“Responding to the Global Financial crisis: Can ASEAN get its act together?”, by: Christopher Ng “Lessons from Thailand for the States in Asia and South-East Asia in the contemporary economic crisis and prospecting for a sustainability of social democracy?”, by: Dr. Chokchai Suttawet “Direction and Ambivalence in the Local Governance Work of Akbayan”, by: Jude
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“Responding to a Systemic Crisis-Asian Democrats in Search of Policy and Practical Solutions: First Regular Conference on Social Democracy in Asia” May 20-23, 2009, Manila, Philippines The conference brought together members of political parties, pre-party formations and allied organizations and individuals to shape a common reading and response to the current global financial and economic
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MANILA, Philippines – Parliamentarians, trade unions, and leaders of social democratic-oriented political parties and organizations from various Asian countries have drawn up a seven-point agenda for their respective governments to address the current global economic crisis and to reconfigure their development model away from the failed neo-liberal paradigm to an equitable and sustainable path. In
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  Sosdem Group Discussion “the Third Way” Economics-Politics-Philosophy Discussions Discussion Resume Topic: Social Market Economy Guest Speaker: Faisal Basri   Pointers of the presentation by Faisal Basri: The World’s Economy is in a prolonged crisis. Across the globe, the GDP is plunging, pushed by the fall of industrial production in OECD and emerging economies. Commodities
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On March 4th and 5th 2009 about 20 representatives of social democratic parties, pre-parties and fraternal organisations from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Europe met in Jakarta/Indonesia to discuss the global financial and economic crisis on Southeast Asia to consider the possible setting up of a “Network of Social Democratic Parties and Movements in
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One part of the first network meeting in Jakarta was reserved to discuss the current financial crisis from a social democratic perspective.   The main aspects of the discussion have been summed up in a short outcome document on the financial-crisis. Prof. Dr. h. c. Christa Randzio-Plath, Lawyer and advisor of the European Commission as
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In October 2008 FES Indonesia convened a national and regional conference on the state of Social Democracy in Asia. It took place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and was one of several starting points for this network of social democrats in Asia. The basis for the discussions of Yogya was laid by a publication by Norbert von
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