Development

Eye on America: Social Watch 1997-2004

IATP has compiled our contributions to SocialWatch between the years 1997-2004.

Will the Doha Round Help End Global Poverty

As civil society organizations from around the globe unite to call for action against poverty, government trade officials are immersed in negotiations to establish the next "round" of multilateral trade talks. These trade rules must support poverty eradication.

CSO Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals

The CSO Division of UNDP is pleased to present CSO Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals, a compilation of viewpoints from three members of the UNDP CSO Advisory Committee [Martin Khor/Third World Network Malaysia), Sunita Narain/ Center for Science and environment (India) and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz/ Tebtebba Foundation (Philippines) ], and from Carol Barton of the Women's Inter

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO

Barge Leaders See No Need for Locks

Even the shipping industry is acknowleding that there will likely be no increase in barge traffic on the Mississippi River. This commentary was published in the Mississippi Monitor, January-March 2005   

Another "Truly Historic" Trade Agreement

A recent framework agreed to at the World Trade Organization is full of well-meaning rhetoric, but does nothing to address the fundamental distortions in world agricultural commodity markets.

Farm Subsidies and Africa: Cotton's Not King

SAINT PAUL, Minnesota It is increasingly asserted that American and European agricultural subsidies inhibit prosperity in the developing world, particularly in Africa. Critics argue that rich nations have aggressively dismantled trade barriers on industrial goods, yet shamelessly refused to do so for agriculture, where many African nations would have a comparative advantage.