Focus on the Global South Site Sydication http://focusweb.org 2008-08-20T10:38:38+01:00 http://focusweb.org http://focusweb.org/images/M_images/logo1-transparent.jpg text/html 2008-08-19T21:41:40+01:00 http://focusweb.org http://focusweb.org/focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=60 SAARC: SO LITTLE FREE TRADE, BUT SO WHAT? (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#saarc) Benny Kuruvilla EIGHT-POINT MEMO TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC CRISIS (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#eight) Herbert Docena and Jenina Joy Chavez THE DESTRUCTION OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURE (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#destruction) Walden Bello READER'S COMMENTS DON'T BLAME THE WORLD BANK FOR EVERYTHING (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#blame) Regina Birner BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NO SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT FOOD CRISIS (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#business) Dr Dan Taylor DERAIL DOHA, SAVE THE CLIMATE (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#derail) Walden Bello COMPARATIVE TREATY-MAKING POWERS AND PROCESSES (focus-on-trade-number-142-august-2008.html?Itemid=1#comparative) Matthew Coghlan text/html 2008-08-04T05:20:39+01:00 http://focusweb.org http://focusweb.org/will-doha-like-dracula-come-back-from-the-dead.html?Itemid=92 By Walden Bello and Mary Lou Malig* Like the good Count of Transylvania, the so-called Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization collapsed twice--the first time during the Cancun Ministerial Meeting in September 2003, the second during the so-called Group of Four meeting in Potsdam in June 2007--only to come back from the dead. But has the silver stake that will render Doha truly and really dead finally been driven through its heart by the unraveling of the most recent “mini-ministerial” gathering in Geneva? text/html 2008-08-03T01:37:32+01:00 http://focusweb.org http://focusweb.org/focus-on-india-foi-issue-july-2008-volume-v.-no-7.html 1. STATEMENTS/REPORTS 1.a. NAPM condemns murder of its Karnataka state convenor Mr. A. T. Babu (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1043/29/) 1.b. Denunciation regarding the attack on the MST. Brazil (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1044/29/) 1.c. Make the Hokkaido Summit the Last Summit of the G8! (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1045/29/) 1.d. Asian Civil Society Groups Call For 'Climate Justice' (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1046/29/) 1.e. Statement from the Indian Peoples Campaign against the WTO (IPCAWTO) on upcoming WTO Mini-Ministerial Conference (21-25 July 2008) at Geneva (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1047/29/) 1.f. Creation of people's union of S Asia emphasized (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1048/2/) 2. ARTICLES 2.a. The perils of a Doha deal on Services by Walden Bello (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1049/26/) 2.b. A Dirty Deal by Seema Mustafa (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1050/2/) 2.c. Justifying the Opposition of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Retail by Chetan Choithani (http://www.focusweb.org/india/content/view/1051/29/) text/html 2004-07-01T20:07:03+01:00 http://focusweb.org http://focusweb.org/focus-on-india-issue-july-2004.-vol.i.-no.-4.html Content summary:The people's verdict against the BJP led government was a rejection ofmarket-fundamentalist economic reforms. It was also a decisive vote againstthe divisive Hindutva ideology.In the past month civil society groups in India worked towards ensuring thatthe new government honoured its mandate. In Delhi several groups gottogether to plan for a national anti- war assembly later this year. Thestatement (2a) from the meeting, which urged India to resume its position asa key mobiliser of the campaign for global disarmament and peace, wassubmitted to the Indian External Affairs Minister. The Coalition for NuclearDisarmament and Peace (CNDP), India welcomed (2c) the initiation ofbilateral talks with Pakistan and issued specific guidelines to the Indiangovernment o­n nuclear risk reduction measures. text/html 2008-07-30T03:03:05+01:00 http://focusweb.org http://focusweb.org/focus-on-the-philippines-july-2008-sona-edition.html We are happy to announce the availability of the Focus on the Philippines for the Month of July. Eight-Point Memo to Address the Economic Crisis by Herbert Docena and Jenina Joy ChavezPERSPECTIVE (philippines/fop/jul2008/#perspective): Goebbel's Disciple by Walden BelloPHOTO OF THE MONTH (philippines/fop/jul2008/#photoofthemonth): Women on Reproductive Health by Aya Fabros DEVELOPMENT BRIEF (philippines/fop/jul2008/#developmentbrief): Let them Eat 'Spin': National Social Welfare Program, Noah's Ark, and so-called Strategic Responses to the National Crisis by Aya Fabros SOCIO ECONOMIC MONITOR (philippines/fop/jul2008/#socioeconomicmonitor): Research Shows Arroyo Administration Failing to Meet Own Targets by Julie de los Reyes POLITICAL ROUND UP (philippines/fop/jul2008/#politicalroundup): Politicizing the Bureaucracy, Recycling Political Allies by Mary Ann Manahan POLITICAL ROUND UP (philippines/fop/jul2008/#politicalroundup2): Gloria's 8th SONA and the ghosts of past controversies by Joseph Purugganan UPCOMING EVENTS (philippines/fop/jul2008/#upcomingevents) Click here (philippines/fop/jul2008/printable.pdf) to download the printer-friendly version. 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