Asian Development Bank | Focus on the Global South

Asian Peoples Challenge ADB’s Immunity

by admin | May 3, 2017 | Statement, Trade and Investment | 0

April 20, 2017 Preamble Since 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has peddled the illusion that...

Marking ADB’s 50 years, Protest Actions in Over 100 places in India

by admin | May 3, 2017 | India, Trade and Investment | 0

New Delhi—People’s movements and other civil society organizations across India are holding over...

Ending ADB Immunity & Impunity Amidst Lack of Transparency, Shrinking CSO Space & Increasing Oppression

by admin | May 3, 2017 | Trade and Investment | 0

Manila—FOCUS on the Global South led a thematic discussion on lack of transparency, increasing...

Groups Demand an End to ADB Immunity

by yasmin | Apr 24, 2017 | Asia/World | 0

Manila–Around 500 activists from the Philippines and around Asia held a protest action, 21...

Germany’s Geo-economic Power, the New MDB Landscape and the Asian Development Bank

by admin | May 9, 2016 | Trade and Investment | 0

By: Dorothy Grace Guerrero* originally published by Asienhaus It is hardly known to German...

Development Banks Urged to Review Support for Mekong Dams, 10 Years After Nam Theun 2

by yasmin | Apr 3, 2015 | Laos, Mekong Region, Statement, The Commons | 0

Statement from Focus on the Global South, International Rivers, Mekong Watch, CEE Bankwatch Network, NGO Forum on ADB and Both ENDSAmsterdam/Bangkok/Manila/Prague/Tokyo – Non-governmental organizations are calling on the...

The 46th AGM ADB: People’s Movements in the Struggle against IFIs

by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | India, Trade and Investment | 0

By Trisha AgawarlaThe Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s in his speech[1] at the...

Pursuing Privatization: The ADB’s Unchanging Vision of Development

by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | The Commons | 0

By Shalmali GuttalIn the name of poverty reduction and inclusive development, the ADB continues to...

ADB : 40 years of debt, poverty and ecological plunder

by admin | May 7, 2007 | The Commons | 0

Peoples statement on the 40th ADB AGM, Kyoto 7 May 2007 As the 40th Annual Governors Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) concludes in Kyoto today, we, representatives from communities and civil society...

Kyoto People’s Forum challenges ADB

by admin | May 7, 2007 | 1Post Types | 0

The People's Forum on Asian Development Bank, a coalition of Japanese civil society...

Trade Activists Vow to Intensify Struggle Against the WTO, FTAs and the ADB

by admin | May 5, 2007 | Statement, Trade and Investment | 0

MAY 6 {xtypo_dropcap}E{/xtypo_dropcap}conomic sovereignty was the underlying message in a series of discussions on the World Trade Organization and Free Trade Agreements at the Kyoto People's Forum on the ADB today. Trade...

Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

by admin | May 2, 2006 | 1Post Types | 0

We are the Peoples’ Forum against ADB (PFAADB), an alliance of 97 social movements, struggle groups and NGOs from across Asia. We write to you from the city of Hyderabad in India where thousands are beginning to...