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Globalization

Recommended Readings

• IMF. (2009). Debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative
• IMF, World Bank. (2001). Debt relief for poverty reduction: The role of the enhanced HIPC Initiative
• Sen, A. (2002). How to judge globalism. The American Prospect, 13(1).

Websites of Interest

• Bretton Woods Project, working to influence the World Bank and IMF.
• Center for International Finance & Development, University of Iowa.
• Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
• The Development GAP promotes economic justice and citizen participation.
• Focus on the Global South
• Global Policy Forum
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
• IRIS Center
• North-South Institute
• Oneworld.net
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• PANOS - Communication for Sustainable Development
• Practical Action assists poor communities with using technology to improve their lives.
• Social Watch
• Third World Institute (ITeM)
• Third World Network (TWN)
  • Third World Resurgence, magazine published by TWN.
  • Third World Network Africa (TWN Africa)
• United Nations
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
• The World Bank
  • The World Bank Open Data catalog provides free access to thousands of indicators from World Bank data sets.

Responses to Globalization

Food Crisis

• Global food and fuel crisis will increase malnourished by 44 million, World Bank Press Release, October 8, 2008.
• Fraser, A. & Mousseau, F. (2008). The time is now: How world leaders should respond to the food price crisis (Oxfam Briefing Note).

Resistance and Awareness-Raising

• Bolivia: The water revolt, Bolivian communities fight against the Bechtel corporation. From the Democracy Center.
• International Forum on Globalization (IFG). (n.d.). Globalization: Effects on indigenous people. From Chioke.org, a portal on Southern civil societies.
• WTO. (2003). Bolivia: Citizens, media excluded from Bechtel trial by World Bank Tribunal.

Reform

• G24 - Intergovernmental Group of 24 on International Monetary Affairs
• G77 - Group of 77
• International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), works to advance social justice through human rights.
• New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
• World campaign for in-depth reform of the System of International Institutions, launched by UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil Society Networks, it calls for a reform of international institutions such as the UN and Bretton Woods.
• World Trade Organization

General

• Bigg, T. (2002). The World Summit on Sustainable Development: an assessment. This paper reports on the Johannesburg World Summit, the Global Deal and partnership between North and South.
• Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
• Fair Trade Federation strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade.
• GRAIN promotes sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity.
• Halifax Initiative Coalition. (2010). Fifteen years is enough - what's changed in the international financial system and its institutions, what hasn't and what needs to. (695K pdf)
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines is a network of over 1400 NGOs in 90 countries.
• International Criminal Court tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern.
• KARAT Coalition advocates for women's human rights and social and economic justice.
• Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women's rights organization supporting workers in global supply chains.
• Neem Tree Patent Case, Vandana Shiva.
• New Internationalist is a magazine that deals with globalization issues.
• NGOs and the UN, Global Policy Forum.
• Oxfam Fairtrade Site
• Perez, M., Schlesinger, S., & Wise, T. (2008). The promise and perils of agricultural trade liberalization: Lessons from Latin America. Policy Report and Executive Summary available for download in English.
• Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative puts human rights standards at the heart of global governance and policy-making.
• UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil Society Networks
• World Social Forum, brief summary and links.
• World Watch Institute empowers decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs.