Thousands Protest Asian Development Bank Meeting in Hawaii

Hawaii officials launched the largest domestic security operation in state history this week to deal with theprotests around the meeting of the Asian Development Bank. Opponents of the Asian Development Bank gathered inHonolulu to denounce what they charge is the social, environmental, and economic devastation caused by ADB policiesand projects. The activists in Hawaii, representing non-governmental organizations from throughout the region,argue that ADB lending policies impose a development model based on rapid economic growth and free market reforms -including massive privatization of essential services–which undermines subsistence livelihoods and increasesinequality and poverty.


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