LDCs

  • May 22, 2000
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Corporate responsibility

Better communications and the globalisation of the production process have focused attention on...

International
  • May 11, 2000
  • 9 min read

INTERNATIONAL: World Bank seeks to alleviate poverty

The CDF is part of a marked shift in the rhetoric of the Bank and the Fund, but the initiative...

International
  • May 10, 2000
  • 8 min read

INTERNATIONAL: World Bank launches poverty strategy

The performance of the Bretton Woods institutions during the East Asian crisis of 1997-98 and...

International
  • Apr 25, 2000
  • 8 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Ageing makes migration necessary

The free movement of goods and capital is unlikely to lead to a more equal distribution of...

International
  • Apr 13, 2000
  • 8 min read

UNITED STATES: Summersargues for World Bank reform

A recent speech by Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers highlights a shift in the focus of the...

United States
  • Feb 29, 2000
  • 10 min read

INTERNATIONAL: LDCs struggling to participate in WTO

The LDCs play only a very marginal role in the trading system. Structural problems associated...

International
  • Feb 25, 2000
  • 8 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Growing inequality

Recently published statistics suggest that world income distribution has become less unequal...

International
  • Feb 21, 2000
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: UNCTAD meeting eases trade strains

The tenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X) concluded...

International