Recent News and Updates

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• Africa: Deeper regional integration needed in response to crisis by Kanaga Raja (29 Jun 09)
• UN Economic Conference to receive agreed outcome draft text by Meena Raman (29 Jun 09)
• Agriculture talks return to the "multilateral" process by Kanaga Raja (29 Jun 09)
• EU demands in EU-India FTA could adversely affect access to drugs by Sangeeta Shashikant (29 Jun 09)
• Concerns voiced at TRIPS Council over seizure of drugs by Sangeeta Shashikant (16 Jun 09)
• ILO workers' rights convention not priority for ratification by TWN (15 Jun 09)
• TRIPS and FTAs have adverse impact on access to drugs by Kanaga Raja (15 Jun 09)
• Call for "global jobs pact" amidst rising job losses by Riaz K. Tayob (09 Jun 09)
• World economy to shrink by 2.6% this year by Kanaga Raja (08 Jun 09)
• Developing countries nix Lamy's two-track approach to Doha talks by Kanaga Raja (05 Jun 09)
• WTO to hold seventh Ministerial Conference end November by Kanaga Raja (05 Jun 09)
• Calls for "exit strategy" from crisis, financial reforms by Riaz K. Tayob (03 Jun 09)
• Lamy re-appointed as WTO head for a second term by Kanaga Raja (02 Jun 09)
• TRIPS Chair urges "more substantive" talks on GI register by Kanaga Raja (02 Jun 09)
• Global economic crisis progressively affecting trade by Kanaga Raja (02 Jun 09)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Call for "global jobs pact" amidst rising job losses by Riaz K. Tayob (09 Jun 09)
• World economy to shrink by 2.6% this year by Kanaga Raja (08 Jun 09)
• Calls for "exit strategy" from crisis, financial reforms by Riaz K. Tayob (03 Jun 09)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Concerns voiced at TRIPS Council over seizure of drugs by Sangeeta Shashikant (16 Jun 09)
• Off The Agenda, Counterfeits Still Draw Attention At Health Assembly by Kaitlin Mara (04 Jun 09)
• News on flu outbreak, IPRs and lack of treatments for developing countries (13 May 09)
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TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Historical Responsibility as a guide to future action by Martin Khor (05 Jun 09)
• North proposes South's commitments in new climate treaties by Meena Raman (27 May 09)
• Declaration of ALBA countries at the Summit of the Americas (28 Apr 09)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Concerns voiced at TRIPS Council over seizure of drugs by Sangeeta Shashikant (15 Jun 09)
• TRIPS and FTAs have adverse impact on access to drugs by Kanaga Raja (15 Jun 09)
• No patents on climate-friendly technologies, says South by Sangeeta Shashikant (15 Jun 09)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Agricultural research should serve people and planet (01 Jul 09)
• Farmer-led sustainable agriculture key to food security (17 June 09)
• Agroecology and sustainable development (01 June 09)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreement:

• UN Expert: FTAs Can Adversely Impact Access to Drugs by Kanaga Raja (16 Jun 09)
• Malaysia-US to Restart FTA Talks Soon? by Bernama (26 May 09)
• ASEAN-EU FTA talks frozen by Jakarta Post (08 May 09)
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UN and UN Reform Process:

• Economic conference agrees not to reopen negotiation on draft text by Bhumika Muchhala (26 Jun 09)
• UN economic conference to receive agreed outcome draft text by Meena Raman (25 Jun 09)
• Key issues unresolved on eve of financial crisis conference by Martin Khor (23 Jun 09)
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ANNOUNCEMENT

FINANCIAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL FLOWS: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA (MAY 2009)
by Martin Khor


THE IMF’S FINANCIAL CRISIS LOANS: NO CHANGE IN CONDITIONALITIES (MARCH 2009)



IMF FINANCIAL CRISIS LOANS (MARCH 2009)



THE MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL FLOWS AND FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY IN ASIA (MARCH 2009)
by Yilmaz Akyüz


PRELIMINARY NOTE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS AND TRADE AND INVESTMENT TREATIES (MARCH 2009)



HOT MONEY AND CAPITAL CONTROLS IN THAILAND (FEBRUARY 2009)
by Thawatchai Jittrapanun & Suthy Prasartset


EU EPAS: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS: THE CASE OF THE CARIFORUM-EC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (FEBRUARY 2009)



THE MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL FLOWS AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN CHINA (JANUARY 2009)
by Yu Yongding


ANALYSIS OF THE NEW WTO AGRICULTURE, NAMA TEXTS OF 6 DECEMBER 2008 (DECEMBER 2008)
by Martin Khor


FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION AND THE NEW DYNAMICS OF GROWTH IN INDIA (NOVEMBER 2008)
by C P Chandrasekhar

BILATERAL AND REGIONAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: SOME CRITICAL ELEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS (SEPTEMBER 2008)
by Martin Khor


OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION
(OCTOBER 2008)


COMPILATION OF SOUTH-NORTH DEVELOPMENT MONITOR (SUNS) ARTICLES ON THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) MINI-MINISTERIAL HELD IN GENEVA FROM 21-29 JULY 2008 (SEPTEMBER 2008)


FOOD CRISIS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (JUNE 2008)
by Martin Khor

NO ADDITIONALITY, NEW CONDITIONALITY: A CRITIQUE OF THE WORLD BANK'S CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS (MAY 2008)
by Celine Tan

THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (FULL TEXT) (MAY 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

ANALYSIS OF THE SSM TEXT OF THE CHAIR’S AGRICULTURE MODALITIES PAPER OF 19 MAY 2008 (MAY 2008)
by Martin Khor

CIVIL SOCIETY LETTER TO DR. MARGARET CHAN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REGARDING WHO's PUBLICATIONS POLICY (MAY 2008)


THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (SUMMARY) (APRIL 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

SOME KEY ISSUES FOR THE POST-BALI CLIMATE PROCESS (FEBRUARY 2008)
by Martin Khor

MANAGING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY IN EMERGING MARKETS: A KEYNESIAN PERSPECTIVE (FEBRUARY 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA VIRUS SHARING


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THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

No. #225 (MAY 2009) COVER STORY: The IMF: Real change or more of the same? The IMF: Resurgent but unchanged By Bhumika Muchhala At a time when a devastating financial and economic crisis is calling into question the governance and policies of all the major institutions that constitute the existing international financial order, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears to have escaped any such major......... Full article

Last updated on 03 July 2009