Focus on the Global South is an activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic and political change. We work on the following thematic areas:
- Political Economy of Development - Unpacking the dominant model in order to raise critical understanding among broad constituencies, and to support frontline communities challenging the negative impacts of development;
- Power and Democracy - Expanding critical analysis to link economic and development policies with political trends, human rights abuses and violent conflict in order to empower local communities to fight challenges and claim their rights and spaces; 3)People’s Alternatives - Drawing attention to social and political resistance and change to put forth people’s own visions and practice for a better world that can form elements of the deglobalisation paradigm.
Key Publications
’- ‘The Global Food Crisis, This Time’ (2022), https://focusweb.org/publications/globalfoodcrisis2022/. In this dossier, researchers from Focus on the Global South write about various aspects of the current crisis, its causes, and how it is impacting countries in Asia.
- ‘Envisioning a Better World without the WTO’ (2022), https://focusweb.org/publications/envisioning-a-better-world-without-the-wto/. The articles in this dossier present analyses by Focus on the Global South, social movements and civil Society Organisations on the issues at stake at MC 12, deep flaws in WTO agreements and why developing countries need to walk away from the WTO.