abortion, 92–93, 292

Abrinq Foundation, 254

activist, 6–7, 13, 101, 156, 159–160, 175, 180, 200, 240, 261, 305, 307, 310–311

ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), 181

Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, 139

Afghanistan, 116–117, 124

Africa. See also Central Africa; Equitorial Africa; sub-Saharan Africa; West Africa, 7–8, 33–34, 36–38, 45–47, 55–56, 61, 63–68, 70, 73–75, 77–79, 83, 86, 91–93, 101, 103, 113, 123, 126, 134, 143, 150–151, 170–171, 174–178, 181–182, 185, 210, 247, 249, 251, 255, 276, 292, 294, 303

African Growth and Opportunity Act, 183

African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect, 255

African Union, 64, 66

Agence Francaise de Développement, 266

Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), 183

agribusiness, 13, 159, 163, 182, 189, 191, 203

Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 191

aid: charitable; foreign; glamour; humanitarian, 37–40, 98, 178, 185, 307, 10, 17, 22, 36–39, 48, 57–58, 82–84, 89, 92, 94, 182, 288, 306, 38, 37, 185

AIDS. See HIV/AIDS.

Alliance of Small Island States, 140

alternative fuel, 13, 84–85

Amazon, 134, 138

American Association of Automobile Manufacturers, 139

American Petroleum Institute, 139

Angola, 45

Anholt, Simon, 52

Annan, Kofi, 86

Anonymous, 203

apartheid, 33, 61–62, 65, 74, 175

APCO Worldwide, 139

appropriate technology, 6, 14, 177, 205–207, 220, 304, 313

Arab Spring, 216

arbitrage, 99, 237–239, 260, 272

Armenia, 225

Asia. See also Asia Pacific; Central Asia; Southeast Asia, 24, 45, 178, 236, 247, 251, 266, 278–279

Asia Pacific, 79

Asian fiscal crisis, 26, 151

astroturfing, 13, 122, 139–140, 148, 162, 215, 314

Australia, 128, 140, 142, 151, 172

Austria, 80

Azerbaijan, 121