Eduardo C. Tadem

Administrative Positions

Co-Chair, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Interim Executive Committee (Jan 2011 – present)

Assistant to the Dean for Academic Affairs, Asian Center, University of the Philippines (Nov 2006 to March 2008)

Member, Academic Personnel Committee, Asian Center, University of the Philippines (June 2006 to present)

Editorial Board member, Asian Studies Journal, (since 2005)

Chairman, Executive Board, Policy Resource Institute for Development Initiatives (PRIDI), 1998 –2000

Co-Director, Asia Pacific Studies Program, University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), 1998-2001

Executive Director, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Hong Kong, (1993-1997)

Chair, Information, Publication, and Public Affairs Office, University of the Philippines Manila, 1988-1991.

Presidential Assistant for UP Mindanao Affairs, Office of the President, University of the Philippines, starting January 2000.

Member, Transition Team of incoming Agrarian Reform Secretary Horacio R. Morales, June 1998.

Senior Policy Consultant, Office of the Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform, July-August 1998.

As part of a two person task force, drew up the reorganization plan of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform upon the assumption into office of Pres. Corazon C. Aquino in 1986.

As member of the University Reorganization Committee, drew up the reorganization plan of the University of the Philippines Manila in 1988.

Chief Policy Consultant, Policy Advisory Group (PAG), Department of Agrarian Reform - UN Food and Agricultural Organization - Support for Agrarian Reform Communities/Technical Support for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (DAR-FAO SARC/TSARRD) Joint Project, September 1998 to November 2000.

From 1988 to 1991, served on the Chancellor's Advisory Committee (CAC) of the University of the Philippines Manila. The CAC was the Chancellor's policy planning and advisory body.

From 1987 1988, served as senior legislative consultant to Rep. Bonifacio H. Gillego, Chairperson of the House Agrarian Reform Committee of the Philippine Congress.

Publications

2010

“Marxism, the Peasantry and Agrarian Revolution in the Philippines,” in Teresa Encarnacion Tadem and Laura Samson (eds), Marxism in the Philippines: Continuing Engagements, (Quezon City: Anvil Press).

“Development Down the Drain: The Crisis of Official Development Assistance to the Philippines,” in Filomeno Sta Ana III (ed). Finance or Penance for the Poor (Quezon City: Social Watch Philippines).

“Why Indonesia Outperforms RP,” Talk of the Town, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 31 October.

“Mindanao Question: Build a New Development Paradigm,” Talk of the Town, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 August.

“Foreign Nurses and Caregivers in Japan,” Global Pinoy, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 9 August.

“Development and Distress in Mindanao: A Political Economy Overview,” UP Forum, Vol 11 (1), Jan-Feb, pp 1-3, 15.

2009 “The Filipino Peasant in the Modern World: Tradition, Change and Resilience.” Philippine Political Science Journal. Vol 30 No 53.

Tadem, Eduardo C. (2009). “Peasant Lives in the Margin: The Life and Times of Vicente and Marcelina Narciso.” Singsing: Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies. Vol 6. No 1.

“Maguindanao Massacre: Political rivalry, not ‘rido’ driven,” Talk of the Town, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 5.

2008 Co-author (with Saturnino Borras and Mary Ann Manahan), “Foreign Aid and CARP Extension,” Talk of the Town, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 July 2008.

2007

“Reconstructing Peasant Lives in Central Luzon: The View from Below,” Social Science Diliman, Vol 4, Nos 1 & 2, January-December 2007. 

2006 “Philippine Rural Development and Indigenous Communities: Aytas and the Sacobia Project,” Alaya: Kapampangan Research Journal, Vol 4, December 2006. (previously published in Jandt and Pederson (eds), Constructive Conflict Management: Asia Pacific Cases, London: Sage Publications, 1996.)

“The Filipino Peasant in the Modern World: Continuity and Change,” Alaya: Kapampangan Research Journal, Vol 4, December 2006.

2003 “Anti-Globalization Movements in Southeast Asia,” (with Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem), Asian Studies journal, Vol. 39 Nos 1-2. (Note: Released in December 2008).

“Official Development Assistance to the Philippines: Can it be Reformed?,” Public Policy 

(Vol. 7, No. 1).

2002 “L’Asie Sud-Est” (with Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem), in Samir Amin and Francois Houtart (eds), Mondialisation des Resistances: L’Etat des Luttes 2002 (Paris: L’Harmatton).

