By Shalmali Guttal On June 26, almost a thousand residents from Klong Dan, Song Klong and neighbouring communities cordoned-off the out-all pipe of the Samut Prakarn Wastewater Treatment Plant, declaring it an...
Read MoreBy Raghav Narsalay ; The 34th Annual Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank held in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 9-11, 2001 was nothing short of historic. At this meeting the highest-ranking official of the ADB, President...
Read MoreBy Aileen Kwa The first phase of agricultural negotiations which had lasted a year concluded at the end of March with the Agriculture Special Session on March 22-23. This was followed immediately by a stocktaking session which...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello and Shalmali Guttal When President Tadao Chino of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) came down to meet representatives of the over 1000 protesters that had gathered in front of the Honolulu Convention Center...
Read Morehttp://www.solidarites.ch/journal/index.php3?action=4&id=102&aut=45 Walden Bello* Dans de nombreux pays en voie de développement, les compagnies électriques centralisées et étatiques sont embourbées dans la...
Read MoreBy Shalmali Guttal General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is one of more than 20 agreements administered and enforced by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The GATS Agreement establishes a multilateral framework of...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello (This article originally appeared in the Bangkok Post, March 27, 2001)The recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Chiang Mai that evoked widespread protest underlines the desperation that now grips what...
Read MoreShalmali Guttal, May 2, 2001 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started off on the wrong foot with its Hawaiian hosts in preparation for the 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for May 7-11 in Honolulu. Despite...
Read MoreParliamentary fig leaf is too small for the WTOBy Nicola Bullard WTO tries to subvert developing countries’ resistance to new trade talksBy Walden Bello Trading the EnvironmentBy Shalmali Guttal No Logo: A Brilliant but...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello The future of President Kim Dae Jung’s “Sunshine Policy”–the most promising opportunity in years to melt the glacial structures of the Cold War in Northeast Asia—is now in question. This became crystal...
Read MoreShalmali Guttal, Focus on the Global South* (Presentation at the Seminar “Alternatives to Neoliberalism,” Bangkok, Thailand, February 9, 2000) The Shrimp-Turtle Controversy and Unilateralism The trade...
Read MoreBy Shalmali Guttal Development Equals Economic Globalisation The first Preparatory Committee (Prepcom) Meeting for Financing for Development (FFD), held in the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York from February 12 – 23,...
Read MoreBy Mark Weisbrot The story of the decade, and perhaps the century, has finally made it to the front pages: millions of people who could be saved are dying from AIDS. The reason for their unnecessary, premature, and often...
Read MoreBy Nicola Bullard March 2001For those of you worried about the future of capitalism, take heart. According to Tomorrow magazine – a glossy “global sustainable business” monthly — “the untapped market of...
Read MoreClick here for PDF VersionIntroduction The Global Conjuncture: Characteristics and Challenges by Walden Bello At What Price, Development? by Shalmali Guttal Why We Need Free Trade for Life-Saving Medicines by Mark Wesibrot The...
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