The International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank were also accused of compelling governments in the region to push through local initiatives that the activists described as "anti-poor".
Yet while the current financial climate may serve the Anti-Globalisation movement, there is also a worry that critics need to conceive a convincing alternative. "We have to do a better job to provide an alternative to the neo-liberal agenda", says Bello of Focus on the Global South.
He adds that this alternative agenda needs to beat the secular and religious right in reaching out to the growing number of people in Asia disenchanted by the flaws of economic liberalization.
"This discontent will grow; it will be felt in Asia, given the signs that the financial scandals in the U.S. is resulting in an economic decline", adds Bello.
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Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action: http://www.yuvaindia.org/texte.html
World Social Forum: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
Yet while the current financial climate may serve the Anti-Globalisation movement, there is also a worry that critics need to conceive a convincing alternative. "We have to do a better job to provide an alternative to the neo-liberal agenda", says Bello of Focus on the Global South.
He adds that this alternative agenda needs to beat the secular and religious right in reaching out to the growing number of people in Asia disenchanted by the flaws of economic liberalization.
"This discontent will grow; it will be felt in Asia, given the signs that the financial scandals in the U.S. is resulting in an economic decline", adds Bello.
Copyright 2002 IPS Inter Press Service: http://www.ips.org/index.htm
Focus on the Global South: http://www.focusweb.org
Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action: http://www.yuvaindia.org/texte.html
World Social Forum: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br