LDCs

  • Apr 11, 2001
  • 9 min read

INTERNATIONAL: North and South at odds on TRIPS

The current controversy about the cost of drugs to counter HIV/AIDS and other epidemics in...

International
  • Mar 29, 2001
  • 9 min read

UNITED STATES: Aid programmes lose out in 2002 budget

Secretary of State Colin Powell has secured a substantial increase in foreign policy spending,...

United States
  • Mar 13, 2001
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: World Bank ponders military spending

The Bank's efforts to revisit its policy on military spending seem justified, given the...

International
  • Mar 12, 2001
  • 5 min read

INTERNATIONAL: World Bank ponders military spending

The World Bank has no mandate to interfere in the political affairs of its member countries or...

International
  • Mar 2, 2001
  • 9 min read

UNITED STATES: Aid policy tied to domestic politics

The formulation and funding of US foreign aid policies is already complicated by the...

United States
  • Mar 1, 2001
  • 9 min read

UNITED STATES: Aid policy tied to domestic politics

US economic and military assistance programmes are intended to serve broad US foreign policy...

United States
  • Feb 28, 2001
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: IDA remit under donor scrutiny

The current IDA negotiations are particularly important because they come at a time when the...

International
  • Feb 27, 2001
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: IDA remit under donor scrutiny

The negotiations are unlikely to produce a significantly larger pool of concessional resources....

International