Nov 20, 2020 | Books
As they mark their 76th year, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have been presented with a grand opportunity, not to save the world, but to salvage their tattered reputation. The Fund enters the annual IMF-World Bank meetings with a big image problem....
Oct 27, 2020 | Articles
The following paper was presented at the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute’s Webinar “Sustainable Social and Economic Recovery after COVID-19” on September 17, 2020. What I’d like to do is focus on some economic vulnerabilities...
Oct 7, 2020 | Articles
The following paper was presented under the title The Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997: Challenges to Realizing the Full Potential of a Progressive Law at a discussion on the crafting of a law to advance the rights of indigenous people in Thailand,...
Aug 26, 2020 | Articles
People expected a message of hope from his State of the Nation Address, but the Philippine president instead self-destructed against the background of a public health disaster, a collapsing economy, and a generational rebellion. In his fifth State of the Nation (SONA)...
Aug 24, 2020 | Articles
originally posted on Rappler ‘Even Duterte’s usually aggressive DDS true believers and paid trolls are confused and defensive in their comments, or are simply keeping quiet, waiting desperately for the wind shift that will never come’ This is the way the...