2001 Land Reforms and Rural Productive Systems in China and Vietnam: Collective vs. Individual Ownership," in Armando Malay, Jr. (editor), Going Global: Asian Societies in the Cusp of Change (Quezon City: Asian Center, UP Diliman).

Editor, Indonesia’s Interregnum: A Tortuous Road to Democratic Development (Quezon City, Philippines: UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies).

“Indonesia at the Crossroads: The Development of an Asian Political and Economic Quagmire,” in Eduardo C. Tadem (editor), Indonesia’s Interregnum: A Tortuous Road to Democratic Development (Quezon City, Philippines: UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies).

"The Legacy of Indonesia's Model of Development," in Eduardo C. Tadem (editor), Indonesia’s Interregnum: A Tortuous Road to Democratic Development (Quezon City, Philippines: UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies).

"East Timor: Under a New Foreign Master," in Eduardo C. Tadem (editor), Indonesia’s Interregnum: A Tortuous Road to Democratic Development (Quezon City, Philippines: UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies).

1999 "Hong Kong in Deep Crisis: Economic Woes and Political Anxieties Threaten Freewheeling Capitalism," East Asia Series No. 1, Asia Pacific Studies Program, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies.

1997 "Victimisation Through Development," (Preface), The Dispossessed: Victims of Development in Asia (Hong Kong: ARENA Press).

1996 "Philippine Rural Development and Indigenous Communities: Aytas and the Sacobia Project," in Fred E. Jandt and Paul B. Pederson (editors), Constructive Conflict Management: Asia Pacific Cases (London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage Publications).

"Reflections on NGO-PO Relations," Communiqué (ARENA Publication) Nos. 34-35, March-June.

1995 Co-Editor (with Lakshmi Daniel), Challenging the Mainstream: APEC and the Asia-Pacific Development Debate (Hong Kong: ARENA, AA-YMCA, CCA and DAGA) 1995.

1994 "On States, Markets, and Indicators", Asian Exchange: ARENA Bulletin (Vol. 10 No. 1).

"Integrated Rural Development and U.S. Baselands in the Philippines: The Sacobia Project", Kasarinlan: A Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies (Vol 9 Nos 2/3) 4th Quarter 1993 and 1st Quarter.

Integrated Rural Development and U.S. Baselands: The Sacobia Project, (Quezon City: University of the Philippines and University of Amsterdam).

"Nepali Marxists: Overturning Dogmas," Communiqué, Nos. 25-26, Sept-Dec.

1993 "Brimstone and Ash: The 1991 Mt. Pinatubo Eruption" (with Maria Cynthia Rose Banzon Bautista) in Cynthia Bautista (ed.) In The Shadow of the Lingering Mt. Pinatubo Disaster (Quezon City: UP CSSP Publications).

"Ethnicity and Separatist Movements in Southeast Asia" (with Teresa S. Encarnacion) in Ponna Wignaraja (ed.), New Social Movements in the South (London and New Jersey: Zed Press).

"Agrarian Reform Implementation in the Philippines: Disabling a Centerpiece Program", in International Conference on Agrarian Reform Proceedings and Documentation (Quezon City: ICAR).

1992 "The Political Economy of Mindanao: An Overview", in Mark Turner, R.J. May, and Lulu Turner (eds) Mindanao: Land of Unfulfilled Promise (Manila: New Day Publishers).

"Filipino Migrant Workers: Confronting Poverty and Underdevelopment" (with Teresa S. Encarnacion) in Asian Exchange (ARENA Bulletin) (Vol. VIII, Nos. 3/4) November .

1990 "Philippine Agrarian Reform Today: Fallen Hopes and New Possibilities," Kasarinlan, Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies, (Vol. 6, Nos. 1 2).

"Conflict Over Land based Natural Resources in the ASEAN Countries," in Lim Teck Ghee and Mark J. Valencia (eds.) Conflict Over Natural Resources in South East Asia and the Pacific (Tokyo: United Nations University Press and Singapore: Oxford University Press).

"Japan, the U.S., and Official Development Assistance to the Philippines," Kasarinlan: Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies, (Vol. 5, No. 4) .

"Nananichi kan no Hiro to yoru ga Nokoshitamono," Sekai Journal (Tokyo) February .

