By Supara Janchitfah ; THE LONG MARCH: Where there is little hope for institutional redress, villagers affected by state and private projects resort to rituals and ceremonies as instruments of political resistance _ not very...
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The malfunctioning of representative democracy
By Walden Bello, in The Nation Newspaper, 21 July, 1998, Bangkok, Thailand Is Asian democracy in crisis? In this second of a three-part series, Walden Bello believes so and argues that the solution will not come from the West....
Read More‘Asian values’ democracy
by Walden Bello, The Nation Newspaper, 20 July 1998, Bangkok, Thailand Democracy is being undermined by ‘Asian values’. In the first of a three-part series, the author explores the state of democracy in Asia....
Read MoreEconomists Tell New Philippine President: “There is no Alternative”
By Walden Bello The following is a statement drafted by Walden Bello and delivered at a joint press conference with economists Jayati Ghosh and C.P. Chandrasekhar on June 28, 1998, a day before the inauguration of former actor...
Read MoreIndonesia: one step forward, two steps back
By Nicola Bullard You can almost taste the hardship and toil of Kurstina and Victor Sirigar’s lives – and it’s the taste of sweat and tears, a taste all the more bitter because of their quiet dignity and strength. Sitting on a...
Read MoreIMF Bill a Hot potato on the Hill
By Nicola Bullard “The IMF bill is a hot-potato, and as we get closer to the November congressional election everyone wants it out of the way,’’ says Carol Welch from Friends of the Earth -US. But, so far, the IMF funding...
Read MoreEMERGING SHIFTS IN THE WORLD BANK’S IDENTITY AND ROLE IN S.E. ASIA
by Kamal MalhotraThe Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) system clearly has major dilemmas of a multiple nature which are impacting on both its identity and role in S.E. Asia, especially in the poor countries of the lower Mekong...
Read MoreU.S. Imperialism in the Asia-Pacific
By Walden Bello (published originally in Peace Review 10:3 (1998), 367 – 373) The hundredth anniversary of the United States’ bursting into the Asia – Pacific as an imperial power provides an opportunity to look more...
Read MoreGovernments, NGO’s Brace for 1999 Review of Agriculture Agreement
By Walden Bello The final declaration of the Second Ministerial of the World Trade Organization affirmed the intention of the member states to review the various agreements of the Uruguay Round, including that of agriculture....
Read MoreDeveloping Countries Voice Grievances at WTO
By Aileen Kwa Africa considers that there is not much to celebrate…For many decades, the GATT has had a legacy of treating developing countries like second class members of a rich mens exclusive club. As a result, the...
Read MorePUBLIC GOOD VS. INVESTOR INTEREST IN PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT: WHOSE INTERESTS SHOULD REGU
Presentation by Kamal Malhotra at Seminar on “Private Interest vs. Public Good: Governance Dimensions of Regulatory Frameworks for Private Sector Infrastructure Development,” organised by the Asian Development Bank...
Read MoreInsecurity in the Asia-Pacific region
by Walden Bello, in the Nation Newspaper, 21 March, 1998, Bangkok, Thailand Even with the end of the Cold War, there are still many factors that chip away at stability in the region, writes Walden Bello. From March 27 to 30, a...
Read More‘Americanisation’ of Thai economy
by Nicola Bullard, Walden Bello, and Kamal Malhotra printed in The Nation Newspaper, 4 March 1998, Bangkok, ThailandThe decade-long US foreign economic agenda for Asia gained an opening in the financial crisis, and Washington...
Read MoreThe IMF’s hidden agenda
by Walden Bello, in The Nation Newspaper, 25 January, 1998, Bangkok, ThailandDebate on the pros and cons of the agency’s austere demands has missed the point. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been getting a much...
Read MoreA fistful of rupiahs
By Nicola Bullard Arriving in Jakarta on Sunday 11 January, two days after the rupiah crashed, and just two hours after the heavies from the IMF, I expected to see the streets burning. News reports from the previous days...
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