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Globalization
and the World's Working People |
| Prabhat
Patnaik |
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| Contrary
to the impression that Globalization would
benefit all, it has actually worsened the
conditions of the broad mass of the working
people in both parts of the world. |
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| Hidden
Hunger, Hidden Danger |
| Jomo
Kwame Sundaram |
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| Supplementation
is essential to address micronutrient deficiencies
but developing countries' access to generic
vitamin and mineral supplements is constrained
by trade rules. |
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| Giving
Water Workers their Due |
| Jayati
Ghosh |
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| The
workers who ensure the treatment, delivery
and conservation of water across societies
are the vast majority who are informal workers,
often unpaid and largely unrecognised. |
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| Hillary
Clinton's Morally Superior Speech in Africa
was Deluded |
| Jayati
Ghosh |
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| The
morally superior tenor of the US Secretary
of State's speech warning about the exploitation
of Africa's resources is hypocritical as
it comes from the representative of a country
that has systematically exploited global
resources to further its own gain. |
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| Imperialism
and its Follies |
| Prabhat
Patnaik |
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| What
is remarkable about imperialist follies
is that they tend to repeat themselves.
As in Iraq, in Libya too, US imperialism
and its allies' dream of installing a regime
of their choice which will then rule ''peacefully''
to their satisfaction for years to come,
even as they capture the country's oil wealth,
is likely to be shattered. |
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| Grabbing
Global Farmland |
| Jayati
Ghosh |
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| It
is essential to fight the irresponsible
and exploitative behavior manifested by
Indian companies involved in the recent
trend in large-scale overseas acquisitions
of farmland and the undemocratic processes
underlying these land grabs. Without this,
the struggle for greater economic justice
within India will also be undermined. |
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| India's
Role in the New Global Farmland Grab |
| Rick
Rowden |
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| This
report explores the role of Indian agricultural
companies that have been involved in the
recent trend in large-scale overseas acquisitions
of farmland. In addition to examining the
various factors driving the ''outsourcing''
of domestic food production, the report
also explores the negative consequences
of such a trend. It looks at why critics
have called the trend ''land grabbing''
and reviews the impacts on local peoples
on the ground, who are often displaced in
the process. |
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| China's
African Hinterland |
| C.P.
Chandrasekhar & Jayati Ghosh |
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| China's
growing presence in Africa has led to arguments
that the country is seeking to meet its
growing requirements of primary products,
including oil, by building a relationship
reminiscent of a colonial past with many
African countries. In this article, the
authors examine what the evidence reveals
about this relationship. |
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| Climate
Change and its Implications: Which Way Now? |
| Praveen
Jha |
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| The
impact of climate change on the world of
today and the future is undeniable. Stipulated
emission reduction targets for developed
countries are still too modest under the
Kyoto Protocol and the US, the world’s
largest polluter remains outside the agreement.
The scientific community warns that a global
coordinated response with participation
of the major emitters and rapidly growing
economies of China and India is the only
way forward to avoid the worse predicted
effects of global warming. This paper reviews
the debates and attempts to trace the path
to the future. |
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| Oil
Rent Management and Fiscal Federalism: The
Nigerian Experience |
| Benneth
Obi |
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| The
paper addresses the vexed issue of oil rent
management within the context of Nigeria’s
fiscal arrangements. After reviewing the
conceptual and theoretical issues, the paper
analyzes the data on the federation account
and the relationships between the centre
and the sub-national governments. The paper
comes to the conclusion that the expenditure
power is concentrated in the federal government,
the revenue decentralization ratios are
much higher for the federal government followed
by the states and is the lowest for local
governments and that finally, there is non-correspondence
problem in the country’s fiscal relations. |
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