1989 "Ethnic Self Determination and Separatist Movements in Southeast Asia," (with Teresa S. Encarnacion) in Kumar David and Santasilan Kadirgamar (eds.) Ethnicity: Identity, Conflict, and Crisis (Hong Kong: ARENA Press).

"Philippine Assistance Plan: A Mockery of Aid," Japan Asia Quarterly Review (Vol. 21 Nos. 2 3)

"The Aquino Government Under Siege," Kasarinlan: A Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies (Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2).

1988 "Rice, Farmers, and Politics in the Philippines: 1965 1985," in Peter Wallensteen (ed.) Food, Development, and Conflict: Thailand and the Philippines (Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research).

"The Popular Uprising in the Philippines," in Peter Wallensteen (ed.) Food, Development, and Conflict: Thailand and the Philippines (Uppsala, Sweden:Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research).

"Conflicts Over Land Resources: A Comparative Study of the Philippines, Uganda, and Sweden," (with Lars Vikinge and Christine Kisamba Mugerwa) in Goran Lindgren and Peter Wallensteen (eds.) Towards Conflict Resolution in the Third World (Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research).

"Agrarian Reform: A Dream Deferred" Katipunan (Monthly Newsmagazine of the Filipino Community) Vol. 1 No. 7, May (Berkeley, CA, USA).

"La Question Agraire, Un Test Pour le Gouvernement Aquino," Les Temps Modernes (44 Annee N. 508) Novembre , Paris.

"China's Role in the Regional and National Security of Southeast Asia: An ASEAN Perspective," in Frances F.W. Lai (ed.) The Emerging Relations Between China and Southeast Asia (Hong Kong: Lingnan College Centre for Asian Pacific Studies).

"Legislating from Below: The People's Agrarian Reform Program," Diliman Review (Vol. 36 No. 5).

1987 "Directions in Philippine Agrarian Reform," New Asian Visions (Vol. 4 No. 1).

"Resolving the Agrarian Question: Immediate and Long Term Agendas," in F. Sionil Jose (ed.) A Filipino Agenda for the Twenty First Century (Manila: Solidarity Publishing House).

"The Foreign Investments Issue Revisited," Philippine Development Forum (Vol. 4 No. 1).

"The Compensation and Repayment Schemes of the Aquino Agrarian Reform Program," Philippine Development Forum (Vol. 4 Nos. 2 3).

"The Agrarian Question Confronts the Aquino Government," Kasarinlan (Vol. 2 No. 4).

1986 Grains and Radicalism: The Political Economy of the Philippine Rice Industry: 1965 1985. Third World Studies Center Commodity Series No. 5, October.

The Coconut Industry in Mindanao, Special Issue of Mindanao Focus (No. 12) December.

"Cooperative Farms as an Alternative," Diliman Review (Vol. 34 No. 3).

"The February Uprising in its Historical Context," Diliman Review (Vol. 34 No. 2) and in New Asian Visions (Vol. 3 No. 1) as "The Popular Uprising in the Philippines."

"Land Reform After Marcos," Solidarity (Nos. 106 107); also in Business Day (March 21, 1986) and in Ang Katipunan (March).

"Lessons for the Philippine Left," Kasarinlan (Vol. 1 No. 4).

Handbook on the Reorganization Proposals for the Ministry of Agrarian Reform (Manila: Presidential Commission on Government Reorganization).

1985 "Roots of the Agrarian Crisis in the Philippines," in Transnationalization, The State, and the People: The Philippine Experience (Working Papers of the United Nations University Asian Perspectives Project: Southeast Asia).

"The Crisis in Philippine Agriculture," Kasarinlan (Vol. 1 No. 2).

"Technological Changes and the Philippine Peasantry," New Asian Visions (Vol. 2 No. 1).

1984 Editor, Showcases of Underdevelopment in Mindanao: Fishes, Forests and Fruits (Davao City: Alternate Resource Center).

"Modernization and Depletion: The Case of the Fishing Industry in Mindanao," in Showcases of Underdevelopment in Mindanao: Fishes, Forests and Fruits (Davao City: Alternate Resource Center).

"Issues in the Underdevelopment of Mindanao," in Showcases of Underdevelopment in Mindanao: Fishes, Forests and Fruits (Davao City: Alternate Resource Center).

"A Critique of Development Patterns in Mindanao," in Letizia Constantino (ed.) Issues Without Tears Vol. II (Quezon City: Foundation for Nationalist Studies).

