Focus on the Global South Site Sydication http://www.focusweb.org 2008-05-09T11:28:40+01:00 http://www.focusweb.org http://www.focusweb.org/images/M_images/logo1-transparent.jpg text/html 2008-04-23T23:42:44+01:00 http://www.focusweb.org http://www.focusweb.org/in-the-shadow-of-debt-the-sad-but-true-tale-behind-a-quarter-century-of-stagn.html?Itemid=154 In the Shadow of Debt:The Sad but True Tale behind a Quarter Century of Stagnation in the Philippines By Walden Bello* Assaulted on all sides owing to its entanglement in the ZTE-NBN corruption scandal, the administration has confronted its critics with the image of an economy that is purring along, that is doing just fine except for the rise in the price of rice, for which it says it is blameless. text/html 2008-04-17T04:45:22+01:00 http://www.focusweb.org http://www.focusweb.org/focus-on-trade-number-139-april-2008.html?Itemid=60 In this issue of Focus on Trade, Jayati Ghosh and CP Chandrasekhar analyse the financial crisis sweeping the US and Europe, and ask whether this will usher in a new era of market regulation and state intervantion, and an opportunity for developing countries to reasess their economic strategies. ARE WE HEADING FOR GLOBAL STAGFLATION? (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1376 Itemid=92) Jayati Ghosh LEANING ON THE STATE (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1377 Itemid=92) C. P. Chandrasekhar THE GREAT UNRAVELLING (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1378 Itemid=92) Jayati Ghosh text/html 2008-04-11T11:32:50+01:00 http://www.focusweb.org http://www.focusweb.org/focus-on-trade-number-138-april-2008.html?Itemid=60 IN THIS ISSUE WHERE'S THE HEAT? AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW OF THE BANGKOK CLIMATE TALKS (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1371 Itemid=28) Nicola Bullard and Bea Moraras CHINA'S ECOLOGICAL TIME BOMB (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1372 Itemid=28) Dorothy-Grace Guerrero WILL CAPITALISM SURVIVE CLIMATE CHANGE? (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1368 Itemid=153) Walden Bello IS THE WORLD BANK PROFITEERING ON BOGUS CARBON CREDITS? (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1373 Itemid=28) WORLD BANK CLIMATE PROFITEERING (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1373 Itemid=28) Daphne Wysham and Shakuntala Makhijani CENTRAL PLANNING AND MARKET FREEDOM: (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1374 Itemid=28) MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SAME FUNDAMENTALIST MINDSET (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=1374 Itemid=28) Walden Bello text/html 2008-04-07T23:18:17+01:00 http://www.focusweb.org http://www.focusweb.org/challenges-and-dilemmas-of-the-public-intellectual.html?Itemid=153 By Walden Bello* (Excerpts from acceptance speech at the Outstanding Public Scholar Award Panel, International Studies Association, 49th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, March 27, 2008. Bello was the second recipient of the award, the first being Dr. Susan George in 2007. Members of the panel honoring Bello were George; Dr. Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton University; Dr. Robin Broad, professor at American University, and Dr.Barry Gills, professor at the University of Newcastle.) I would like, first of all, to say that I am very grateful to the International Political Economy Section of the International Studies Association for this award. I am very, very honored by the generous comments of Barry [Gills], Robin [Broad], Richard [Falk] and Susan [George]. And it really is an honor to be in the company of Susan, the first person to be given this award. Let me just say that, especially in comparison to Susan, I am not really sure that I am the best person to be named ISA's Outstanding Public Scholar for 2008, though I think I would consider myself a public intellectual or, as the French say, intellectuel engage-that is, one who marries analysis to action, or at least tries to. text/html 2008-04-03T01:57:19+01:00 http://www.focusweb.org http://www.focusweb.org/a-statement-of-concern-on-the-situation-in-tibet-from-asian-ngos.html?Itemid=144 We are saddened and alarmed that the peaceful protest led by Buddhist monks in the Tibetan capital on March 10, which was followed by a wave of sympathy protests in the neighboring Tibetan areas after that day, has drawn a strong response from the Chinese authorities. We also deplore the unrest that followed, even though we understand the problems that gave rise to them. We are concerned about the police and military build-up in response to these events not only in Lhasa but also in Tibetan areas of western China. We believe that news blockade and censorship of the media are not helpful for the Chinese people and the international community and damage the credibility of the Chinese government.