Responsibility, Philippine Advancement and Renewal thru Threefolding Networking, Research & Service (PARTNERS), and Global Network for Social Threefolding, found in 12 country areas in the world. www.globenet3.org. Other roles include co-Founder, President and Executive Director at the Center for Alternative Development Initiatives, Metro Manila and Iloilo City, www.cadi.ph

Nicanor has authored  over 100 articles and monographs including an international best selling book, Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power and Threefolding, translated in over 9 languages.