Asian Peoples Challenge ADB’s Immunity
April 20, 2017 Preamble Since 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has peddled the illusion that...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 3, 2017 | Statement, Trade and Investment
April 20, 2017 Preamble Since 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has peddled the illusion that...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 3, 2017 | India, Trade and Investment
New Delhi—People’s movements and other civil society organizations across India are holding over...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 3, 2017 | Trade and Investment
Manila—FOCUS on the Global South led a thematic discussion on lack of transparency, increasing...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Apr 24, 2017 | Asia/World
Manila–Around 500 activists from the Philippines and around Asia held a protest action, 21...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 9, 2016 | Trade and Investment
By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero* originally published by Asienhaus It is hardly known to German...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Apr 3, 2015 | Laos, Mekong Region, Statement, The Commons
Statement from Focus on the Global South, International Rivers, Mekong Watch, CEE Bankwatch Network, NGO Forum on ADB and Both ENDSAmsterdam/Bangkok/Manila/Prague/Tokyo – Non-governmental organizations are calling on the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | India, Trade and Investment
By Trisha AgawarlaThe Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s in his speech[1] at the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | The Commons
By Shalmali GuttalIn the name of poverty reduction and inclusive development, the ADB continues to...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 7, 2007 | The Commons
Peoples statement on the 40th ADB AGM, Kyoto 7 May 2007 As the 40th Annual Governors Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) concludes in Kyoto today, we, representatives from communities and civil society...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 7, 2007 | 1Post Types
The People's Forum on Asian Development Bank, a coalition of Japanese civil society...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 5, 2007 | Statement, Trade and Investment
MAY 6 {xtypo_dropcap}E{/xtypo_dropcap}conomic sovereignty was the underlying message in a series of discussions on the World Trade Organization and Free Trade Agreements at the Kyoto People's Forum on the ADB today. Trade...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 2, 2006 | 1Post Types
We are the Peoples’ Forum against ADB (PFAADB), an alliance of 97 social movements, struggle groups and NGOs from across Asia. We write to you from the city of Hyderabad in India where thousands are beginning to...
Read MorePosted by admin | Apr 21, 2006 | Announcement, The Commons
PEOPLES FORUM AGAINST THE ADBThe Asian Development Bank will hold its 39th Annual Governors’ Meeting (AGM) from 3-6 May 2006 in Hyderabad, India. Chaired by Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Ministers of 64 ADB member...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 8, 2006 | 1Post Types
ADB and World Bank, Quit Asia! Quit India!Mobilise against the Asian Development Bank Annual Governors’ Meeting3-6 May 2006 HyderabadThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the third largest source of development finance in...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 6, 2005 | The Commons
We, representatives from peoples' movements, national and international non-governmental organizations, students' and workers' unions, and solidarity groups gathered in Istanbul on the occasion of the Asian...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 3, 2005 | The Commons, Trade and Investment
NGOs Launch Alternative Events against the Asian Development Bank at the 38 th Annual Governors’ Meeting 03 May 2005 – Istanbul . Barely twenty four hours before the governors of the Asian Development Bank...
Read MorePosted by admin | Oct 25, 2002 | Mekong Region, The Commons, Trade and Investment
By Shalmali Guttal I. The Mekong Region The Mekong river is the world’s 12th longest river in the world (about 4,200 km long) and 10th largest in terms of annual water yield (about 475,000 million cubic metres); it is also...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 6, 2002 | The Commons, Trade and Investment
By Jenina Joy Chavez Thus began the march of good governance as the most important new pillar in international development discourse, second only to poverty reduction. Governance-related reforms (civil service and judicial...
Read MorePosted by admin | Apr 27, 2002 | The Commons, Trade and Investment
By Shalmali Guttal April 2002 The recently completed Inspection Process of the Samut Prakarn Wastewater Management Project (SPWMP) in Thailand has revealed fundamental inconsistencies in the accountability mechanisms of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Apr 25, 2002 | The Commons, Trade and Investment
By Shalmali Guttal April 25, 2002 In its 1999 policy on governance, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) states, “The term ‘governance’ means different things to different people.” In relation to the ADB, this is...
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