General

• World economy to shrink by 2.6% this year
  Kanaga Raja (29 May 09)
• Global financial crisis taking a painful toll
  Riaz K. Tayob (20 May 09)
• Global economic crisis progressively affecting trade
  Kanaga Raja (13 May 09)
• Utilitarian free trade killed millions in China and India
• Economic slowdown drives up unemployed to 180 million, says ILO (K.Raja)
• ILEAP initiative names its first executive director (C.Raghavan)
• US, Israel come under fire over housing rights violations (K.Raja)
• Access to water enshrined as a human right (K.Raja)
• Global governance needs reformed institutions and new ones too
• New economic reform agenda should promote development (C.Raghavan)
• Basic income as a right is feasible and desirable (K. Raja)
• Failure of economic reforms due to fundamental flaws in design (C.Raghavan)
• How low can you go?: The corruption of corporate imperialism
• Brazil: Default is a reasonable option (C.Hardy)
• Governance, NEPAD and the G1/8
• Famine as commerce
• 'Kicking away the ladder' to prevent others climbing up (C.Raghavan)
• Democratic deficits everywhere, says UNDP (C.Raghavan)
• Ethical approach needed to eradicate chronic hunger (C.Raghavan)
• Declaration on Africa's development challenges
• BIS promotes Keynesian fiscal policy solutions (C.Raghavan) July 2002
• Unexpected resilience in face of unexpected events (C.Raghavan) July 2002
• Rich can't forever 'fence out' the poor, says Ricupero (C.Raghavan) July 2002
• Poor hurt by deregulation of trade and capital flows, new study (C.Raghavan) June 2002
• FDI has no independent influence on growth, says new study (C.Raghavan) June 2002
• Foreign investment illusions (J.Ghosh) April 2002
• Monterrey Summit ends without specific goals (D.Cevallos) March 2002
• Monterrey meet - 'Washington Consensus in a sombrero' (F.Haffajee) March 2002
• African leaders lobby for a fair debt relief process (F.Haffajee) March 2002
• Castro, Chavez decry inequalities, condemn IMF (D.Cevallos) March 2002
• Increased funding needed to fight hunger and poverty (K.Raja) March 2002
• Fallacies about the theory of FDI: Its conceptual and methodological pitfalls (Y.Tandon) Feb 2001
• Washington Consensus or development economics? (P.Rayment)
• Wither Conference on Financing for Development? (C.Patel)
• More isn't better, Latin American FDI policies need changes (C.Raghavan)
• New Basel Accord draft raises concerns over unfair competition (C.Raghavan)
• Argentine crisis signalling end of neo-liberal model? (C.Raghavan)
• Only limited evidence of positive spillovers from FDI (C.Raghavan)
• Wage inequalities due to outsourcing, sub-contracting trade, says study (C.Raghavan)
• G77 advised to work for changing crisis management, debt policies (C.Raghavan) 25 Sept 2001
• Latin America: 'Moral tribunal' speaks out against privatizations (K.Lucas) 30 Aug 2001
• Towards restating HR law and applicability to MLIs (C.Raghavan) 9 Aug 2001
• MLIs have to apply transparency, good governance to themselves (C.Raghavan) 9 Aug 2001
• Only outcome of G8 summit was violence, say NGOs (J.Pina) 23 July 2001
• 'Light at end of tunnel' on sustainable development (C.Raghavan) 18 July 2001
• Africa: High-level meet promises international support (C.Raghavan) 18 July 2001
• Offshore tax havens reject calls for transparency (S.Sen) 12 July 2001
• UNDP report under fire in Africa (K.Salmon) 12 July 2001
• UNDP-HDR slated for joining high-tech bandwagon (TWN)
• Global economy expected to improve by late 2001 (C.Raghavan) 12 July 2001
• Technology and the market, an exclusive relationship (D.Cevallos) 10 July 2001
• Poverty, a market failure not curable by technology fixes (C.Raghavan) 10 July 2001
• Caribbean: Tourism highlights differences on integration (L.Nicholas) 4 July 2001
• Small economies, trade negotiations and poverty reduction (G.Helleiner) July 2001
• Small economies, fragility and poverty (G.Helleiner) July 2001
• New Basel capital accord draft faces continuing concerns (C.Raghavan) 28 June 2001
• Panel urges more aid with fewer strings attached (T.Deen) 28 June 2001
• Africa's economic recovery plan yet to win financial backing (W.Dhlamini) 19 June 2001
• Europe: Needs stronger growth to offset US slowdown, says UN body (C.Raghavan) 9 May 2001
• European Central Bank urged to reduce interest rates (K.Raja) 24 April 2001
• 'Hazardous obsession' with global integration (C.Raghavan) 18 April 2001
• Recession in North to spill over into South (M.Sandrasagra) 11 April 2001
• Clouds hang over Japan's banking system (G.Mutume) 29 Mac 2001
• Latin America: ECLAC warns of impacts from potential US recession (G.Gonzalez) 22 Mac 2001
• Americas: Neoliberalism exacerbates racism, says regional conference (K.Lucas) 16 Mac 2001
• US government sued over failure to disclose trade documents (D.Knight) 7 Mac 2001
• IFIs eye public services (G.Mutume) 6 Mac 2001
• Offshore centres continue to resist OECD pressures (J.Godoy) 4 Mac 2001
• UN: To upgrade meeting on financing for development (T.Deen) 26 Feb 2001
• Canada has buried the FTAA, charges Brazilian minister (M.Osava) 8 Feb 2001
• Oslo meet for increasing investments in LDCs (J.Ramachandran) 28 Jan 2001
• Argentina: Europe's mad cows complicate agricultural outlook (J.Alonso) 18 Jan 2001
• Moscow braces for a dispute with creditors (S.Blagov) 16 Jan 2001
• World's majority face dismal prospects (J.Crotty) Jan 2001
• Neoliberalism has failed, need to change course (J.Crotty) Jan 2001
• Thailand: Premier-elect for softening IMF terms (IPS) 11 Jan 2001
• Bush Presidency bodes ill for the South (M.Khor) 19 Dec 2000
• Contending Republican factions could muddy waters (J.Lobe) 20 Dec 2000
• Ex-Mexican President to head panel on financing (T.Deen) 15 Dec 2000
• Europe: A summit plagued by conflicts of interest (J.Godoy) 5 Dec 2000
• Little evidence of positive spillovers from FDI (C.Raghavan/SUNS) 17 Oct 2000
• Oil producers blame high prices on speculation (A. Carizalez) 22 Sept 2000
• Basle Committee's new framework may impact on South (C.Raghavan/SUNS)
  
