FOT 2007
FOCUS ON TRADE: NUMBER 126, JANUARY 2007 MARKET RULES, OK? Chanida Chanyapate and Jacques-chai Chomthongdi RESEARCH, KNOWLEDGE AND THE ART OF “PARADIGM MAINTENANCE”* Robin Broad GLOBALIZATION IN RETREAT Walden Bello...
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Research, knowledge and the art of “paradigm maintenance”*
Robin Broad** Unbeknown to most who work on the World Bank, this institution is not only the main lender of public money in the world. It is also the world’s largest development research body, centred in the...
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Chanida Chanyapate and Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* Soon after the September coup which ousted multi-millionaire prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the military-appointed government announced its intention to pursue a ...
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ASEAN for the People
Statement of the 2nd ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC II)
10-12 December 2006
Cebu City, Philippines
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1. We are more than 300 participants from countries in the ASEAN region who gathered for the 2nd ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC II) organized by the Solidarity for Asian People's Advocacy (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN and its partners, in Cebu City, Philippines on 10-12 December 2006. We are joined by guests and partners from outside the ASEAN region, including the rest of Asia and Pacific, Australia, Europe, Southern Africa, and South America. Together, we deliberated on the theme "Creating a Caring and Sharing Community – Enhancing People's Participation in Governance and Development".
Globalization in retreat
Walden Bello* (This column appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus on Dec. 27, 2006: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3826.) When it first became part of the English vocabulary in the early 1990s, globalization was supposed to be the...
Read More中国和东南亚：在经济关系中浮现问题
中国和东南亚：在经济关系中浮现问题 作者：Walden Bello；翻译：曾金燕；校对：杨方义 Walden Bello是 菲律宾大学的社会学教授，也是关注南半球（Focus on the Global South）的执行主任。他就国际经济和政治问题著有许多书籍和文章。他的电子邮件地址是：[email protected]。 这篇论文为诺涕勒斯安全与可持续发展研究所（Nautilus Institute for Security and...
Read MoreInternational conference to close Guantanamo
International Conference to close Guantanamo January 10-13 in Guantanamo / Havana, Cuba. We invite you to participate in this important global conference, which will take place in Guantanamo, Cuba on January 10-13. January 11...
Read MoreWe reject the revival of the Doha round
“We reject the revival of the Doha round” An open letter to WTO director general Pascal Lamy and the ASEAN Heads of State Cebu City, Republic of the Philippines, 9 December 2006 We represent another group – a...
Read MoreChina and Southeast Asia : emerging problems in an economic relationship
[Chinese version] By Walden Bello* (This essay was prepared for the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development.) The much publicized wooing of African countries by China exemplified by the...
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OPEN INVITATION REGIONAL TRADE STRATEGY MEETING Preventing the Revival of the Doha Round 9am-6pm, December 9, 2006 Cebu City, Philippines *Interested participants are requested to please register beforehand so logistics...
Read MoreInterview with Dale Wen : “China needs an ecologized social democratic system.”
Français | Espanõl By Walden Bello* Dale Wen’s short book China Copes with Globalization: a Mixed Review, published by the International Forum on Globalization, is probably the best comprehensive introduction to the...
Read MoreA world without the WTO
Focus on the Global South presents life without the WTO. This provocative and inspiring video answers questions about life in a post-WTO era and invites you to imagine a world without the WTO. The past three videos all...
Read MoreALIMENTANDO EL DESCONTENTO: EL BANCO MUNDIAL Y EL FONDO MONETARIO INTERNACIONAL EN SINGAPUR
ALIMENTANDO EL DESCONTENTO: EL BANCO MUNDIAL Y EL FONDO MONETARIO INTERNACIONAL EN SINGAPUR por Shalmali Guttal* A pesar de los intentos del Banco Mundial y del Fondo Monetario Internacional de dar un giro a la imagen de sus...
Read MoreUNA TRAGEDIA SIAMESA: EL COLAPSO DE LA DEMOCRACIA EN TAILANDIA
por Walden Bello* (Resumen: Incluso antes de Thaksin, la democracia tailandesa ya atravesaba una severa crisis a causa de una sucesión de regímenes electos pero inútiles, o excesivamente corruptos, desde...
Read MoreEL GOLPE DE ESTADO EN TAILANDIA, LA DEMOCRACIA, Y LAS CAMISAS AMARILLAS LOS LUNES
EL GOLPE DE ESTADO EN TAILANDIA, LA DEMOCRACIA, Y LAS CAMISAS AMARILLAS LOS LUNES por Chanida Chanyapate y Alec Bamford* El golpe Si eres una persona educada extranjera, que está poco familiarizada con la política...
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