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Prague 2000: Why we need to decommission the IMF and the World Bank

Prague 2000:Why we need to decommission the IMF and the World BankBy Walden Bello, Nicola Bullard, Jaques-Chai Chomthongdi, Chris Adams and Shalmali GuttalSeptember 2000Focus on the Global SouthA compilation of articles that argue that the "focus of our efforts these days is not to try to refor …

Global Finance: New Thinking on Regulating Speculative Capital Markets

Edited by: Walden Bello, Nicola Bullard and Kamal Malhotra   In this important policy-and campaign- relevant book, economists, intellectuals and NGO leaders from both North and South confront what has now become the central issue of the new globalised world economy.   Publisher: Zed Books …

The Transfer of Wealth:Debt and the making of a Global South

Focus o­n the Global South, October 2000A thought provoking collection of articles that lay bare the dynamics, the interlinkages and impact of debt, financial institutions and the making of a Global South.

The Asian financial Crisis and Filipino Households: Impact on Women and Children

By Jenina Joy ChavezFocus o­n the Global South and Save the Children (UK) The study focuses o­n Children and Women who bear the brunt of macro-economic crisis such as that in 1997. This study was conducted from March 1999 to March 2000.This publication is available o­n PDF format. Please …

Prague 2000: Why we need to decommission the IMF and the World Bank

Prague 2000: Why we need to decommission the IMF and the World BankBy Walden Bello, Nicola Bullard, Jaques-Chai Chomthongdi, Chris Adams and Shalmali GuttalSeptember 2000, Focus o­n the Global SouthA compilation of articles that argue that the "focus of our efforts these days is not to try …

Melting the Iceberg: Ending the Cold War in the Korean Peninsula & the search for Global Peace

Edited by: Brid BrennanMelting the Iceberg analyses the oppurtunities and obstacles in the Korean Reconciliation and Reunification process while exloring effective ways of mobilising international support. The biggest challenge is to achieve the substantive democratisation of the peace process and c …

Creating Poverty: The ADB in Asia

A compilation of articles which critically analyze ADB's role in perpetuating poverty in the name of development. The articles lay bare the misconceptions of the Bank and expose the impact its policies have both at the Macro level as well as the micro level. Contents The ADB: Shape Up or Ship Ou …

Annual Report 1999

Annual Report 1999Click here to download>> 

Why Reform of the WTO is the Wrong Agenda

Why Reform of the WTO is the Wrong Agenda Four essays on four institutions: WTO, UNCTAD, IMF and the World Bank This publication is available on PDF format. Please click the following links to download. This is in two files Why Reform of the WTO is the wrong agenda 1 Why Reform of the WTO is the wro …

A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand

By Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham and Li Kheng Poh Food First, White Lotus and Zed Books Copyright: Focus o­n the Global South, 1998 A Siamese Tragedy argues that, even before the economic collapse of 1997-1998, the Thai economy had feet of clay. Walden Bello and his co-authors show how vested intere …