• Surge in bank lending, but not to developing countries (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (28 Aug 00)
  
• Little progress in global financial reform (M.Khor/TWN)
  
• Reform the IMF quota and decision-making system (M.Khor/TWN) (3 Aug 00)
  
• Articulating 'Asian identity' for future challenges (M.Khor/TWN) (2 Aug 00)
  
• Malthusian thinking provides no security (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (31 Jul 00)
  
• G-7: Juggling data to claim poverty decline? (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (26 Jul 00)
  
• G-7 call for a new round with 'inclusive' agenda (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (24 Jul 00)
  
• G-7 low on debt but high on IT and health (S.Singh) (24 Jul 00)
  
• Hopes for debt relief dashed at G-8 Summit (IPS) (23 Jul 00)
  
• M&A takeover of firms in North, economies in South (Y.Tandon)
  
• Efficiency isn't everything, fairness too is needed (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (5 Jun 00)
  
• 'Catching up' not so automatic (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (2 May 00)
  
• UN Body caution on monetary tightening in euro-zone (C.Raghavan/SUNS) (2 May 00)
  
• Group of 77: Financial stability needs multilateral cooperation (C.Raghavan/SUNS)
  
• ASEAN+6: Meeting produces no major moves on crisis  (Martin Khor/TWN)
  
• Rich using crisis to force open Asian economies (Martin Khor/TWN)
  
• The 'seven pillars' of IMF wisdom - or just blind faith? (Martin Khor/TWN)
  
• New US Legislation Criminalises Exchange of Information (Vandana Shiva)