Recent News and Updates

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• Trade: Complicated Doha situation as some push for "June or bust" deadline by Martin Khor (15 May 08)
• Agriculture: Overhaul of agriculture systems needed, says new report by Lim Li Ching (14 May 08)
• Trade: WTO does not foresee Ministerial meeting in May by Kanaga Raja (14 May 08)
• Trade: Preparations begin for services "signalling" conference by Kanaga Raja (14 May 08)
• Agriculture: Talks to continue on 8-9 May, no text before week of 12 May by Kanaga Raja (14 May 08)
• Trade: Rules Group takes up elements of fisheries subsidies disciplines by Kanaga Raja (14 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Supachai pledges UNCTAD as voice of developing countries by Martin Khor (13 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Agreement reached on Accra Accord by Martin Khor (13 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: NGOs against a WTO Ministerial in May by Martin Khor (13 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Delegates in last spurt to conclude UNCTAD XII text by Martin Khor (13 May 08)
• Trade: African Ministers and CSOs in scathing attack on EPAs by Riaz K Tayob (13 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Breakthrough in GSTP talks, agreement on broad modalities by Martin Khor (11 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Civil society blasts further erosion of policy space by Martin Khor (11 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Talks on text intensify, while G77 issues Declaration by Martin Khor (11 May 08)
• Trade: ACP, African Group call for S&D treatment in anti-dumping by Kanaga Raja (11 May 08)
• Uncertainties and fluid situation on WTO's May schedule by Martin Khor (11 May 08)
• UNCTAD XII: Civil society calls for action on food and finance crises by Riaz K Tayob (11 May 08)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• The Global Financial Turmoil and Asian Developing Countries by Yilmaz Akyuz (08 May 08)
• IMF Reforms Itself, A Little by John Vandaele (08 May 08)
• Asian Countries Warned About Effects of Global Financial Turmoil by Martin Khor (08 May 08)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Health: Recent Thai compulsory licenses and the aftermath by Sangeeta Shashikant (01 Apr 08)
• WHO: Slow progress in talks on IPRs and innovation by Riaz K. Tayob (01 Apr 08)
• Slow progress in battle against TB by Kanaga Raja (26 Mar 08)
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TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Finance: G24 Ministers on finance crisis, IMF reform and climate change by Martin Khor (23 Apr 08)
• World Bank and climate funds (12 Apr 08)
• World Bank's Climate Funds Will Undermine Global Climate Action by Celine Tan (11 Apr 08)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• News on Election of new WIPO Director General (09 May 08)
• Webcast of Civil Society Meeting with WIPO DG Candidates (09 May 08)
• Health: Recent Thai compulsory licenses and the aftermath by Sangeeta Shashikant (01 Apr 08)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• UN needs to act fast on food crisis by Martin Khor (09 May 2008)
• Farmers, consumers squeezed by middlemen (07 May 2008)
• New policies to address food crisis needed (05 May 2008)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreement:

• Congress-Bush Spat Puts "fast-track” for WTO, FTAs at Risk by Martin Khor (28 Apr 08)
• US to Continue Pursuing FTA with Malaysia Despite Uncertainties (22 Apr 08)
• Malaysia's Stance on FTA with US Unchanged (24 Mar 08)
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UN and UN Reform Process:

• UNCTAD XII: Supachai pledges UNCTAD as voice of developing countries by Martin Khor (29 Apr 2008)
• UNCTAD XII: NGOs against a WTO ministerial in May by Martin Khor (28 Apr 2008)
• UNCTAD XII: Agreement reached on Accra Accord by Martin Khor (28 Apr 2008)
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ANNOUNCEMENT

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



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

THE INVESTMENT ISSUE IN TRADE AGREEMENTS: A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE (NOVEMBER 2006)
by Martin Khor

THE WTO'S DOHA NEGOTIATIONS AND IMPASSE: A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE (NOVEMBER 2006)
by Martin Khor

COMMERCIAL POULTRY AND ITS LINKS TO BIRD FLU
by Consumers' Association of Penang

THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION AND LIBERALISATION ON AGRICULTURE AND SMALL FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF THE PHILIPPINES
by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Ruth Sidchogan-Batani and Jim Maza

LIBERALIZATION AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE MARKET: A SURVEY OF SOME EXPERIENCES OF RURAL PRODUCERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
by Meenakshi Raman

GLOBALISATION, LIBERALISATION, AND PROTECTIONISM: THE GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AFFECTING RURAL PRODUCERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
by Martin Khor

THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION AND LIBERALISATION ON AGRICULTURE AND SMALL FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF GHANA
by Martin Khor with the assistance of Tetteh Hormeku

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. #211 (Mar 2008) COVER STORY: Kenya: Is the crisis really over? Class and kinship in Kenya's killing fields By Oduor Ong'wen Kenya's post-election mayhem, which erupted after the presidential contender Raila Odinga charged the incumbent Mwai Kibaki with rigging the 27 December vote, resulted in more than 1,000 deaths and the displacement of 300,000 people. While the violence......Full article

Last updated on 16 May 2008