What Will It Take
By Kunda Dixit TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – After a decade of progress, it had seemed that the world was on target to meet many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were set in 2000 to halve extreme poverty and hunger, boost health and literacy in 15 years.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific
By Kunda Dixit* TOKYO, Oct 12 – If anyone still needs proof that the epicenter of the world economy has shifted away from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Tokyo this week provided ample evidence.
Déjà vu in Tokyo
By Kunda Dixit* TOKYO, Oct 11 (TerraViva) – The world may be in economic crisis, Asian growth may be stumbling, and Japan may be suffering a slowdown, but you wouldn’t be able to tell in glittering Tokyo this week as it hosts the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF.
Sendai Shares Big Lessons from the Great Quake
By Suvendrini Kakuchi SENDAI, Japan, Oct 10 (TerraViva) – The debris of the devastated Arahama elementary school yielded two enduring lessons for its principal, Takao Kawamura, in the months after the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s north-east coastland on Mar. 11, 2011.
News
Next Development Mantra: ‘Inclusive Growth’
Posted on 13 October 2012
By Zofeen Ebrahim TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – World Bank president Jim Yong Kim first used the phrase, and then the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde followed. Or was it the other way round? Whatever the case, ‘inclusive growth’ will be the new development mantra, adding to the already jargon-infested discourse of the world of [...] Continue Reading
Interviews
Q & A: ‘Seeds of Innovation Are Everywhere’
Posted on 13 October 2012
TOKYO, Oct 13 – That old saying “necessity is the mother of innovation” comes to mind as a restless world seeks global solutions in the face of nagging economic maladies that affect big and small nations and communities alike. Against this backdrop, the Asia Innovation Forum 2012, a two-day event on Oct. 12-13, 2012, brought [...] Continue Reading
Dateline Earth
A Tale of Two Countries
Posted on 13 October 2012
By Kunda Dixit* TOKYO, Oct 13 – Civil society activists are not surprised that there has been a reversal in some countries in progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), because they say it was based on flawed premises to begin with. Many poor countries are facing a challenge in meeting the goals on [...] Continue Reading
News
Activists Create Space at Meetings
Posted on 13 October 2012
TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – Whether it is finding a venue to push their causes, debating with others or catching up with trends in the work of the IMF and WB, various activists say they have found the Annual Meetings useful. Continue Reading
Reporters' Notebook
Why No Protests?
Posted on 13 October 2012
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings have become synonymous with anti-globalisation protests, some of them having had to be violently put down with tear gas and water cannons. Continue Reading
Dateline Earth, Featured
What Will It Take
Posted on 13 October 2012
By Kunda Dixit TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – After a decade of progress, it had seemed that the world was on target to meet many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were set in 2000 to halve extreme poverty and hunger, boost health and literacy in 15 years. Continue Reading
Interviews, News
Q & A: Poverty Limits Youth Capacity
Posted on 12 October 2012
Mak Chamroeun, president of Khmer Youth Association, is the lone activist from Cambodia at the IMF-WB Annual Meetings in Tokyo, Japan. He chats with IPS Asia-Pacific TerraViva’s Sam Rith about what he learned from the meetings. TerraViva: What have you learned from these meetings? Mak: What I learned most relates to the youth, the shortage [...] Continue Reading
News
Japan’s Crisis May Yet Be A Wake-up Call
Posted on 12 October 2012
By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – Forty-eight years ago in September 1964, Japan hosted the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings as a borrower. This week, the gleaming Japanese capital hosted the same meetings as a top international lender and the world’s third largest economy. The story of Japan’s change from [...] Continue Reading
News
Training, English and ICTs: Job-Hunting Tools
Posted on 12 October 2012
By Sam Rith TOKYO, Oct 13 (TerraViva) – Vocational training, knowledge of international languages like English and information and communication technologies (ICTs) are the major factors that young people need to get jobs, development experts here said. Continue Reading
News
MYANMAR: Easy Does It, Foreign Donors Told
Posted on 12 October 2012
MYANMAR: Easy Does It, Foreign Donors Told By Johanna Son TOKYO, Oct 12 (TerraViva) – Foreign donors are rushing into Burma, whose government has been pushing the right political buttons as part of its democratic reform process. But development planners and Burmese activists here caution that the best approach should still be ‘easy does it’. Continue Reading
Interviews
VIDEO: Don’t Rush Into Burma, Foreign Donors told
Posted on 12 October 2012
Khin Ohmar, Coordinator of Burma Partnership, explains to Johanna Son of IPS Asia-Pacific her worries about foreign donors rushing into Myanmar in the wake of its reforms. This interview was conducted at the IMF-WB Annual Meetings 2012, Tokyo. ‘We’re Not Saying Don’t Go In, But Don’t Rush In’ from IPS Asia-Pacific on Vimeo. You can [...] Continue Reading
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