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Annual Report 2012

Focus on the Global South was able to complete a major organizational restructuring in 2012, a process which began in the last quarter of 2011. Despite the considerable administrative and programmatic limitations posed by the transition, we were able to continue making significant headway in our research and campaigning during the year, through our main thematic work areas of Defending the Commons (Land, Water & Forests); Trade & Investment; and Climate & Environmental Justice under a redefined program framework now called Whose New Asia.

Annual Report
annual report 2012.pdf

Report: Conference on Water Privatization: Learning from India and International Experiences

On behalf of the organisers of the Conference on Water Privatisation: Learning from India and International Experiences, held on 19th March 2013 in New Delhi, we are grateful to each of you for attending and participating in this conference. We appreciate you for taking the time and effort to be here. We also thank you for your participation as well as sharing your ideas and expertise. 

We are also happy to share with you the detailed report of this conference. Please do let us know if you have any comment or suggestion.

Report
Campaigns & Programmes: 
Land, Water and Forest
Country Programmes: 
India
Author: 
Afsar Jafri
Report- Conference on Water Privatization on March 19, 2013_N.Delhi_Final.pdf

Briefing Paper: The Chinese North-South Railway Project

Cambodia’s valuable iron-ore deposits in the northern district of Rovieng appear to be slated for a massive $11 billion construction deal by two Chinese companies – the largest development plan in Cambodia’s history. The companies involved in this project are Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining Industry Group and China Major Bridge Engineering, itself a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned China Railway Group.

Report
Campaigns & Programmes: 
Land, Water and Forest
Cambodia-China-Railway-Development-BRIEF-EN.pdf
Cambodia-China-Railway-Development-BRIEF_KH.pdf

Focus Policy Review: Whose Growth? Whose Democracy?

Contents:Whose growth? Whose democracy?by Clarissa Militante

Voices from the countryside:Farmers speak of agrarian reform strugglesby Mary Ann Manahan

APECO's story: two visions of development contend in land grab caseby Jerik Cruz

Photos: Agrarian Reform Campaign and Consultations; FOCUS in Rio 20+ Meeting; FOCUS at the Asia-Europe Peoples' Forum 9, in Ventiane Laos

Defending water justice and democracy in Asia: alternatives to commercialization and privitizationby Mary Ann Manahan, Buenaventura Dargantes, Cheryl Batistel

Report
Author: 
Clarissa Militante
Joseph Purugganan
Mary Ann Manahan
Country Programmes: 
Philippines
PolicyReview_SE2012_4th_PERPAGE.pdf

Focus on the Global South Position Paper on Climate Change

The Link between Emission Cuts, Right to Development and Transformation of Capitalist System

Humanity is running out of time. If there are no deep and real cuts in the next five years the impacts of climate change will lead to a situation ten times worse than what we have seen with hurricane Sandy and other climate change related events in India, Russia, Philippines and Africa in this past year.

That's what happens with 0.8ºC of global warming, and the current climate negotiations are leading us to a 4ºC to 8ºC scenario.

Campaigns & Programmes: 
Climate and Environmental Justice

Precedent-Setting Insurance for REDD Project in Cambodia Raises Concerns

This paper discusses the world’s first-ever political risk insurance policy for a forest carbon offset project, provided by the U.S. Government’s development finance agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). This project aims to protect 64,318 hectares of forests in Oddar Meanchey Province, in Northwest Cambodia. The paper presents the concept of OPIC's political risk insurance and describes the agency’s past and current developmental and environmental financing practices.

Campaigns & Programmes: 
Land, Water and Forest
OPIC Risk Insurance REDD Cambodia.pdf

Whose “Clean” Development? Communities Speak Out

Our analysis, and that of many communities and organisations across Asia, is that the CDM is an extension of the generalised approach to big project and energy intensive development that has systematically marginalised indigenous peoples and local communities and over- exploited the Earth. The “clean development mechanism” is, quite simply, a mechanism that allows polluters to avoid binding emissions reductions in one location, while shifting emissions to another location.

Author: 
Nicola Bullard
Jacques-chai Chomthongdi
Mary Ann Manahan
Joseph Purugganan
Dorothy Grace Guerrero
file: 
whose-clean-development.pdf
Whose Clean Development - Spanish.pdf

Governing climate finance: Critical perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Climate finance is a key element of a global agreement to address the impacts of climate change. Billions of dollars will flow to developing countries and it is essential that this money goes to meeting the needs of those most vulnerable to these devastating impacts and is not lost to corruption and poor governance. It is also important to recognise that the amounts of funding, the number

Report
Author: 
Nicola Bullard
Joseph Purugganan
Campaigns & Programmes: 
Climate and Environmental Justice
6494 ISS Climate Change Finance Report.pdf

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