Wheat harvest in central India. Photo taken as part of Development 360 project. India. Photo: Scott Wallace / World Bank
By Ranjini Basu The unfolding effects of the present global food crisis in India seems to be...
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A work scene of loading a container for coastal shipping onto a ship. May 7, 2011. Photo by Gazouya-japan, Container terminal = 鹿児島港北埠頭【 Pictures taken in Japan 】--②, CC BY-SA 4.0
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] Last month, Japan publicly released the draft of the Guidelines...
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UN-chartered vessel Brave Commander sets sail from the port of Pivdennyi in Yuzhnyi, Ukraine, on 16 August carrying 23,000 metric tons of wheat. Photo: WFP/Anastasiia Honcharuk
By Anuradha Chenoy* The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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First State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., 25 July 2022. Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary
Reflections on Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s First State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022 July 28 ...
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Meeting de Ferdinand « Bongbong » R. Marcos Junior, le 19 mars 2022 (Photo : Prachatai CC https://www.flickr.com/photos/prachatai/52053501113/)
Part Two: Challenges and future prospects On May the 4th 2022, five days before the presidential...
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Rodrigo Duterte (Photo : Prachatai CC https://www.flickr.com/photos/prachatai/25338475109)
Part One: Assessing Duterte’s legacy and political future On May the 4th 2022, five days before...
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Ou Ach Kok Village, Ou Sandan Commune, Krakor District, Pursat Province. 5th September 2021. Photo by: Sun Ridan
by Sun Ridan Tonle Sap is the heart of Cambodia. Every year, the Mekong River floods and causes...
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Socialist presidential candidate Leody de Guzman at a rally (credit: Leody de Guzman)
by Walden Bello (The views expressed in this piece are strictly the author’s and do not...
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Cover photo by Afsar Jafri, Focus on the Global South India Office, during the #EndWTO Mobilisation in Nairobi, Kenya, December 2015.
The outcome of the 12th Ministerial Meeting (MC12) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a big...
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Midday Meal—Woman serving the meal at children's school. © ILO/ Shyamal Das
by Ranjini Basu and Shalmali Guttal 13 June 2022 The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC 12) of the...
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MC12 will take place at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 12 to 15 June 2022. The conference was due to take place in late 2021 but was postponed due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Photo from https://www.wto.org/images/mc12/mc12wtobanner.jpg.
by Joseph Purugganan Introduction The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the WTO will...
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24 พฤษภาคม 2565 ขบวนต่อต้านร่างกฎหมายทำลายการรวมกลุ่มของประชาชน นัดหมายชุมนุมเพื่อคัดค้านการเสนอร่างพ.ร.บ.องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไรฯ https://ilaw.or.th/node/6112 โดยเริ่มการชุมนุมตั้งแต่วันก่อนหน้านี้ที่บริเวณถนนราชดำเนินนอก หน้าอาคารสหประชาชาติ และวางแผนจะเดินขบวนไปยื่นหนังสือที่ทำเนียบรัฐบาล ซึ่งมีการประชุมคณะรัฐมนตรีในวันนี้ และต้องการให้รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ (พม.) ออกมารับหนังสือ พร้อมรับปากว่าจะหยุดการเสนอกฎหมายนี้. Photo Source: iLaw
by Kheetanat Wannaboworn The draconian legacy of the 2014 coup d’état continues to haunt the...
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