EDM (Vol. 7 No. 2)
COVER STORY
Asian Rural Women Speak Out: rights, empowerment and liberation
NEWS
RP, ASEAN nations now powerless to protect own economy with Japan-ASEAN trade pact
Gov’t can ensure cheaper rice by doing away with liberalization, resisting creditor pressure
SPECIAL FEATURES
Women push for political space in patriarchy
Africa: millions of children falling through the cracks
GLOBALIZATION ISSUES
Malaysia: rocky road to an FTA
Central America: in the face of US recession fears
WORLD ECONOMY
World Bank climate profiteering
COMMENTARY
Just and democratic governance: role of people’s movement in global South
THIRD WORLD
More Bakuns? New damaging dams and aluminum plants for Sarawak
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
A mother’s search for Jonas
CONSUMER ISSUES
Caesarian epidemic: how modern technology changes natural childbirth into a major public health problem
STATS & NUMBERS
Million-dollar ‘kickback’ could have paid for public school shortages
