In the name of development and alleviating poverty, the Bank uses public finances, the taxpayers’ money, to promote corporate interests. As a matter of fact, neo-liberal policies are promoted as a panacea for all ills plaguing the underdeveloped and emerging economies. If the ‘agenda’ of the new president remains the same, despite his/her nationality or the process of selection, there’s very little to expect from him/her.

The power of civility SOME CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY A paper for the Committee on Civil Society Research in Sweden coming out of the seminar ‘Global Civil Society : More or Less Democracy?’ organised by the Committee at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 22...

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Be the Seed : Act Now, in Defence of Mother Earth ! AN INTRODUCTION TO AND COMMENTARY ON THE GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA’S CALL FOR A ‘PEOPLES’ WORLD CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH’ Jai Sen, cacim.net, India, March 2010 Introduction Because of climate change, the world...