CONTENTS PAGE: Third World Economics No. 250 (1-15 February 2001)

CURRENT REPORTS

* Trojan horse to get investment and competition into new round
*Building confidence in the WTO secretariat
* TNCs, Global Compact and Davos face critical NGOs
* Activists revitalise dream of a better world
* Mosaic of actions takes shape as World Social Forum ends
* Tobin tax, financial reforms needed to avert crises
* Free trade not truly free but 'imposed'
* Poverty reduction targets bound to be unrealised, says IFAD
* Liberalisation agenda's 'promised land' a mirage
* Learning from Malaysia