LDCs
INTERNATIONAL: OECD falling behind on aid
Donors are already having difficulty meeting their financial and policy commitments, less than...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: DAC development goals
The OECD's strategy report sets ambitious goals for halving poverty, stabilising the environment...
InternationalUNITED STATES: White House faces uphill aid battle in
The fiscal 2001 budget cycle is likely to be compressed by the congressional and presidential...
United StatesUNITED STATES: Fiscal boost for foreign aid
Final budget negotiations between the president and Congress resulted in large increases in...
United StatesINTERNATIONAL: Trade round launch unlikely
The failure of the WTO's Third Ministerial Conference showed that the organisation is less...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Narrow IMF meets Tokyo resistance
The Clinton administration wants the IMF to focus on crisis prevention and lending at short...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: FDI Management
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has published a report highlighting the...
InternationalUNITED STATES: Africa Trade
The Senate has failed to approve a bill reauthorising the Generalised System of Preferences...
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