Sophie Bessis is a writer and journalist in France. She was head of research and subsequently editor in chief of Jeune Afrique; director of the Panos Institute in Paris; and editor of Vivre Autrement, which was published by ENDA at the major UN world summits since 1992. She is the author of a number of books over the past twenty years, including "La Derniere Frontiere: Les tiers mondes et la tentations de l'Occident, J C Lattes," "La faim dans le monde, La Decouverte, Femmes du Maghreb: l'Enjeu" (with Souhayr Belhassen), "Femmes de Mediterrane, Karthala," "La fin du tiers monde?," "...