Cambodia: Case Study Report on Illegal Fishing in the Tonlé Sap
Members from Cambodia’s Action Research Teams (ART) network who come from fishing communities investigate and analyse illegal fishing in the Tonlé Sap, Cambodia’s ‘great lake’. As fishers from...
View ArticleCambodia: Pheapimex Land Conflict Case Study Report
This case study report documents the long struggle of the communities affected by the 315,000-hectare land concession of Pheapimex Company in Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces. It describes the...
View ArticleLeaflet: Why do we oppose genetically modified mustard? (in Hindi)
“GM Sarson Ka Virodh Zaroori Kyun?” Leaflet in Hindi language distributed during the farmer’s rally in New Delhi on 29 to 30 November.
View ArticleSEZs and Value Extraction from the Mekong [BURMESE VERSION]
Complete title: SEZs and Value Extraction from the Mekong: A Case Study on the Control and Exploitation of Land and Labour in Cambodia and Myanmar’s Special Economic Zones This is the Burmese language...
View ArticleCase Study Report: Lor Peang Community Land Conflict
This case study report has been written to present and reflect on the Lor Peang land conflict with KDC International, from the perspective of the Lor Peang community activists. It utilizes information...
View ArticleThe Agrarian Crisis and Forced Migration [In English and Hindi]
India is witnessing today a large-scale decline in agricultural workforce, a declining growth rate, and a shrinking share in the country’s GDP. This booklet describes the Indian State’s historical and...
View ArticlePolitics of Seeds: Common Resource or a Private Property
This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the situation surrounding seeds–a central element of agricultural economy and of ecology. From being a commonly-held resource nurtured by farmers,...
View ArticleNew Challenges and Strategies in Defense of Land and Territory
LRAN Briefing Paper No. 4: New Challenges and Strategies in Defense of Land and Territory What is happening with the land and natural wealth around the world, and to the people who depend on them? How...
View ArticleOffloading Risks & Avoiding Liabilities: How Financial Institutions Consider...
Laos’ ambition to become the “battery” of Southeast Asia has led to a proliferation of hydropower dams around the country. Yet with these dams come significant socio-economic and environmental...
View ArticleFocus Policy Review 2019: “Critical Junction: Derailing or Accelerating the...
Focus Policy Review on the Progressive Agenda in the 2019 Elections and Beyond This issue of the Focus Policy Review explores how the Duterte administration responded to key issues through its policies...
View ArticleRevisiting and Reclaiming Deglobalization
Nearly 20 years after “deglobalization” was introduced as an alternative paradigm by Focus on the Global South, one of its main authors looks back at its strengths and weaknesses and how its...
View ArticlePublic Finance for the Future We Want
After the 2008 global financial crisis, big banks were rescued and public spending was curtailed. This justified ever harsher austerity measures and reinforced a persistent myth that the public sector...
View ArticleAlternative Land Management in Thailand: A Case Study of the Southern...
This study presents the struggle for land of the Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT) in Surat Thani province. It is a counterpoint to the country’s centralized land management system that...
View ArticleUndermining Democracy: The 2019 Elections in Thailand, the Philippines, and...
In the first half of 2019, a great deal of global attention focused on national elections in three countries where authoritarian regimes or personalities were in command of the state: Thailand, the...
View ArticleChina: An Imperial Power in the Image of the West?
by Walden Bello On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Focus is releasing a comprehensive study that seeks to answer the question: Is China an...
View ArticleWomen in Agriculture: Challenges and the Way Ahead
The report, drawing from a panel discussion organised on 10 July 2019, assessed the challenges faced by women in agriculture in India. After seeing a long period of feminisation, Indian agriculture is...
View ArticleThe Loss of the Ou River
With its source near the Lao-Chinese border, the Nam Ou, or Ou river, is 485 km long and one of the most important rivers in northern Lao PDR. It flows north to south through three provinces:...
View ArticleThe Battle for Another World: The Progressive Response to the New Right
A report by John Feffer, co-published with the Institute for Policy Studies, TNI and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. The far right is increasingly active globally—at the level of governments, through civil...
View ArticleTrump and the Asia-Pacific: The Persistence of American Unilateralism
by Walden Bello There is a widespread perception, especially among East and Southeast Asian elites, that the United States is in a process of disengagement from the Asia-Pacific under President Donald...
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