Give and take

Foreign aid is an issue that concerns us all, financially and morally. This thoughtful book argues that aid must be made less of a problem, more of a solution.

David sogge 2002 pp236 Rs 300

Sustainable agriculture and food security:impact of globalisation

This volume explores many important facts concerning the interlined issues of globalisation. The contributors maintain that the sustainable use of natural resources such as land and water requires that their ownership lies with decentralised agricultural communities.

Ed by Vandanashiva and Gitanjali Bedi 2002 pp 504 Rs 680

The water manifesto

Petrella calls for a world water contract that would enshrine fresh water as an essential good to which all people have a right. He calls on all of us to mobilize around this demand, as well as for an immediate programme to provide fresh water for the rural and the urban poor.

By Riccardo petrella 2001 pp135 Rs 300

Another American Century?

A powerful analysis that raises fresh, fundamental questions about an entire range of US foreign policies that have deep roots in the American economic and cultural experience.

By Nicholas Guyatt 2000 pp258 Rs 300

Our Simmering planet

This title makes clear the reader what is at stake; the difficulties of concerted action; the conflicting concerns of countries North and South; and the urgent necessity for all of us to press our politicians to take climate change seriously.

By Joyeeta Gupta 2001 pp178 Rs 300

The myth of development

Many countries, and large part of their cities in particular, are already collapsing into UN governable chaotic entities' under the control of warlords and mafias. State-driven and market led development models have both failed. Many countries are mistakenly called developing-

By Oswaldo De Rivero 2001 pp211 Rs 300

Brave New seeds - the threat of GM crops to farmers

An impressively cogent summary of the hazards of GMO s and the urgency of world wide action. Brave new seeds embraces the central contributions of farmers in the south to the integrity of our food and the diversity of world agriculture.

Robert Alibrac de la perriere 2000 pp147Rs 300



Rethinking globalization

It examines the implications of globalization for development from the perspective of the south. The simple expositional makes it accessible to students, policy makers and concerned citizens.

By Martin Khor 2001pp144Rs 300

A new democracy: alternatives to a bankrupt world order

This book gives us a trenchant mix of powerful critique and concrete hope. Shutt exposes the fantasies at the heart of todays market capitalism and counterfeit democracy.

By Harry Shutt 2001 pp176 Rs 300



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