[Papua New Guinea]
Eddie Tanago: “our nation’s most important assets are not the minerals and petroleum that foreign corporations value so highly. Our most important assets are our people, our customary land, our agricultural skills, and our knowledge of how to sustainably manage our land and resources.”
Photo: Oakland Institute
Frederic Mousseau
Report: From “Extraction to Inclusion” in Papua New Guinea
World Bank Suspends Doing Business Report
[World Bank]
Oakland Institute: “The Doing Business Report drives an insidious race to the bottom where policymakers around the world are competing on being more attractive to private investors instead of protecting the environment and the well-being of their citizens.”
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COVID-19 FALLOUT: DEAL WITH IMF THREATENS UKRAINE SMALL FARMERS
[Ukraine Small Farmers\IMF]
Oakland Institute: “It is wrong and immoral for Western financial institutions to force a country in a dire economic situation amidst an unprecedented pandemic to sell its land.”
Photo: Oakland Institute\Oleksiy Frayer