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MAP OF US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES
This map illustrates the different ways and forms by which the United States has established its military basing in the Philippines. It shows the locations of the increasing number of military exe...
THE GREAT UNRAVELLING
Jayati Ghosh*   It is now clear that the prolonged party for international finance capital is over, at least for now. The US financial structure is crumbling, possibly even collap...
LEANING ON THE STATE
C. P. Chandrasekhar*   To the superstitious, recent developments in global financial markets were possible reminders that the Ides of March had arrived. To the more rational, they...
ARE WE HEADING FOR GLOBAL STAGFLATION?
Jayati Ghosh*   There is no doubt about it: the US financial structure is crumbling, possibly even collapsing. The collapse of a major Wall Street bank and the enormous bailouts t...
CENTRAL PLANNING AND MARKET FREEDOM: MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SAME FUNDAMENTALIST MINDSET
Walden Bello* Walden Bello was invited to participate in the Economist's Debate Series on "Freedom and its Digital Discontents." The proposition of the debate was &qu...
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Focus on Trade is a regular electronic bulletin providing updates and analysis of trends in regional and world trade and finance, the political economy of globalisation and peoples resistance, and alternatives to global capitalism.

Focus on Trade is translated into Spanish (Enfoque sobre comercio) and Bahasa Indonesian. Some articles are translated into French.




The Transfer of Wealth:Debt and the making of a Global South PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 October 2000
Focus o­n the Global South, October 2000

A 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 PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 06 October 2000
By Jenina Joy Chavez
Focus 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 click the following links to download.
 
Prague 2000: Why we need to decommission the IMF and the World Bank PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 06 September 2000
Prague 2000: Why we need to decommission the IMF and the World Bank

By Walden Bello, Nicola Bullard, Jaques-Chai Chomthongdi, Chris Adams and Shalmali Guttal

September 2000, Focus o­n the Global South

A compilation of articles that argue that the "focus of our efforts these days is not to try to reform the multilateral agencies but to deepen the crisis of legitimacy of the whole system." and that that no matter what "reforms" the international financial institutions pull out of the hat this year, they should be judged against the historical record.

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Melting the Iceberg:Ending the Cold War in the Korean Peninsula & the search for Global Peace PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 09 August 2000

Edited by: Brid Brennan

Melting 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 consolidate new alternative aproaches to peace and security, breaking with the Cold War mould of "security deopendency" and embracing a future based o­n the "globalisation of solidarity".

Publisher: Transnational Institute in cooperation with Focus o­n the Global South

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Creating Poverty: The ADB in Asia PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 28 May 2000
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.
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The ADB: Shape Up or Ship Out
By Shalmali Guttal
ADB 2000: Senior Officials and Internal Documents Paint Institution in Confusion
By Walden Bello
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