Kindly
circulate to your networks and contacts in
Cambodia and to those who will be in Phnom
Penh during AGPA and ACSC/APF.
PLEASE CIRCULATE FAR AND WIDE!
PLEASE CIRCULATE FAR AND WIDE!
SAVE
THE DATE!
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE
“ASIA-PACIFIC CENTURY”
FIDC
Asia-Pacific Regional Forum
Phnom
Penh, Cambodia*
15 November
2012
The
Asia-Pacific region is
often depicted as a bright spot amidst the
gloomy global landscape. India, China and
other newly industrialized economies in the
region have achieved high levels of economic
growth but the promised benefits of rapid
growth have been unevenly spread, with a great
majority of the population continually living
below the poverty line.
Because of
the perceived
growth in developing countries in
Asia-Pacific, it has become the subject of
special attention among international and
regional multilateral institutions, and has
recaptured the interest of external powers
like the United States. To accelerate economic
growth, reduce economic disparities and
increase productivity and employment,
international and regional financial
institutions (e.g. IMF, World Bank, ADB) as
well as other regional intergovernmental
formations (e.g. ASEAN, EAS, APEC, SAARC) have
continually encouraged the implementation of
neoliberal policies and principles (manifest
in the region’s trade, defense policies, among
others) that only end up promoting further the
interests of corporations and multinational
firms while neglecting their impact on the
rest of the population.
Asia
has a long history of continuing struggles for
democracy and liberation. As the region faces
multiple crises against the backdrop of supposed
boom, it is important to unravel and question
the so-called success stories of development and
growth in Asia. The need to strengthen people’s
solidarity in battling new forms of capitalist
aggression and struggling for democratic
alternatives has never been more crucial.
*venue details to be announced later
Organized by:
In
coordination with CIS-Asia:
ABOUT
FIDC
The International
Forum on Democracy and Cooperation (or FIDC by its
acronyms in Spanish) is part of the long process of
creation, animation and strengthening of a network
platform for civil society for the democratization
of development cooperation of peoples from the
South. To amplify critical voices from the region, FIDC
Asia-Pacific was
launched as an open platform that seeks to
build synergies among civil society and social
movements in the region to strengthen international
solidarity, people-to-people exchange, promote
mutual learning, coordinate actions, conduct common
campaigns, and reach out to more people’s
organizations and social movements throughout Asia
and the Pacific towards strengthening people’s
resistance against capitalist forms of oppression
and people’s capacity for building democratic
alternatives.
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