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Rogue Capitalism and the Financialization of Territories and Nature

Climate change, social inequalities and the democratic crisis – the critical global challenges of our times – are all tied to an economic system that is dominated by financial markets. Today, global finance is not only fueling environmental destruction, but also leading to ever-increasing dispossess …

Defending Food Sovereignty

While food sovereignty has long been practised at the grassroots level, the concept has not won the popular support needed to significantly influence government policies and programs as a step towards more meaningful systemic change and transformation. One obvious reason is that capitalist interests …

RCEP vs TPPA: Lessons for e-commerce in the WTO (Hindi Version)

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.

After COVID-19: Can we tame global finance?

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 …

Corporate Concentration in Agriculture and Food

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 …

‘Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste’

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 …

India’s Climate Challenges

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 …

Agriculture and Food Sovereignty: Challenges and Opportunities in North East India

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 …

Women in Agriculture: Challenges and the Way Ahead (Hindi Version)

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 …

Indian Agricultural Markets: Policy, Challenges and Alternatives

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 …