By Walden Bello (This article is based on the author’s talk at the Teach-in on “Technology and Globalization” sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization on Feb. 24-25, 2001, in New York City.) In...
Read MoreIN THIS ISSUE Introduction When Davos Meets Porto Alegre: A Memoir Walden Bello There’s something about GeorgeNicola Bullard “We have come to listen”Marjorie Mbilinyi The ‘Established Order’ Gerard...
Read MoreBy Nicola Bullard They say that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Well, in the land of Davos, George Soros is an honest man. Or so it seemed by the end of the now almost-famous Porto Alegre-Davos debate —...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello “Hemingway said that the rich are different from you and me. How can anyone expect the people in Davos to understand the crisis that globalization has visited on the lives of people like those of us here in...
Read MoreIN THIS ISSUE Looking back, looking forward… 2000: The Year of Global Protest against Globalization by Walden Bello Washington’s Political Transition Threatens Bretton Woods Twins By Walden...
Read MoreBy Nicola Bullard The International Monetary Fund’s new managing director’s intention to “drive change from within the institution rather than have it imposed from outside”(1) does not inspire confidence,...
Read MoreBy Shalmali Guttal Briefing notes on New Forms of Debt at the Asia Pacific Assembly on Debt and Development Bangkok, Thailand, October 8-12, 2000 One of the most distinct characteristics of economic...
Read MoreBy Aileen Kwa The old GATT was not a single undertaking agreement. Contracting parties were free to be signatories of the various codes on an a la carte basis, in accordance to their needs and levels of development. In the...
Read MoreBy Shalmali Guttal What’s New at the ADB? The Asian Development Bank (ADB) now asserts that poverty reduction is its overarching institutional goal. It claims that all its other strategic objectives–economic growth,...
Read MoreBy Nicola Bullard When the philosopher Kierkegaard wrote “if you marry, you will regret it and if you fail to marry, you will regret it” he may well have been describing the West’s attitude to China. While the...
Read MoreBy Nicola Bullard When the philosopher Kierkegaard wrote “if you marry, you will regret it and if you fail to marry, you will regret it” he may well have been describing the West’s attitude to China. While the...
Read MoreBy Shalmali Guttal While poverty has been the centerpiece of development debates for quite a while, conversations have taken rather ugly turns of late in some circles. Uncannily, the more multilateral and other international...
Read MoreBy Nicola Bullard THE reputation of the World Bank lies in tatters this week following news that Dr Ravi Kanbur, team leader and principal author of this year’s World Development Report, had resigned in protest at attempts...
Read MoreBy Chris Adams Has the World Bank changed? In particular, do recent changes in senior management mark a significant break with the past? On the face of it, Wolfensohn has broken with tradition, appointing several...
Read MoreShalmali Guttal The most glaring problem with the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative for debt relief is that it will not provide lasting relief from debt for the highly indebted countries of the south. The HIPC...
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