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The ADB and policy (mis) governance in Asia

As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) holds its 38th Annual Governors Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on May 4-6, 2005, Focus on the Global South releases its latest publication, The ADB and Policy (Mis)governance in Asia. This dossier puts togethereleven articles, each tackling important aspects of insti …

Silent War: The US’ Economic and Ideological Occupation of Iraq

The US has always promoted its strategic and economic interests by exalting its own political and economic model of liberal democracy and market capitalism as superior to all else, and when others disagree, they readily resort to covert or overt force to make the point.

Dilemmas of Domination: The unmaking of the American Empire

By Walden Bello Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York 272 p, $25, Pub. Date March 4, 2005 , ISBN 0-8050-7402-3 Order from Amazon The political and economic institutions of Washington ‘s global hegemony, including the system of global economic governance centered on the World Trade Org …

Holding Corporations Accountable

IRAQ, INC.: A PROFITABLE OCCUPATION by Pratap Chatterjee "A powerful combination of investigative research and o­n-the-ground reporting." -Naomi Klein, author No Logo, columnist The Guardian, UK In Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation Pratap Chatterjee, managing editor of watchdog group …

The Struggle for Land: A summary of discussions and Strategies at the Asia Land Meeting

The Asia Land Meeting was an initiative born from interest expressed during two meetings: o­ne, an international meeting in Washington DC in April 2002, of a group of academics and activists working with or representing people’s organisations from throughout Asia, each involved in the stru …

Anti-Development State: The Political Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines

By Walden Bello, co-authored by Mary Lou Malig, Herbert Docena and Marissa de Guzman   The book the Anti-Development State: the political economy of permanent crisis in the Philippines was just released in Manila. The book by Dr. Walden Bello and co authored by, Mary Lou Malig, Herbert Docena a …

Annual Report 2003

Annual Report 2003

Anti Poverty or Anti Poor?:The Millennium Development Goals and the eradication of extreme poverty a

In October, 2003, Focus o­n the Global South, a regional program for policy research, analysis and action, in collaboration with the Poverty and Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), brought together representatives of 20 no …

Behind the Scenes at the WTO: the Real World of International Trade Negotiations.

By Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen KwaZed Books, London. This immensely important book o­n the politics of the WTO, which takes the lid off how the WTO really works, and what really happened before, at, and after the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha in 2001, o­n the basis of interviews …

Annual Report 2002

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