Development

Third World Finance Dries Up

The Observer | By Nick Mathiason | February 24, 2002 Investment in the infrastructure of developing countries has collapsed in the past seven years, threatening the lives of millions of people in the world's poorest countries, writes Nick Mathiason.

Major Traders Throw Cold Water on Calls for ""Development Box"" in Agriculture Talks

International Trade Reporter | Volume 19 Number 7 | February 14, 2002 | By Daniel Pruzin

Sustainable Development Agenda Risks Being Hi-Jacked, Say Greens/EFA

THE GREENS/EFA IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT | PRESS RELEASE - Brussels | February 13, 2002 Commission Communication on External Dimension of Sustainable Development

Developing Countries Could Earn Three Times the Aid They Receive if Subsidies Are Removed, WTO Says

Associated Press | February 7, 2002 | BY: TOM MALITI; Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya - Developing countries stand to earn at least three times more in exports than the international aid they currently receive if developed countries drop domestic agricultural subsidies, the World Trade Organization's top official said Thursday.

World Social Forum for Global Equity, Says Activists

Agence France Presse | February 2, 2002 | By Claire de Oliveira and Sophie Lautier PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Activists at the second annual World Social Forum here Friday rejected the label "anti," saying they were working for democracy and equitable distribution of wealth.

WTO Procedural Fight Boosts Developing Country Agenda

Inside US Trade | February 1, 2002

NGOs Call for Greater Corporate Accountability at Johannesburg

Johannesburg Summit release | January 31, 2002 Even as leaders of non-governmental organizations express their anger against the corporate leaders who are meeting at the World Economic Forum they say there are also reasons to be hopeful about the World Summit on Sustainable Development that will take place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September.

President Bush to Participate in Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary January 30, 2002 Statement by the White House Press Secretary The President will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to participate in the International Conference on Financing for Development on March 22 and to meet with President Fox.

Monterrey Consensus on Development Finance Agreed

Press Release | January 29, 2002 New York - After two weeks of intensive negotiating, countries reached agreement on a wide range of issues that puts development at the centre of global financial reforms and paves the way for the International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) in Monterrey, Mexico on 18 - 22 March 2002.

Thousands Expected at Counter Summit

Associated Press | January 29, 2002 | By Tony Smith SAO PAULO, Brazil - Globalization foes are converging on the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre for the World Social Forum, a self-styled nemesis of the World Economic Forum being held simultaneously in New York.