Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago: Narratives on Agrarian Conflicts, Transitions, and Transformation
Focus is pleased to release online its newest publication Repormang Agraryo at Pagbabago?...
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State of Fragmentation: The Philippines in Transition
We’re pleased to announce the release of State of Fragmentation: The Philippines in...
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Rethinking Regionalisms in Times of Crises
A collection of activists’ perspectives from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe Editors:...
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Light Up for FOI!
Dear Friends,The PDAF Scam exposed how we Filipinos remain victims to plunder despite numerous...
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Social issues on the world stage (excerpts from a BBC report)
originally from this siteEvery year some of the world’s most powerful people go to the World...
Read MoreRegional Integration as a Response to Hegemony and the Crisis
By Jenina Joy ChavezThis paper was delivered by Ms Chavez during the PSAARC Seminar, “Envisioning New South Asia: People’s Perspectives,” in Dhaka, Bangladesh; January 18-19, 2011.Good morning. It is an honor to participate in...
Read MoreAn ASEAN Economic Community, good; but where’s my right to information?*
by NEPOMUCENO MALALUAN and JENINA JOY CHAVEZThe Asean Charter includes as one of the purposes of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the promotion of “a people-oriented Asean in which all sectors of society are...
Read MorePress Release : regional groups call for Asian solidarity
Kathmandu, 27 March 2010
Around 50 representatives belonging to the Solidarity for Asian Peoples’ Advocacies (SAPA) call on greater interaction and solidarity among regional groups to address common concerns. In a public forum on “The Asian Challenge: Forging Solidarity, Building Alternatives” on March 26 in the Everest Hotel, SAPA members discussed the multiple crises experienced in Asia – in the economy; in the environment and the climate; and in peace, democracy, human rights and self-determination.
Read MorePolitics failed our constitution
by Jenina Joy Chavez, Julie delos Reyes, Herbert Docena, Aya Fabros, Mary Lou Malig, Mary Ann Manahan, Cathy Ordona, Qiqo Punzalan Simbol, Joseph Purugganan, Lourdes Torres and Walden Bello/ Focus on the Global South Philippines...
Read MoreNew ASEAN charter lacks vision
Bangkok Post, November 20, 2007 Southeast Asian government leaders will sign a document this week in Singapore that fails many tests. By Jenina Joy Chavez When leaders of the member governments of the Association of Southeast...
Read MoreAnalysis of the ASEAN Charter
Solidarity for Asian Peoples’ Advocacies (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN Analysis of the ASEAN Charter When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced that it will embark on a process of...
Read MoreHUNGER ON THE RISE IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Jenina Joy Chavez, Mary Ann Manahan and Joseph Purugganan*The Philippines government has responded to the recent Social Weather Stations report of rising hunger with promises of food coupons. While admitting that the plan is...
Read MorePoverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Poor Package for Poverty Reduction
By Jenina Joy Chavez Malaluan and Shalmali Guttal The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claim that the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) signal a new approach to tackling the challenges of...
Read MoreProfiting from poverty: The ADB, private sector and development in Asia
Published April 2001A compilation of articles on the Asian Development Bank, its policies and impacts. This book was produced coinciding with the ADB annual general meeting in Honolulu in May 2001. Profiting from poverty...
Read MoreStructural Adjustment in the Name of the Poor: The PRSP Experience in the Lao PDR, Cambodia and Viet
by Jenina Joy Chavez Malaluan and Shalmali Guttal This paper provides an overall critique of the PRSP framework, process and content. The paper draws from actual experiences in the Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam, a review of...
Read MoreNumber 63, May 2001
HONOLULU FACE-OFF: CIVIL SOCIETY 1, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 0 By Walden Bello and Shalmali Guttal PRIVATIZING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SOUTH By Chris Adams THE ADB IN INDONESIA: THE OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS, BUT THE PATIENT DIED By...
Read MoreThe Asian financial Crisis and Filipino Households: Impact on Women and Children
By Jenina Joy Chavez
Focus on the Global South and Save the Children (UK)
The study focuses on Children and Women who bear the brunt of macro-economic crisis such as that in 1997. This study was conducted from March 1999 to March 2000.
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