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LATEST ISSUE
	Issue No. 231/232 (Nov/Dec 2009) COVER STORY: Hope for an anti-biopiracy treaty in 2010 Prospects seem encouraging for a new international anti-biopiracy agreement to be adopted by Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). BY CHEE YOKE LING

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Climate road map loses its direction by Martin Khor (08 Feb 10)
• ActionAid-TWN paper on SDRs and global monetary systems (06 Feb 10)
• Developing countries express concerns about Accord process by Meena Raman (04 Feb 10)
• Copenhagen Accord has no legal standing in UNFCCC, says Secretariat by Meena Raman (03 Feb 10)
• Countries submit climate "national pledges" to UNFCCC Secretariat by Meena Raman (03 Feb 10)
• South needs to be cautious in its response to Copenhagen Accord by Kanaga Raja (02 Feb 10)
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• Click here for more Climate Change documents

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• G33 submission refocuses debate on SSM by Kanaga Raja (08 Feb 10)
• Concerns voiced over EU's decision to increase sugar exports by Kanaga Raja (05 Feb 10)
• Swiss put forward Doha "checklist" for Davos Ministerial by Kanaga Raja (01 Feb 10)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• WHO: Virus-Benefit Sharing Working Group set up, pandemic flu response to be reviewed by Sangeeta Shashikant (27 Jan 10)
• WHO: Expert report on R&D financing triggers inquiry, consultations by Sangeeta Shashikant (22 Jan 10)
• Patents on Tanzania’s sorghum raise legal, ethical questions by Riaz K. Tayob (21 Jan 10)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• ActionAid-TWN paper on SDRs and global monetary systems (06 Feb 10)
• Joint Social Watch-Third World Nework press release on G-20 Summit (23 Sept 09)
• South Centre reports on the UN conference on global economic crisis and its significance (15 Jul 09)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• WHO: Virus-Benefit Sharing Working Group set up, pandemic flu response to be reviewed by Sangeeta Shashikant (27 Jan 10)
• WHO: Expert report on R&D financing triggers inquiry, consultations by Sangeeta Shashikant (22 Jan 10)
• Approved GMOs linked to organ damage by Rady Ananda (15 Jan 10)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Sustainable smallholder agriculture key to tackling hunger
  (05 Feb 10)
• Organic farming raises soil carbon levels
  (27 Jan 10)
• Patents on Tanzania's sorghum raise legal, ethical questions
  by Riaz K. Tayob (20 Jan 10)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreement:

• Miti to make decision on Malaysia-US FTA talks soon by Rupa Damodaran (20 Nov 09)
• President Obama Appreciates Malaysia's Contribution by Zakaria Abdul Wahab (15 Nov 09)
• UN Expert: FTAs Can Adversely Impact Access to Drugs by Kanaga Raja (16 Jun 09)
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UN and UN Reform Process:

• Widening north-south broadband divide by Riaz K Tayob (23 Oct 09)
• Rights Council endorses Goldstone report on Gaza conflict by Kanaga Raja (19 Oct 09)
• Human Rights Council holds special session on Palestine by Kanaga Raja (16 Oct 09)
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ANNOUNCEMENT

FRUITS OF THE CRISIS: LEVERAGING THE FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 2008-2009 TO SECURE NEW RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM THE GLOBAL RESERVE SYSTEM (JANUARY 2010)
by Soren Ambrose & Bhumika Muchhala


THE COSTS OF 'COUPLING': THE GLOBAL CRISIS AND THE INDIAN ECONOMY (DEC 2009)
by C. P. Chandrasekhar


THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA (DEC 2009)
by Goh Soo Khoon & Lim Mah Hui


THE GLOBAL CRISIS AND THE TURKISH ECONOMY (OCT 2009)
by Ercan Uygur


THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE CHINESE ECONOMY AND CHINA'S POLICY RESPONSES (OCT 2009)
by Yu Yongding


THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC TURMOIL ON THE PHILIPPINES: NATIONAL RESPONSES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS (OCT 2009)
by Joseph Anthony Lim


PAKISTAN: CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 2008 ECONOMIC CRISIS (OCT 2009)
by Irfan ul Haque


FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION AND THE IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON SINGAPORE (SEPT 2009)
by Michael Lim Mah-Hui & Jaya Maru


THE POST-CRISIS CHANGES IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN KOREA: PROBLEMS OF NEOLIBERAL RESTRUCTURING AND FINANCIAL OPENING AFTER 1997 (SEPT 2009)
by Kang-Kook Lee


JOINT NGO BRIEFING ON IMF FINANCIAL PACKAGE FOR LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
(AUGUST 2009)


BENEFITS OF EXPORT TAXES: PRELIMINARY PAPER (SEPT 2009)
by TWN

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

OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION
(OCTOBER 2008)


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


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Last updated on 08 February 2010