Category: Asia/World

COVID-19, Distorted Development, and Degrowth

by Walden Bello | Oct 7, 2020 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, COVID-19 Updates, Deglobalisation, Opinion/Analysis, Trade and Investment | 0

The following paper was presented at the Chulalongkorn University Social Research...

Global Campaign: TNC human rights treaty has ‘lost its soul’

by Focus on the Global South Team | Sep 1, 2020 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Statement | 0

The member organisations of the Global Campaign to Reclaim People’s Sovereignty, Dismantle...

Indigenous self-determination: a blueprint for the ‘good life’

by Focus on the Global South Team | Aug 9, 2020 | Asia/World, Blog Post, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology | 0

In an age of global warming, rising authoritarianism, and the corporate-led delusion of infinite...

Peace and Courage in the Time of COVID-19

by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Jul 6, 2020 | 1Post Types, Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Peace and Security, Power and Democracy | 0

Solidarity Message from the Global South to the 2020 Japan Peace March[i] By Galileo de Guzman...

Webinar on COVID-19: Deglobalisation and the opportunity for food sovereignty

by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Jul 2, 2020 | Announcement, Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates | 0

COVID-19 has exposed multiple weaknesses and failures of the corporate and finance capital...

COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethink on the Pacific Trade Pact?

by Supatsak Pobsuk | Jun 7, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Mekong Region, Thailand | 0

Supatsak Pobsuk 26 May 2020 Debate on CPTPP in Thailand The Comprehensive and Progressive...

How to Improve Myanmar’s Covid-19 Emergency Relief Program

by Walden Bello | Jun 7, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Mekong Region | 0

By Walden Bello, Doi Ra Lahkyen, Jenny Franco, Pietje Vervest and Tom Kramer* The Covid-19...

Statement to the Extraordinary Meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers, April 21, 2020

by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Apr 22, 2020 | Asia/World, Statement | 0

As the COVID-19 health emergency unleashes a wider social and economic crisis, we believe that urgent action is indeed needed to safeguard global food security and nutrition. Action, however, cannot be limited to ensuring the...

Martin Khor: The Making of a Global Activist

by admin | Apr 7, 2020 | Asia/World, Deglobalisation | 0

The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate...

Job post: Regional Program Coordinator

by admin2 | Feb 13, 2020 | Announcement, Asia/World, Jobs | 0

Focus on the Global South (Focus) is currently seeking to fill the position of Regional Program...

Confronting a Mega Deal: People’s Resistance to RCEP

by admin2 | Nov 4, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0

by Joseph Purugganan Governments are now scrambling to conclude negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the mega free trade and investment deal launched 7 years ago by the ten countries...