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This is the Hindi translation of Important differences between the final RCEP electronic commerce chapter and the TPPA and lessons for e-commerce in the WTO, by Professor Jane Kelsey, Faculty of Law, The University of Auckland.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated how irrational the financial sector has become. Even as the real economy has ground to a halt, stock prices have gyrated wildly, first collapsing, then shooting up. Even as hundreds of millions suffer, big tech corporations like Apple are gaining in value and ri …
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Published by Focus on the Global South and Alternative Law Forum in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung –South Asia The publication is a collection of papers presented at a symposium organised in Bengaluru, India in June 2019. These include Observations on corporate presence in agricultur …
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by Walden Bello Co-published with the Transnational Institute (TNI) The Covid-19 pandemic has provoked widespread discussion of what kind of future the world should look forward to after the crisis. One of the areas of economic life around which there is spirited debate is the global food system. Th …
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This discussion paper on ‘India’s Climate Challenges’ is an output from a round table jointly organised by Focus on the Global South and All India Peoples’ Science Network (AIPSN). The paper summarises the discussion that spanned science, policy, political theory, international relations, people’s e …
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Agriculture continues to be the main livelihood activity in the North East (NE) Region, both in the valleys and the mountains. The share of agriculture in the State Domestic Product (SDP) in various states in the region ranges from 19 to 37 percent. As with the rest of India, the contribution of agr …
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10 जुलाई 2019 को हुए एक पैनल डिस्कशन पर आधारित यह रिपोर्ट भारत की कृषि में महिलाओं की चुनौतियों के बारे में बात करती है। महिलाकरण के एक लंबे दौर को देखने के बाद, भारतीय कृषि अब वि-महिलाकरण की स्थिति में है। यह रिपोर्ट एक बड़े कृषि संकट पर भी ग़ौर करती है, जिसका सबसे ज़्यादा असर महिला किसानों और मज़द …
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This latest report from Focus is an output from a two day symposium that brought together academics, experts, farmers and peasants’ groups to take stock of the contemporary challenges around agricultural commodity markets in India. The report highlights issues such as public procurement, costs and p …
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by Walden Bello There is a widespread perception, especially among East and Southeast Asian elites, that the United States is in a process of disengagement from the Asia-Pacific under President Donald Trump. This study shows that there is little basis for this view. Along with the perception of st …
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A report by John Feffer, co-published with the Institute for Policy Studies, TNI and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. The far right is increasingly active globally—at the level of governments, through civil society, and in the digital sphere. Their political parties are cooperating across borders, their ant …
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