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

The article argues that simply adding new goals (such as peace, security, and human rights) to the post-2015 agenda is not enough; there needs to be a focus on the structural and policy factors that perpetuate poverty, in particular to ensure that the future development agenda is not hijacked by...