Resource Pointer #209
June 9, 1999
For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate
publishers or organizations directly.
*No Debt, No Sweat: Organizing for Global Justice* September 23-26,
1999 (Thursday-Sunday), Washington, DC. Fourth Activists'
Conference sponsored by the 50 Years Is Enough Network. Focus will
be on critiques of the global economy and models for organizing for
global economic justice. Conference will be held weekend prior to
annual meetings of World Bank and IMF and will culminate in a
demonstration at IMF headquarters. Registration fee US$35 before
June 30, US$45 before September 10, US$55 after September 10.
Contact 50 Years Is Enough Network, 1247 E St. SE, Washington DC
20003; phone (202) IMF-BANK; email wb50yrs@igc.org; website
http://www.50years.org
*Dark Victory: The United States and Global Poverty, 1999* Walden
Bello. Explores role of U.S. economic policies in creating poverty
abroad. Reviews consequences of structural adjustment programs plus
international financial flows, reductions in social welfare spending, and
consequences of globalization within the U.S. New epilogue covers
East Asian crisis. 162 pp. US$14.95. Contact Institute for Food and
Development Policy, 398 60th St., Oakland, CA 94618; phone (510)
654-4400; fax (510) 654-4551; email foodfirst@igc.org; website
http://www.foodfirst.org
*Instruments of Change: Motivating and Financing Sustainable
Development, 1998* Theodore Panayotou. Describes legal and
economic instruments including taxes, subsidies, fee systems and
liability insurance as means to promote sustainability. Explores ways to
rationalize economic incentives as well as raise revenues in developed,
developing, and transitional economies. 228 pp. UK$19.95. Contact
Earthscan Publications, 120 Pentonville Rd., London N19 JN, UK;
phone (0171) 278-0433; fax (0171) 287-1142; email
earthinfo@earthscan.co.uk; website http://www.earthscan.co.uk
*A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern
Thailand, 1998* Walden Bello, et al. Explores roots of 1997-98 Asian
economic collapse. Argues that Thailand's economic development has
been unsustainable in terms of human exploitation, social disruption,
ecological damage, and economic fragility. Covers changes in
agriculture, role of IMF, deforestation, AIDS, and more. 267 pp.
US$19.95. Contact Institute for Food and Development Policy, 398
60th St., Oakland, CA 94618; phone (510) 654-4400; fax (510) 654-
4551; email foodfirst@igc.org; website http://www.foodfirst.org
*Seeds and Survival: Crop Genetic Resources in War and
Reconstruction in Africa, 1997* Paul Richards and Guido Ruivenkamp.
Considers impacts of war and other conflicts on management of plant
genetic resources by small-scale agriculturists. Includes policy options
to link fields of relief, rehabilitation, and plant genetic resource
management. 61 pp. Free. Contact International Plant Genetic
Resources Institute, Via delle Sette Chiese 142, 00145 Rome, Italy
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