Films from the Global
South (such as that of Latin America, Asia and Africa) seldom receive the kind
of acceptance the Anglo-American English movies get across the world. The international
film festivals may be an exception where the ‘best’ from such countries...
South Asia is one of the least economically integrated regions in the world, despite its recent burgeoning growth in terms of human capital and commercial engagements. An inter-regional and intra regional integration or cooperation is an essential for achieving...
SM Mohammed Idris, doyen of the consumer movement in the Global South and a prominent social and environmental activist in Malaysia, passed away at the age of 93 years. SM Mohamed Idris was the Chairperson of Citizens International, Chairperson...
South-South Ideas – South-South Cooperation – A Theoretical and Institutional Framework (2019)
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR SSC: A STRUCTURALIST FOUNDATION
The engagement of Southern economies with development cooperation since the 1960s, and its policies towards specific sectors have evolved significantly over the...
Prologue. For the last century, Venezuela has been a major exporter of petroleum, and that has been the foundation of its economy as other productive activity withered in the face of fast money from oil. By the 1950s it...
K.M. Seethi
For many in the South Block (and several diplomats who served in the West Asia/Gulf region in the past), India’s emergence as ‘Guest of Honour’ at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting of Foreign Ministers, scheduled to...
The European Union has committed 20 million Euros to promote social cohesion and reconciliation in Iraq through the restoration and reconstruction of historic urban landscapes within the framework of the Revive the Spirit of Mosul flagship initiative launched by...
Two decades ago, the BRIC economies were projected to surpass the advanced G6 economies by the early 2030s. Today, the huge potential of the BRICs prevails, but the pace has slowed and country trajectories have diverged....
A
couple of days after former President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared that
his SLPP would field a ‘patriot who can defend the country and the
people’, his brother and party organiser Basil R came up with the name.
Of course,...
Shams Banihani
The
“rise of the South”, as some have called it, has prompted much
speculation about the “decoupling” of growth in developing countries
from that of advanced economies. This phenomenon has...
