Good Practices and Innovative Experiences in the South (Volume 1)

Martin Khor is director of the Third World Network. In this capacity, he has acted as a strong advocate on behalf of citizens' groups in the Third World on a range of international issues, including sustainable development, biosafety and other environmental questions, and the impact of globalization on the development prospects of the South.He is also a former vice chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights Expert Group on the Right to Development. He travels widely on speaking and other engagements and is the author of several books and numerous papers, occasional publications and newspaper articles on trade, development and environmental matters.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Economic Policies and Management1. CPF: Mobilising Domestic Savings for Development2. Regulation of Foreign Capital Flows in Chile3. SAPRI: Organising Civil Society to Review Structural Adjustment PoliciesPart II: Environmental Policies and Management4. Capacity Development in Plant Sciences in Ethiopia5. India's Policy for Protecting the Coastal Environment for Sustainable Use6. The Conservation Strategy of Ethiopia ProjectPart III: Community-based Sustainable Livelihoods7. Water-efficient Sugarcane Farming8. Small-scale Textile Production Using Natural Dyes9. Sustainable Rice Production by Indigenous Women10. Community Statutes on Sustainable Rural Development11. The Irula Tribal Snake Venom Extraction Cooperative12. Handmade Paper from Rags and TrashPart IV: Environmentally-sound Practices and Techniques13. Nayakrishi Andolan: A Community-based System of Organic Farming14. Auroville: Wasteland Reclamation through Rehabilitation of Eroded Soil15. SIBAT: Training Farmers to Regain Traditional Seeds16. Agrobiodiversity and Coping with Variability in Weather and Soils17. Raising of Earthworms (Vermitech) for Environmentally-sound Uses