1983 "The Japanese Type of Cooperation in Southeast Asia: The Philippine Case," East Asia: International Review of Economic, Political, and Social Development (Vol. 2).

"Underdevelopment and Agrarian Societies: The Philippine Case," Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review (Vol. XLVII Nos. 1 4).

"Nikei Kigyo Shiushutsu to Firripin Shakai Tachi Agatta Minshu," Ajia no Kaihatsu to Minshu: Nihon no Kakawari Nitosu (Tokyo: Jochi Daigaku Shakai Seigi Kuikyu Jo).

"Changes in the Rural Economy of Mindanao," Philippine Development Forum (Vol I No. 1).

"Japanese Presence in the Philippines: A Critical Assessment," Anuaryo: Journal of History and Political Science (Vol. 2 Nos. 1 2) May 1983 March 1984 and as Philippines in the Third World Papers No. 34..

"Philippine Japan Relations As Seen from Mindanao," CCRAI Documentation Series (Vol. 2 No. 1) Tokyo.

1982 "Underdevelopment and Agrarian Societies: The Philippine Case," Akademika: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Nos. 20 21) Kuala Lumpur, Jan July.

1981 "Mindanao: Patterns of Underdevelopment," IFDA Dossier (No. 29) and in Diliman Review (Vol. 29 No. 2).

"Philippine Rural Development: Corporate Farming or Land Reform?," Diliman Review (Vol. 30 No. 2) and in Philippine Sociological Review (Vol. 21 Nos. 1 4).

1980 Mindanao Report: A Preliminary Study on the Economic Origins of Social Unrest (Davao City: Afrim Resource Center).

"Palm Oil Industry in Agusan," Third World Studies Discussion Paper No. 15.

"Trends of Economic Growth in Mindanao," Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review (Vol. XLIV Nos. 1 4); also as "A Critique of Development Patterns in Mindanao," Third World Studies Discussion Paper No. 15.

"The Philippine Land Reform Program: How Much Longer Before the Cornerstone is Laid?" Diliman Review (Vol. 28, No. 3).

1978 "Peasant Land Rights and the Philippine Corporate Farming Program," Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review (Vol. XLII Nos. 1 4) 1978; and in Philippines in the Third World Papers No. 15.

1977 "Japan in the Philippines: 1974 1977," Japan Asia Quarterly Review (Vol. 9 No. 3) 1977 and in Asian Alternative (Vol. 2 No. 3).

"The Banana Workers of Davao," Asian Alternative (Vol. 2 No. 3).

"Japanese Interests in the Philippine Fishing Industry," Japan Asia Quarterly Review (Vol. 10 Nos. 1 2) and in Philippines in the Third World Papers No. 6.

Lectures

Development and Distress in Mindanao: A Political Economy Overview

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS ONLY

1. Speaker on “Neo-Liberal Globalization and Local Communities: Case Studies from the Philippines and Thailand,” Joint Conference of the Asian Studies Association and the International Convention of Asia Scholars, Honolulu, Hawaii, 31 March – 3 April 2011.

2. Speaker on “The Crisis of Foreign Aid in the Philippines,” ARENA Forum on “Governance and Inequalities in the Age of Globalisation,” Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 January 2011.

3. Speaker on “The Relevance of Class Analysis in the Philippine Context: Looking at the Peasantry,” The 2nd Philippine Studies Conference of Japan: Remapping the Philippines in the Globalizing World, Tsukuba, Japan, 13-14 November 2010.

4. Speaker on “Marxism, the Peasantry and Agrarian Revolution in the Philippines,” Forum on Philippine Revolutions: Pusongs, Peasants and a Prime Minister, Inamori Foundation Hall, Kyoto University, Japan, 24 September 2010.

5. Participant, Workshop on “Political Networks in Asia”. Co-sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University and the Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan, 14-15 May 2010.

6. Plenary speaker on “Framework for the Study of Everyday Politics in a Rural Setting,” International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association, University of the Philippines Baguio, 10 April 2010.

7. Speaker on “Distress and Development in Mindanao,” International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association, University of the Philippines Baguio, 9 April 2010

8. Speaker on “Foreign Aid Dependence and Philippine Sovereignty,” International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association, General Santos City, 3-5 April 2009.

