favelas. See also shantytowns; slums, 104, 246–247, 281, 309

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), 59, 61, 63–64, 66, 72–74, 135

female genital cutting, 92–93, 105

financial leakage, 55

Firestone, 252–253, 313–314

fishing industry, 142–144, 148

flash mobs. See also smart mobs, 216–217

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 151

food security, 13, 134, 141, 163, 167–168, 170, 177–179, 185–186, 191, 203, 306

Ford Motor Company, 140

foreign direct investment, 17, 21, 26, 29, 34–35, 40, 52, 171, 240, 242, 268

foreign policy, 54, 67, 85, 290, 294

Forest Peoples Programme, 156

Forest Trust, 161, 164

fossil fuels. See also oil and gas, 131–132, 135, 139

France, 8, 22, 35, 199, 212, 263

free market, 2, 25, 28–29, 31, 222, 301–303

Free the Slaves, 296

free trade, 3, 26, 182, 237

Friedman, Thomas, 18, 20, 22

Gandhi, Indira, 123

Gap, 243, 266, 272

garment industry, 14, 239–240, 246, 260–261, 263–267, 269, 272, 274, 309, 311

Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda, 44, 82, 90, 118, 176, 184, 304

gay rights, 101

G8, 85, 93

gender, 3, 9, 14, 43, 68, 93, 235–236, 245, 249–250, 270, 273, 275, 278, 289, 309, 311, 313

General Agreement on Trades and Tariffs (GATT), 237

General Mills, 162, 184

genetically modified (GM), 13, 139, 167, 176, 178–181, 187, 191–193, 195–196, 202

Georgia, Republic of, 29

Germany, 8, 33, 51, 75, 212, 222

Ghana, 45, 68, 126, 150, 206, 239, 275, 292

GINI coefficient, 27–29, 39, 62, 236

GlaxoSmithKline, 97, 101, 104

Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, 176

Global Climate Coalition, 139

Global Climate Information Project, 139

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, 3, 82–83, 99

Global Polio Eradication Initiative, 108–110, 112

global warming, 13, 26, 122, 131–132, 134, 138–142, 146, 152

Goldman Sachs, 20, 171

Google, 212, 296–297

government relations, 35, 198, 211, 220, 310

Grain, 172, 306

Grameen Bank, 197, 248–249

Great Britain, 8, 19–21, 23, 32, 46, 85, 117, 124, 140, 143, 177, 195, 212, 305

Greece, 124