East Asia

Review of ASEAN–China Economic Relations

Author: 
Saw Swee-Hock (ed.)
Publisher: 
Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 2007, ISBN: 978-981-30-408-7, 375 pp.
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Reviewed by Alexander C. Chandra,

Institute for Global Justice (IGJ) and Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy (SAPA), Brussels

In English only

Collective Action and Urban Poverty Alleviation: Community Organizations and the Struggle for Shelter in Manila

Author: 
Shatkin, Gavin
Publisher: 
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7546-4786-7, 168 pp.
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Reviewed by Lucy Earle, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

In English only

Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Congress, Manila, 19–22 October 2008

The Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Congress held in Manila 19–22 October 2008) was the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. Its purpose was to provide a forum for decision makers to formulate gender-responsive programmes related to gender in climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Over 200 people participated, including parliamentarians, representatives of environmental and women’s organisations, and donor agencies.

Author: 
Smyth, Ines
Page: 
120

El Niño: An adaptive response to build social and ecological resilience

Experience from adaptive and community-based resource management suggests that building resilience into both human and ecological systems is an effective way to cope with environmental change. El Niño phenomena are increasingly signaled in advance of their onset. We argue that it is beneficial to heed warnings of potential harm and to intervene in society to possibly avert extreme negative ecological and social impacts which can trigger socio-political stress and widespread human suffering.

Author: 
Urich, Peter B
Author: 
Quirog, Liza
Author: 
Granert, William
Page: 
80

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spillover effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of the host country.
Author: 
Lipschutz, Ronnie D.
Page: 
17

Economic development - a first-hand report of the Chinese experience

Zhuhai was designated a special economic zone (SEZ) as an experimentation point of economic liberalisation. This articles traces the development of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone from a humble village to a significant economic power in southern China, focusing on industry, trade, education, and logistics.
Author: 
Ben-hui, Zhou
Author: 
Li, Dennis
Page: 
8

Female volunteers: An asset to the reproductive health sector in rural Cambodia

The results of a field study examined in this article show the remarkable success of a reproductive health education and community outreach project in Cambodia that has been implemented by the Ministry of Women's and Veterans' Affairs since 1995, in terms of levels of volunteer activity and impact of the project on increased knowledge and practice in reproductive health issues among the target population. A key to the project's success appears to be its adherence to principles identified, but seldom practised, such as a strong commitment to capacity building at all levels.
Author: 
Altman, Penny
Author: 
Suehiro, Yukuki
Page: 
4

Women's involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women's decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than do their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that what is important is not how much women have, but how much they have in relation to their husbands.
Author: 
Kusakabe, Kyoko
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3

Another invasion: lessons from the international support to East Timorese NGOs

This article seeks to contribute to the debate on collaboration between national and international NGOs. It argues that it is vital for the development of stable, independent, and viable civil societies that the international NGOs promote a bottom-up approach in their support to and collaboration with local NGOs, especially among those emerging from situations of conflict or other profound social disruptions. From a study carried out in East Timor, the authors conclude that there is a noticeable discrepancy between rhetoric and practice with regard to such support.
Author: 
Brunnstrom, Cecilia
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1

Achieving behaviour change: Three generations of HIV/AIDS programming and jargon in Thailand

NGOs have played an important role worldwide in trying to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through achieving behaviour change. NGOs have often been at the fore of innovative changes, influencing government and international programming activities. This paper identifies and analyses the evolution of the HIV/AIDS programmes of one NGO in Thailand over a period of ten years. Three generations of programming are identified both through distinct approaches to this area of work, and also by the changing jargon describing the people the programmes are aimed at.
Author: 
Clarke, Matthew
Page: 
5
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