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Unfolding Truth
Dismantling the World Bank's Myths on Agriculture and Development
In the 1980s and 1990s, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) intervention in developing countries’ national policies, through aid conditionality and austerity programs known as Structural Adjustments Programs (SAPs), triggered a wave of global resistance against the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). in the face of growing criticism that these policies increased poverty, debt, and dependency on rich countries, saps were eventually withdrawn in 2002; however the World Bank, through renewed means, continues to pursue and impose its neoliberal agenda on the developing world.
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World Bank's Bad Business in the Philippines
The Philippines is now hailed as a top ten reformer as a direct result of making economic, regulatory, and administrative policy changes following the advice and direction of the World Bank. As a result of these changes, in 2013 the Philippines became the third most popular destination for foreign investment in land in the world, with 5.2 million hectares acquired since 2006.

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Unity Statement Calling to Junk the Permit for Commercial Propagation of Golden Rice
UNITY STATEMENT CALLING TO JUNK THE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL PROPAGATION OF GOLDEN RICE AND OPPOSE ALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL ADVANCE THE GREEN REVOLUTION AND THE CORPORATE CAPTURE OF FOOD SYSTEMS Last July 21, 2021, the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines approved the permit for the commercial propagation of the highly contested GM yellow rice, called ‘Golden Rice’ (GR). We, the undersigned, vehemently condemn this rail-roaded approval and fully commit ourselves to relentless efforts to oppose the corporate capture of our food systems. No more lies, Golden Rice!
Farmers lead protest against extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, January, 9th 2021.
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On the Frontlines of Duterte’s War on Farmers
---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- January 26, 2021 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal [email protected] +1 510-530-5126 Oakland, CA — Since taking power in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte has waged a brutal war on farmers — there have been 311 documented killings of peasants, farmworkers, and fisherfolk related to land dispute cases and agrarian reform advocacy. These are not random or isolated killings, but targeted assassinations carried out against peasant farmers struggling for a better future.
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#StopKillingFarmers in the Philippines!
Farmers are the backbone of the production of one of our most basic needs--food. They are particularly vital in agricultural economies, yet they are among the most vulnerable victims of both deprivation and state persecution. In the Philippines, there have been 274 documented killings of peasants, farmworkers, and fisherfolk related to land dispute cases and agrarian reform advocacy since President Duterte took power in July 2016.

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