In 1977 construction began on the first nuclear reactor in the Phillipines, part of an ambitious development program initiated by the Marcos dictatorship. As well as aiding the growth of industry, this program was to bring electricity to the urban and rural poor. Walden Bello, John Harris, and...

Reviewing the policies of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, Walden Bello examines how ‘free trade’ is destroying Third World agriculture – and who's fighting back. Development (2008) 51, 450–455. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.60