IN THIS ISSUE of Focus o­n Trade we examine (and, of course, participate in) the delicate interplay between this thing called “civil society” and the dominant classes. Or, to put it another way, the making and un-making of hegemony

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE OXFAM TRADE CAMPAIGN
Walden Bello

CHALLENGING THE EXPORT-ORIENTED OPTIMISTS
Jacques-chai Chomthongdi

THANKS, BUT NO THANKS:
An Open Letter To World Bank Vice President Mats Karlsson
or Why we won’t be going to Wilton Park

CONTROVERSIAL REPORT POISONS BOARD-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS AT ADB
Walden Bello

SOROS o­n GLOBAL GOVERNANCE REFORM: INTERESTING BUT DISAPPOINTING
Walden Bello

THE EYES AND EARS OF THE WORLD
The importance of the international civilian presence in Palestine
Nicola Bullard

WEST BANK DIARY
Christophe Aguiton