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BURMA: JUNTA LEADERS POWER-HUNGRY AS PEOPLE STARVE
Zin Linn

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, MAY 2008

Rather than lessening the misery wrought by Cyclone Nargis, the Burmese military regime has made things worse. Burma's xenophobic military chief continues to hold up issuing visas for UN teams and other foreign aid workers, writes Zin Linn, a former political detainee in Burma and now, in exile, the media and information director of the National Coalition Government of Union of Burma.

EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE RISKS OF INACTION
Yash Tandon* - IPS/South Centre

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, MAY 2008

There is much to celebrate in the growth and development of the South in recent years, from the ability of certain Latin American countries to avoid dependence on the North to the growth of the economies of certain Asian countries whose increasing sovereign wealth is now being tapped to bail out distressed banks in the North. While there are signs of growth in Africa too, the continent is worse off than the rest of the South, writes Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre.

THE DEMOCRATIC ILLUSION
Johan Galtung

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, MAY 2008

Democracy is about people choosing leaders who are accountable to the people. So, what kind of leaders do we choose? In the Western democracies, they are not too impressive, writes Johan Galtung, professor of Peace Studies and founder of TRANSCEND, a global peace and development network.

EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK - RECLAIMING SCHOOLS AS ZONES OF PEACE
Helene-Marie Gosselin

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, MAY 2008

Amongst the many casualties of conflict, education seldom makes the headlines, but students, teachers, administrators, and education officials are also on the front lines of battle, writes Helene-Marie Gosselin, director of the UNESCO Office to the United Nations.

CURRENT CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS FLAWS IN MARKET ECONOMICS, AND GDP
Hazel Henderson

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, MAY 2008

The credibility of the economics profession and its macroeconomic and risk models has been shattered by the Wall Street-led financial meltdown. Many analysts see this crisis as the beginning of the end of market fundamentalism as the driver of globalisation. Coming into focus is also the fact that the United States is no longer the world's lone superpower. Military force is giving way to the new weapons of choice in today's geopolitics: currency and cyber-attacks, writes Hazel Henderson, author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy (2007) and co-organiser of the Beyond GDP Conference in Brussels, representing the Club of Rome.

WHAT'S BEHIND SOARING COMMODITY PRICES
Jose Graziano da Silva

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, MAY 2008

There are two distinct elements driving the current commodity price increases: one is financial; the other is the hitherto unheard of shift in demand: the expansion of consumption in poor countries, writes Jose Graziano da Silva, regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean at the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

BHUTANESE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR NEW PARLIAMENT
Francoise Pommaret

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, APRIL 2008

Expectations are high among the people of Bhutan for the new government to deliver on its promises, especially once the new constitution is adopted in early May when the parliament convenes, writes Francoise Pommaret, Bhutan's honourary consul in Paris and director of National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris and advisor to the Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Royal University of Bhutan.

JAPAN TAKES PROMINENT ROLE IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Sadako Ogata

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, APRIL 2008

This year Japan will host two events that will be critical in helping to shape the African agenda: the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), to be held May 28-30, followed in July by the G8 summit in which the continent's issues will figure prominently, writes Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1991-2001).

SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION:
THE ASIAN EXPERIENCE
Biswajit Nag* - IPS/South Centre

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, APRIL 2008

Over the years South-South Cooperation has evolved from merely sharing technical know-how to cooperation for a comprehensive socio-economic transformation, writes Biswajit Nag, associate professor at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India.

MAKING HIGH COMMODITY PRICES HELP THE POOREST NATIONS
Ali Mchumo

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, APRIL 2008

Since 2001, the prices of many commodities and other natural resources have soared, providing commodity-dependent developing countries with an opportunity to use the increased revenues to combat poverty and make real economic and social gains, writes Ambassador Ali Mchumo, managing director of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC).

NATURE IS NOT MUTE
Eduardo Galeano

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, APRIL 2008

The world is painting still lifes, forests are dying, the poles are melting, the air is becoming unbreatheable, and the water undrinkable and at the same time Ecuador is debating a new constitution that opens up the possibility for the first time ever of recognising the rights of nature, writes Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer and journalist and author of The Open Veins of Latin America, Memories of Fire and Mirrors: An Almost Universal History.

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ECONOMY-US: Foreclosures Spike as Lenders' Aid Efforts Founder

POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba

RIGHTS: Women's Groups Push for Gender-Sensitive Budgets

POLITICS: Bogus Claim, al-Maliki Stall U.S. Plan on Iran Arms

LATIN AMERICA: European Corporations on Trial

NICARAGUA: Asylum for Survivors of Attack on FARC Camp

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"

THEATRE-US: The Year the War Came Home

LATIN AMERICA: Food Price Inflation Threatens Children

MIDEAST: Siege Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born

ESTADOS UNIDOS: Hoja de ruta hacia América Latina

MUJERES-ESPAÑA: Débil combate a agresores

DESARROLLO: Los ricos pueden hacer más para ayudar a África

IRAQ: Tres extraños compañeros de cama

INFANCIA-EEUU: Reclutando soldados en el recreo

ANGOLA : La star irlandaise du rock, Geldof, irrite les tempéraments

DEVELOPPEMENT-AFRIQUE AUSTRALE : Le petit peut être beau

DEVELOPPEMENT-ZAMBIE: Faire le bilan des récentes inondations

ARTS : 'Africa Paradis' ou l'immigration dans le sens inverse

ENVIRONNEMENT : Le ''docteur'' nature en danger

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