Shalmali Guttal* Despite attempts by the World Bank (Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (Fund) to spin their 2006 Annual Meetings (19-20 September) in Singapore as a success, events before and during the Meetings show...
Read MoreChanida Chanyapate and Alec Bamford*THE COUPIf, as an educated outsider, you have little familiarity with Thai politics (and in this you would seem to be in company with Kofi Annan and other world leaders), the military coup in...
Read More[English ] Walden Bello El otorgamiento del Premio Nobel de la Paz a Muhammad Yunus,considerado el padre del microcrédito, sobreviene en un momento en que el microcrédito se ha convertido en una especie de religión para...
Read MoreThe New York Times reported on its front page today that US-based corporations are fighting a proposed Chinese law that seeks to protect workers’ rights. The law is “setting off a battle with American and other foreign...
Read Moreby Walden Bello The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, regarded as the father of microcredit, comes at a time when microcredit has become something like a religion to many of the powerful, rich and famous....
Read MoreIn its forthcoming national budget for 2007 the Norwegian government will propose to the Parliament (Stortinget) to cancel NOK 520 million of official debts from Ecuador, Egypt, Jamaica, Peru and Sierra Leone. The claims...
Read MoreLE FMI : L'AFFAIBLIR OU L'ABOLIR UNE DECLARATION D'INTENTION ET UN MANIFESTE STRATEGIQUE 24 juillet 2006 Traduction : Bertrand Declercq et Mara Boulefaa, C%rditrad Pour signer cet appel, cliquer...
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The military coup in Thailand a week ago marked the second high profile collapse of a democracy in...
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Focus on the Global South views the recent military takeover of government in Thailand as a most regrettable setback in the country’s democratization process. The rationale for the takeover – that Thai society has become divided...
Read MorePress Statement by the Organisers of the International Peoples Forum vs IMF-WB Asrama Haji Batam Centre, Batam, Indonesia Today we conclude the International Peoples Forum vs. the IMF and World Bank (IPF), which was convened in...
Read MoreAndi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, Batam Only the rich nations that are not affected by IMF policies benefit from the institution’s reforms, a speaker at Batam’s International Peoples Forum said Friday. Walden Bello, a...
Read More16 September 2006 Batam, Indonesia The organizers of the International People’s Forum (IPF) in Batam, Indonesia boycotting the official events of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and...
Read MoreBy Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 September 2006 1537 hrs SINGAPORE : Two of the civil society representatives who were denied entry into Singapore to attend the IMF World Bank meetings arrived here....
Read More(Jakarta, September 18, 2006) On Sept 17, Achmad Yakub and Irma Yanni of Federasi Serikat Petani Indonesia (FSPI – Federation of Indonesian Peasant Union) flew to Singapore to organize a Via Campesina press conference on...
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