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Do indigenous people benefit from 'development'?

On 28 Nov, 2011 By rait man

We need to think about whether development brings any benefits to those who are largely self-sufficient – like many of the world's 150 million tribal people including many Papua New Guineans

By Stephen Corry*

Corporate giants target the world's poor

On 28 Nov, 2011 By tok stret

Diabetes, obesity and heart disease rates are soaring in developing countries, as multinationals find new ways of selling processed food to the poor

By Felicity Lawrence (Guardian UK)

Papua New Guinea a victim of a foreign economic system that manufactures inequality

On 21 Nov, 2011 By tok stret

We are all Occupiers

People the world over salute the Occupy movement for standing up to injustice and fighting for equality at the heart of empire

By Arundhati Roy*

The dangers of the Pacific Free Trade agreement

On 16 Nov, 2011 By rait man

By Peter Kranz*

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT of self-congratulation in the Australian media about the proposed Asia-Pacific free trade agreement.

But has anyone considered the fine print, and the effect this may have on smaller countries like PNG?

One aspect of the proposal - so far overlooked - is the tightening of corporate interests and increasing their power to sue governments over restrictions on their operations.

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