9. Plenary Speaker and Panel Chair, “Southeast Asian Experiences on Agrarian and Livelihood Transitions,” Southeast Asian Geography Association (SEAGA) Conference, 4 June 2008, SEAMEO-INNOTECH, Diliman, Q.C.

10. Paper Presentor, “The Filipino Peasant in the Modern World,” 8th International Conference on Phil Studies (ICOPHIL), 23-26 July 2008, PSSC, Q.C.

11. Paper presentor, “Philippine Official Development Assistance, “ Asian Regional Consultation on Financing for Development, Social Watch Philippines, 8-9 May 2008, Pasig City.

12. Paper presentor, “Democratizing International Relations: Case Study of the Asia Pacific Network on Food Sovereignty,” International Conference on the Philippines and Japan in East Asia and the World,” UP Asian Center, Japan Foundation, and Asia Foundation, 19-20 March 2009, Makati City

13. Paper presentor, “Philippine Official Development Assistance, “ Asian Regional Consultation on Financing for Development, Social Watch Philippines, 8-9 May 2008, Pasig City.

14. Paper Presentor, “The Filipino Peasant in the Modern World,” 8th International Conference on Phil Studies (ICOPHIL), 23-26 July 2008, PSSC, Q.C.

15. Paper presentor, “Democratizing International Relations: Case Study of the Asia Pacific Network on Food Sovereignty,” International Conference on the Philippines and Japan in East Asia and the World,” UP Asian Center, Japan Foundation, and Asia Foundation, 19-20 March 2009, Makati City

16. Discussant and Reactor, Workshop-Conference on “The Impact of and Responses to Globalization of Local Communities in Thailand and Philippines,” 7-10 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand, sponsored by SEASREP and UP TWSC.

17. Participant, Planning Workshop on the G8 Summit, sponsored by Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Hottokenai, Tokyo, Japan, 29-30 October 2007.

18. Participant and Conference Communique co-writer, Africa-Asia Network Workshop, sponsored by Tokyo International Conference on African Development Civil Society Forum (TCSF), Hiroo, Japan, 23-25 October 2007.

19. Participant and Joint Statement co-writer, Africa-Asia Network Workshop, sponsored by Tokyo International Conference on African Development Civil Society Forum (TCSF), Nairobi, Kenya, 23-26 September 2007.

20. Philippine Country Paper Presentor, “Building an Asian Peoples’ Agenda on Aid: Conference on Official Development Assistance (ODA),” sponsored by Global Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Social Watch, ODA Watch, et al, Quezon City, Philippines, 25-27 July 2007.

21. Panel Chair, “2007 International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association,” Makati city, Philippines, 2-3 April 2007.

22. Paper Presentor, Asian Regional Conference on “Alternatives to Corporate-Led Globalization and Regional Integration,” Asean International Conference , Cebu City, 9-10 December 2006.

23. Moderator; “Regional Conference-Workshop on Disseminating Peace in Southeast Asia;” sponsored by the UP Third World Studies Center, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia, and Japan Foundation; Bangkok, Thailand; 4-6 September 2006.

24. Paper presentor, “Reconstructing Peasant Lives in Central Luzon: The View from Below,” International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association,” Tagbilaran, Bohol, 21-22 October 2005.

25. Panel Chair, Asian Conference on Democracy and Electoral Reforms, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Manila, Philippines, 12-14 November 2004

26. Panel chair, 2004 International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association, College of St. Benilde International Conference Center, Manila, Philippines, 22-23 October 2004.

27. Discussant, “International Conference on Asian Studies in the 21st Century: Global Changes and Their Impact on Asia,” Asian Center, University of the Philippines, 13 August 2004.

28. Participant and Nominations Committee Chair, 6th Triennial Congress of the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives, 27 March – 1 April 2003, Penang, Malaysia.

29. Paper Presentor, “Official Development Assistance to the Philippines: Revisiting Issues and Concerns,” Conference on “The Diversity of Politics and the Complexities of Democratization,” 2002 International Conference of the Philippine Political Science Association, Cebu City, 8-9 November 2002.

30. Convenor and Main Organizer, Conference-workshop on Southeast Asian Studies in Asia: An Assessment towards a Collaborative Action Plan, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 8-10 January 2002.

31. Paper Presentor, 5th ASEAN Inter-University Workshop-Conference on Social Development, National University of Singapore, 22-25 May 2001.

