Development

On the Right Path to Development: African Countries Pave the Way

The June 7 proposal by the African Group (an alliance of 41 African countries) to the WTO on managing trade in agricultural commodities is a refreshing way forward for addressing poverty and improving living standards in rural areas in the context of the Doha Agenda.

U.S. Boxed Into a Corner at WTO

A new economic simulation of the U.S. agriculture proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) confirmed what NGOs and developing countries have been saying for months: the proposal has so many loopholes it may actually increase the allowable amount of domestic agriculture spending in the U.S. The new simulation exposed not only the emptiness of the U.S.

The Moment of Truth

A Healthier, Smarter Food System

Submission by NAMA-11, 20 March 2006

Submission by the NAMA-11 groups of developing countries to the WTO negotiating group on NAMA. The objctive of the submission is to achieve fair, balanced and development friendly modalities in NAMA.

NAMA Simulations, March 2006

Simulations for non-agricultural market access (NAMA) undertaken by the U.S. on behalf of Australia, Brazil, Canada, E.C., Egypt, India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway and the U.S.

Implementing Paragraph 24 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration, March 2006

Communication by Argentina on implementing paragraph 24 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration.

Statement by the NAMA Group of Developing Countries, February 2006

Statement by a new coalition of developing countries in the NAMA negotiations, known as the NAMA-11. The group states that developing countries need flexibility to ensure sufficient space for industrial development, that there must be a balanced outcome between the agriculture and NAMA negotiations, and that specific development concerns of developing countries will need to be addressed.

Debunking the Development Package

The Hong Kong development package is a guise for further impoverishment of developing economies, those hardest hit by liberalization. A point-by-point rebutal from IATP.

Feeding More for Less in Niger

The famine unfolding today in Niger has too many familiar characteristics. One of the poorest countries in the world is in a deadly crisis. It does not have to be this way. Swift and smart reforms to outdated American food-aid programs can move us toward preventing such crises rather than cleaning up after them.