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#globalsouth

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DrALJONES

Interview: In 1955, the anti-imperialist Indonesian leader Sukarno hosted an anti-colonialism conference of 29 nations of colour.

White people were not invited.

The imperialist backlash? A series of US-backed coups throughout the 60s & 70s, including a coup in Indonesia that involved the murder of a million people - names supplied by US, UK, Australia, & others.

~Vijay Prashad

democracynow.org/2025/4/22/195

#usimperialism #uspol #bandung1955 #globalsouth #racism #whitesupremacy #uscoups .

Democracy Now! · Vijay Prashad: Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global SouthBy Democracy Now!
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"In recent years, critical data studies from the Global South have gained traction, generating debates on power, knowledge production, and the politics of data. While these discussions challenge universalist frameworks, they also risk essentializing the ‘Global South’, requiring a more nuanced approach. This special issue centres Latin America as a site of theoretical, methodological, and empirical inquiry, highlighting its potential to generate new insights into datafication, power, and artificial intelligence. Rather than treating Latin America as a passive recipient of Global North theories, this issue foregrounds its epistemological and methodological contributions to global debates. Engaging with frameworks such as capitalism, coloniality, and dependency theory, the articles explore the region's heterogeneity and intellectual traditions in social sciences, humanities, and science and technology studies. This introduction proposes a research agenda for Latin American critical data studies – one that reflects historical legacies while envisioning possible data futures through interdisciplinary and critical engagement. It interrogates the politics of knowledge production, emphasizing the need for non-extractive, dialogical approaches to studying data in, from, and with Latin America. By centering Latin American scholarship and experiences, this special issue challenges dominant narratives in critical data studies and offers alternative theoretical perspectives that are globally informed yet locally grounded."

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

#LatinAmerica#GlobalSouth#CriticalDataStudies
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Alberto Cottica

At least *some* of the benefits of the digital revolution have reached the small, often informal businesses in the Global South. My colleagues at the UNDP Accelerator Labs collected some data.

How is the Digital Transformation Affecting Informal Businesses in the Global South? Early Findings from a Rapid Survey in 16 Countries

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896327

#development
#globalSouth

ZenodoHow is the Digital Transformation Affecting Informal Businesses in the Global South? Early Findings from a Rapid Survey in 16 CountriesThe informal sector is by far the world’s largest employer. The International Labour Organization estimates that 60% of jobs are informal. The Accelerator Lab Network of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has detected signals that informal businesses are embracing digital tools across the Global South. This is likely to have far-reaching implications in contexts where informal businesses account for a large part of economic activity. On top of the usual (and generally thought to be beneficial) implications in terms of efficiency and access to customers and suppliers, which are common to formal as well as informal businesses, the digitalization of informal businesses offers a new angle on informality itself. The use of digital tools increases their visibility and legibility to the rest of society. For example, you could think of estimating the number of informal businesses in a city or region by counting the number of vendors on Facebook Marketplace for that city or region. From the same data, you could infer the activities they are involved in, and even reach out to them. This could open new ways for development policies to support and include the owners of informal businesses, similarly with how, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of millions of people received income support, many of them, for the first time, through digital channels. In this document, we report on the results of a survey on the use of digital tools by informal businesses in the Global South carried out by the UNDP Accelerator Lab Network. It was designed and deployed in 2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic was accelerating the take-up of digital tools by some businesses and their customers. The dataset supporting the paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7515227.
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𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍

#Trump #tarrifs forcing #Pakistan to divert hard earned cash reserves to the american regime.

Naked attempt to pause Pak's exemplary #EnergyTransition, and force us to buy American oil in a deal to have the tarrifs removed.

Why couldn't they offer us solar panels instead? Oh wait.

profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/20

We have a huge American hangover. Its past time we tried "balancing" between the US and China and rework our policies to reflect a multipolar world.

Pakistan is actively considering a proposal to import 10 percent of its crude oil and petrol from the United States in a bid to mitigate tariff impact, address trade imbalances, and support the country's exports, which have recently reached $6 billion, The News reported citing official sources from the Ministry of Energy. The move comes after the US imposed a 29% tariff on Pakistan, in addition to a 10% baseline tariff. However, the Trump administration has suspended these tariffs for 90 days, allowing room for negotiations. As per the report, the government has consulted with stakeholders, including refineries and il marketing companies (OMCs), and finalised the proposal to import 10% of crude and petrol from the US. The proposal will soon be tabled for approval by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC). The trade deficit between Pakistan and the US stands at $3 billion, with the imbalance resulting in the imposition of tariffs by the US across 180 countries. To mitigate the impact, around 75 countrie: have agreed to negotiate with the US to reduce the deficit and avoid these tariffs, which will take effect after the 90-day period. The officials explained that while importing crude ofl and petrol from the US would incur an
The officials explained that while importing crude oil and petrol from the US would incur an additional $3 per barrel cost due to transportation, the impact on consumers would be minimal. This increase would be absorbed by the government, and when distributed across the entire consumer base, it would increase to just 0.50 per liter. In return, Pakistan plans to negotiate the removal of the 20% tariffs imposed by the US. The government is also considering further imports from the US, such as sophisticated machinery, soybean, steel, and iron, as part of a broader effort to strengthen trade ties. In the upcoming talks, Pakistan's government delegation plans to assure the US of compliance with intellectual property rights (IPRs), addressing concerns that have caused substantial losses for US companies in the country. Additionally, Pakistan aims to reduce non-tariff barriers, including customs and sanitary regulations, to facilitate smoother trade relations with the US.
#GlobalSouth#ClimateDiary#SouthAsia
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𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍

#EV roll out in #Pakistan is accelerating so fast companies are clashing over distributing rights in the race to the market

profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/20

Most are #Chinese EVs, but theres a smattering of Korean & Japanese manufacturers collectively bringing tens of models to the country beginning this year

Coupled with the #Solar revolution, seems Pak might beat most of the G20 at green rollout this decade lol

#ClimateAction#ClimateDiary#GlobalSouth
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𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍

Late #Spring in #Pakistan, & the government is already considering shutting schools for an early summer break due to the #heatwave.

Astonishing: the Gov is admitting temperature surges of 4-7C (7-13F) above the current heatwave are to occur in the coming few days.

This is what I kept warning! An avg rise of 1.5C means swings of 5-10C making that happen, and in heatwaves or cold snaps thats deadly!

dawn.com/news/1903252/schools-

DAWN.COM · Schools in Punjab mull early summer vacation if heat persistsBy Imran Gabol
#ClimateCrisis#ClimateChange#ClimateDiary
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𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍

@ProjectFearlessness #Pakistan replaced anywhere between 20-40% of its energy production with rooftop #solar in 2024 alone.

Its been so rapid, despite entrenched fossil lobbies, the Gov has had to cancel future coal and gas power projects, and renegotiate contracts with current ones to lower their prices or just shutter them

No amount of lobbying or narrative building can beat cold hard science and economics.

#Renewables are the future!

#ClimateCrisis#ClimateDiary#GlobalSouth
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Chema Hernández Gil
This latest trade war prompted me to revisit my notes as an #Indymedia correspondent at the 2001 WTO Ministerial in Doha, where I witnessed the launch of the Doha Round firsthand. It kicked off years of predatory negotiations that left many Global South countries (and billions of people) vulnerable to what we’re seeing now: abusive tariffs weaponized to extract even more from those with the least. I'll be publishing a full article in the next few days.

(Can’t believe it’s been 24 years already!)

#Trade #WTO #TradeWar #GlobalSouth #Tariffs #Neoliberalism
#neoliberalism
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