32. Co-Chairman, International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD), Tagaytay City, 5-8 December 2000.

33. Panelist-Reactor, “Policy Workshop on Social Safety Net Programs and the Economic Crisis in Southeast Asia,” Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-24 July 2000.

34. Participant, "UN ESCAP-Social Watch (Asia) Regional Consultation on Social Development," United Nations Bldg, Bangkok, Thailand, 29-30 May 2000.

35. Moderator, Philippine panel, “Dialogue on Best Practices in Local Level Partnerships for Rural Poverty Alleviation in Asia,” sponsored by the Philippines-China Development Resource Center and the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, DAP Conference Center, 13-14 March 2000, Tagaytay, Philippines.

36. Participant, Worskhop on the “The Future of Southeast Asian Studies” sponsored by Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Thamassat University, 10-11 March 2000, Bangkok, Thailand.

37. Member, Substantive Technical Working Group, 3rd ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting and 2nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication, 16-19 February 2000, Manila, Philippines.

38. Participant-Co-organiser, ARENA Alternative Development Workshop, 24-25 February 1997, Quezon City, Philippines.

39. Co-convenor, Manila People's Forum on APEC (MPFA), 18-24 November 1996, Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila, Philippines.

40. Coordinator-Organiser, 5th Congress of the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), 8-11 October 1996, Social Diakonia Centre, Soong Sil University, Seoul, South Korea.

41. NGO Observer, 29th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank, 29 April-2 May 1996, Manila, Philippines.

42. Drafting Committee Member, 3rd Asian Regional Consultation on ADB Policies and Issues, 25-28 April 1996, UP Balay International, Quezon City, Philippines.

43. Paper Presentor, NGO Parallel Forum on La Via Campesina (All Peasant Conference on the Neo-Liberal Order and the Peasant Alternative Programme), 18-21 April 1996, La Trinidad, Tlaxcala, Mexico.

44. Participant, 3rd Regional Convergence of Peoples' Plan for the Twenty-first Century (PP21), 7-11 March 1996, Kathmandu, Nepal

45. Co-convenor, Workshop-Conference on Integrating Alternative Development Efforts in Asia (IADEA), 1-4 March 1996, KSSP Integrated Rural Technology Centre, Palakkad, Kerala, India.

46. Participant, Regional Consultation of the Asian Network on Debt and Development (ANDD), 1-2 February 1996, YMCA International House, Kowloon, Hong Kong

47. Participant, NGO Forum on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 13-14 November 1995, Kansai Seminar House, Kyoto, Japan.

48. Participant, NGO Forum, United Nations Fourth International Women's Conference, 31 August-3 September 1995, Beijing, China.

49. Participant, 1st Asia-Pacific Civil Society Forum, 12-14 August 1995, Seoul Palace Hotel, Seoul, South Korea

50. Participant and Co-organiser, Regional Seminar on Asian Social Movements, 27-28 June 1995, YMCA International House, Kowloon, Hong Kong

51. Participant, Planning Meeting of the Peoples' Plan for the Twenty-first Century (PP21), 16-17 May 1995, Kamkaru Sevana, Colombo, Sri Lanka

52. Drafting Committee Member, 2nd Asian NGO Consultation on Asian Development Bank Policies and Issues, 3-7 April 1995, Quezon City, Philippines

53. Participant, First World Assembly of CIVICUS (Global Alliance for Citizens Participation), 11-13 January 1995, Mexico City.

54. Participant, International Workshop on "The Impact of Economic Restructuring on Asian Women", 1-2 November 1994, Hong Kong.

55. NGO Presentor, UN ESCAP Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference in Preparation for the World Summit for Social Development, 12-18 October 1994, Manila, Philippines

56. Participant, First Asia-Pacific Assembly of CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation), 14-15 October 1994, Manila, Philippines

57. Drafting Committee Member, Asia Pacific NGO Symposium on a Social Development Agenda for the ESCAP Region into the 21st Century" 12-15 July 1994, Bangkok, Thailand.

58. Participant, Asia-Pacific NGO Conference on the World Summit for Social Development", 16-18 June 1994, Manila, Philippines.

59. Paper presentor, Conference on Conflict Resolution in the Asia-Pacific Region, 22-26 May 1994, Penang, Malaysia.

60. Participant, Second Regional Consultation of the Asian Solidarity Against Debt and Recolonisation, 15-17 March 1994, Hong Kong.

