New Publications! LOK NITI The Monograph Series The Asian Development Forum (ADF) Series Conference Reports Before 2006 Publications     The Asian Development Forum (ADF) Series   A five-year annual activity that took place from 1992 to 1996, the Asian Development Forum served as the Asian Grassroots Voice to the international community and a starting point for South/South and South/North dialogue. "Food and Freedom, Jobs and Justice, Land and Labour: Towards an Asian Development Agenda for the Year 2000" is the overall theme of the five-year Forum, with specific themes chosen each year to highlight critical development issues that take into account community realities and the emerging challenges of globalization.     These forms have involved nearly a thousand NGOs in ten Asian countries, gathered in a process of dialogue, reflection and planning. The ADF has evolved as more than a mere annual event; it also served as the venue for Asian NGOs to reassess their responses to the rapidly shifting socio-political and economic environment of the region.                                                                                                                                                                                     LET A HUNDRED COMMUNITIES BLOOM Report of the First Asian Development Forum: "Community-Based Natural Resources Management: NGO Experiences and Challenges" 4-6 February 1992 New Delhi, India Manila: ANGOC, 1994, 91 p. ISBN 971-8632-12-3 This report is a result of the growing concern of Asian NGOs regarding the increasing marginalisation of people and unabated environmental degradation in the Asian region. It presents country case studies and other documented examples of Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) initiatives of South and Southeast Asian experiences, and concludes that NGOs promoting resource management initiatives have realized that any vision for change cannot be sustained unless planned and implemented by the people themselves.           SOWING THE SEEDS FOR OUR FUTURE Report of the Second Asian Development Forum: "Sustainable Agriculture towards Food Security and Enhanced Quality of Life" 22-26 February 1993 Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Manila: ANGOC, 1994, 182 p. ISBN 971-8632-19-0 This publication documents the involvement of Asian NGOs and People's Organizations in the area of sustainable agriculture (SA). It presents the NGO overview of the agricultural situation in nine different Asian countries with divergent approaches to enhance food security. This includes a compilation of papers and discussions that expound on sustainability of agricultural systems and new agricultural alternatives.         SHARING THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOURS Report of the Third Asian Development Forum: "Village-Centred Development: Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Asian Grassroots Communities" 14-18 February 1994 Kathmandu, Nepal Manila: ANGOC, 1995, 132 p. ISBN 971-8632-26-3 Focusing on human resources at the village level- the smallest and most widespread form of social organisation throughout Asia, this volume shows discusses the growing polarity between the two economic paradigms: a growth-centred development model where people lie in the service of economics, and a people-centred development model where economics is placed in the service of the people.         BREAKING THEIR SILENCE Report of the Fourth Asian Development Forum "Transforming Institutions for the Empowerment of Asian Grassroots Communities" 20-24 February 1995 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manila: ANGOC, 1995, 142 p. ISBN 971-8632-28-X This report exposes how international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization adversely affect the lives of Asian grassroots communities. It examines ways by which communities and groups assert their rights, as well as pressure for changes towards greater democratization and accountability of international institutions.         THAT WE MAY LIVE Report of the Fifth Asian Development Forum: "Food and Freedom, Jobs and Justice, Land and Labour, Peace and Prosperity: Towards an Asian Development Agenda for the Year 2000" 28 February- 2 March 1996 Bangkok, Thailand Manila: ANGOC, 1995, 72 p. ISBN 971-8632-29-8 The last of the Asian Development Forum (ADF) series, this volume returns to the overriding concern of the ADF five-year process. It thus attempts to synthesize previous forums in building a people-centered, sustainable development agenda for Asian communities.