Recent News and Updates

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• Lamy seeks a second term as WTO Director-General by Kanaga Raja (05 Nov 08)
• Agriculture: No open-ended meetings for the time being by Kanaga Raja (04 Nov 08)
• Finance: The financial crisis and the developing world by Jayati Ghosh (30 Oct 08)
• United Nations: Role of UN in rebuilding financial multilateralism by Kanaga Raja (29 Oct 08)
• Finance: Economic crisis moves on to developing countries by Martin Khor (29 Oct 08)
• Trade: Steep decline in food prices signals end to commodity boom by Martin Khor (28 Oct 08)
• Trade: NAMA Chair to hold intensive consultations from next week by Kanaga Raja (28 Oct 08)
• Trade: Imminent deadline for GSP-Plus alternative to EPAs with the EU by Sanya Smith (28 Oct 08)
• Finance: Double standards in the West's crisis policies by Martin Khor (23 Oct 08)
• Labour: Income inequality expected to rise due to financial crisis by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 08)
• Agriculture: SSM must be simple, operational and effective, says G33 by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 08)
• Agriculture: Useful talks, but no concrete progress yet, reports Chair by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 08)
• Finance: UN calls for a central role in finance crisis summit by Martin Khor (22 Oct 08)
• Trade: Doha must redress North's distortions in agriculture - G20 by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 08)
• Trade: Concerns over financial crisis surface at TNC meeting by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 08)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Finance: The financial crisis and the developing world by Jayati Ghosh (30 Oct 08)
• United Nations: Role of UN in rebuilding financial multilateralism by Kanaga Raja (29 Oct 08)
• Finance: Economic crisis moves on to developing countries by Martin Khor (29 Oct 08)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• WHO-linked centre lays patent claim related to bird flu virus by Edward Hammond (19 Aug 08)
• WHO: Concerns over Chair's text on sharing of flu viruses and benefits by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Aug 08)
• Counterfeit issue stirs debate among WHO member states by Sangeeta Shashikant & Riaz K Tayob (12 Aug 08)
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TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Beijing conference urges overcoming of technology barriers by Martin Khor (11 Nov 08)
• Financial crisis no excuse to avoid climate action, says China by Martin Khor (11 Nov 08)
• Chinese premier urges global mechanism to transfer technology by Martin Khor (10 Nov 08)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Chinese premier urges global mechanism to transfer technology by Martin Khor (17 Nov 08)
• Customs Organisation meeting ends in some disarray by Sangeeta Shashikant (17 Nov 08)
• NGOs criticize Customs Organisation's TRIPS-Plus initiative by Riaz K. Tayob (17 Nov 08)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Ecological agriculture a solution to food security, climate challenges in China (14 Nov 2008)
• Organic agriculture mitigates climate change by Daniel Howden (11 Nov 2008)
• Organic agriculture can address food security in Africa by Daniel Howden (24 Oct 2008)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreement:

• Malaysia moving forward in FTA talks with US by Jane Ritikos (06 Oct 08)
• Prospect of Malaysia-US FTA Seen Unlikely by November by Oh Young-jin (04 Sept 08)
• WTO decision in next 3 days may worsen FTAs' effects on developing country farmers (28 July 08)
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UN and UN Reform Process:

• Role of UN in rebuilding financial multilateralism by Kanaga Raja (28 Oct 2008)
• UN calls for a central role in finance crisis summit by Martin Khor (21 Oct 2008)
• UNCTAD urges right government action in "crisis of a century" by Kanaga Raja (08 Oct 2008)
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ANNOUNCEMENT

HOT MONEY AND CAPITAL CONTROLS IN THAILAND
(NOVEMBER 2008)
by Thawatchai Jittrapanun & Suthy Prasartset


THE MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL FLOWS AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN CHINA (NOVEMBER 2008)
by Yu Yongding


THE MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL FLOWS AND FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY IN ASIA (NOVEMBER 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz


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


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

THE WTO'S DOHA NEGOTIATIONS: AN ASSESSMENT (DECEMBER 2007)
by Bhagirath Lal Das

THE IMPORTANCE OF A SPECIAL SAFEGUARD MECHANISM IN AGRICULTURE AT THE WTO FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

THE RECENT WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTATIONS: DOMESTIC SUPPORT (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

COMMENT ON THE AGRICULTURE CHAIR'S DRAFT TEXT OF 17 JULY 2007 IN RELATION TO MARKET ACCESS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

THE UNEQUAL EXCHANGE IN THE DOHA NEGOTIATIONS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

BILATERAL AND REGIONAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: SOME CRITICAL ELEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Sanya Reid Smith

GLOBAL RULES AND MARKETS:CONSTRAINTS OVER POLICY AUTONOMY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (2007)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA VIRUS SHARING


DEVELOPMENT ISSUES CRUCIAL FOR POST-2012 CLIMATE REGIME (SEPTEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

TWN STATEMENT ON BUILDING BLOCKS TOWARDS GLOBAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (29 AUGUST 2007)


TWN REPORT ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AUGUST 2007)


PROPOSED MALAYSIA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (MUFTA): IMPLICATIONS FOR MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (FEBRUARY 2007)
by TWN

PATENTS, COMPULSORY LICENSE AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES: SOME RECENT EXPERIENCES (FEBRUARY 2007)
by Martin Khor

TWN Info Service on Biosafety can be found by visiting Biosafety Information Centre. Link to the new Biosafety site can also be found at our LINKS section on the left side.

THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

No. #216 (August 2008) COVER STORY: The Case for Sustainable Agriculture: Some Reflections and Perspectives Sustainable agriculture: Meeting food security needs, addressing climate change challenges By Lim Li Ching Agriculture is at a crossroads. It has to find ways to feed the world while being environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. Stressing that current agricultural practices are a threat to the future of agriculture itself......... Full article

Last updated on 18 November 2008