Skip to main content

Antonio Meloto: Empowering the Filipino Poor Toward Sustainable and Innovative Communities

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Knowledge Creation in Community Development

Abstract

My power lies in not desiring power. This is one of the most quotable remarks of Mr. Antonio Palermo Meloto, one of the more influential and, indeed, powerful men in the Philippines today.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Brillantes, Alex B., Jr. 2014. Accountable, Responsive and Inclusive Governance. Presentation at the National Workshop of Governance Stakeholders, Crowne Plaza, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City on Mar. 4 2013.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brillantes, A.B., M. Fernandez, and L. Perante-Calina. 2013. Governance Reform Framework. Presentation at the 2013 making reform happen (MRH) policy workshop in Southeast Asia and Korea, public sector reform since the late 1990s. Center for International Development, Korea Development Institute and Korea Research Institute, University of New South Wales. Siem Reap, Cambodia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brillantes, Alex B., Jr., and Maricel T. Fernandez. 2008. Is there a Philippine Public Administration? Or better still, for whom is Philippine Public Administration? Philippine Journal of Public Administration 52 (2–40): 245–307.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fukuyama, Francis. 2004. Building: Governance and world order in the 21st century. Cornell University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Graham, Thomas. 2014. The genius of the poor, a journey with Gawad Kalinga. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Kawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotter, John P. 1996. Leading change. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Meloto, Antonio P. 2009. Antonio Meloto: Builder of dreams. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Kawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Ayano Hirose. 2013. Social innovation: Creating new knowledge for new social value. Tokyo: Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ong, Charlson L. 2006. Antonio Meloto Biography, Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation-Awardees.

    Google Scholar 

  • Orejas, Tonette. 2008. Gawad Kalinga takes Panlilio as Partner in Lifting Poor. Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1 2006.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pant, Dinesh. 2007. Revolutionizing the mindsets: Roles and challenges for management development institutions in governance reform context. Administration and Management Review 19 (2): 77–96.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rebelo, Jose Antonio M. 2011. Tony Meloto: I am a Radical Optimist. World Mission Magazine, July. http://www.gk1world.com/i-am-a-radical-optimist.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Alex B. Brillantes Jr .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Brillantes, A.B., Perante-Calina, L.E. (2018). Antonio Meloto: Empowering the Filipino Poor Toward Sustainable and Innovative Communities. In: Hirose Nishihara, A., Matsunaga, M., Nonaka, I., Yokomichi, K. (eds) Knowledge Creation in Community Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57481-3_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics