International

  • May 18, 2012
  • 6 min read

FAO guidelines could reduce global land tenure risks

The Committee on World Food Security (CFA), organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

International
  • May 17, 2012
  • 7 min read

Latin America grows wary of China but depends on it

A report released on May 10 by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific...

International
  • May 15, 2012
  • 7 min read

Global oil prices face medium-term decline

The drop in oil prices since early April largely reflects increasing perception that tensions...

International
  • May 15, 2012
  • 7 min read

Uptake of human rights norms for business remains slow

Next month marks a year since states, through the United Nations, endorsed the Guiding Principles...

International
  • May 11, 2012
  • 6 min read

Jurisdictions step up efforts against insider trading

The trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta on insider trading charges will begin in...

International
  • May 10, 2012
  • 7 min read

ASEAN+3 seeks Asian bulwark against instability

The ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, together with China, Japan and...

International
  • May 8, 2012
  • 6 min read

'Green protectionism' rises up the global trade agenda

The rare earths dispute at the WTO has rekindled interest in the relationship between...

International
  • May 4, 2012
  • 6 min read

Melting ice creates global policy dilemmas

Recent studies have confirmed the rapid rate of ice melt from most of the world's glaciers and...

International