61. Organiser and Convenor, Workshop-Consultation on "Changing Global Realities and the Future of Asian Peoples" sponsored by the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), 27-31 October 1993, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines.

62. Discussant, "Asian NGO Consultation on Debt and Structural Adjustment" sponsored by the Freedom from Debt Coalition, 30-31 August 1993, Quezon City, Philippines.

63. Paper Presentor, Association of Asian Studies (AAS) 1993 Annual Meeting, 25-28 March 1993, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California.

64. Participant, 2nd International Conference on the Peoples' Plan for the Twentieth Century (PP 21), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; 6 10 December 1992.

65. Panel Discussant, "European Conference on Philippine Studies 1991", University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 22 25 April 1991.

66. Paper Presentor, "International Conference on Agrarian Reform: PO NGO agenda for the 1990s," PRRM National Training Institute; San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija; 28 January 3 February 1991.

67. Paper Presentor, Seminar on "Alternative Trends in International Labor Migration," sponsored by the Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo) and the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (Hong Kong), Lop Buri, Thailand, 16 17 December 1990.

68. Coordinator, Seminar Workshop on the State of Asian Peoples: A Report (SAPR) Research Project, 16 20 August 1990, Nakorn Phatom, Thailand.

69. Participant, 1989 Regional Conference of the Southeast Asian Forum for Development Alternatives (SEAFDA), Bayview Plaza Hotel, Manila, 22 24 November 1989.

70. Paper Presentor, International Conference on "Mindanao: Land of Unfulfilled Promise," Australian National University, Canberra, 2 3 November 1989.

71. Participant, Planning Meeting, Research Project on "State of Asian Peoples: A Report", hosted by the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA); Wu Kai Sha, Shatin, Hong Kong; January 9 10, 1989.

72. Participant, "International Conference on Conflict Resolution in the Philippines," Ateneo University, Quezon City; December 12 16, 1988.

73. Paper Presentor, Seminario Internacional Mujer Y Trabajo, sponsored by the Women's Section of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY); Seville, Spain; June 4 6, 1988.

74. Paper Presentor, "Bicentennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia," Australian National University, Canberra, February 11 14, 1988.

75. Participant, Working Group Meeting, "Asian Commission on Alternative Futures," Chiangmai, Thailand; December 18 20, 1987.

76. Paper Presentor, "International Symposium on China Southeast Asia Relations," Lee Gardens Hotel, Hong Kong; June 3 5, 1987.

77. Discussant, "Conference on Foreign Aid in Southeast Asia," Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, October 16, 1987.

78. Paper Presentor, "4th United Nations University Seminar Workshop on Asian Perspectives (Southeast Asia)," Prince of Songkhla University, Haadyai, Thailand; October 11 13, 1987.

79. Paper Presentor, "11th General Conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA)," Sussex University, Brighton, England; April 13 18, 1987.

80. Paper Presentor, "3rd United Nations University Seminar Workshop on Asian Perspectives (Southeast Asia)," Pulau Penang, Malaysia; October 23 27, 1986.

81. Paper Presentor, United Nations University Seminar Workshop on "Conflicts Over Natural Resources in Southeast Asia and the Pacific," Pulau Penang, Malaysia; March 5 8, 1985

82. Participant, "World Food Assembly 1984," Villa Lubin; Rome, Italy; November 12 15, 1984.

83. Paper Presentor, "Southeast Asian Preparatory Meeting for the World Food Assembly 1984," Penang, Malaysia; October 6 7, 1984.

84. Participant, First United Nations University Seminar Workshop on "Asian Perspectives (Southeast Asia)," University of the Philippines, Quezon City; August 31 to September 4, 1983.

85. Paper Presentor, "International Symposium on Development and Social Justice Problems in Asia," Sophia University Institute for the Study of Social Justice; Tokyo, Japan; October 22 24, 1982.

86. Paper Presentor, UNESCO Regional Workshop on "Socio Cultural Change in Communities Resulting from Economic Development and Technological Progress," Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Selangor, Malaysia; October 4 6, 1982.

87. Paper Presentor, "International Colloqium on Aspects of Human Development in ASEAN Countries," sponsored by the American Universities Field Staff; Sulo Hotel, Quezon City; October 21 25, 1978.