Development

IMF, World Bank to Meet with African Leaders

Agence France Presse BAMAKO, Feb 19 (AFP) - The heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were to meet here Monday with the leaders of more than a dozen African nations on how best to promote development in the region.

Annan: Poor Nations Must Set Development Priorities

Reuters / By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Developing nations, whose needs are often brushed aside by investors, should play a greater role in setting policy and priorities in the financing of global development, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.

U.N. Report Proposes Steps to Fight Global Poverty

The New York Times / By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN

World Bank Announces B-Span Web Broadcasting Service

Today we're pleased to introduce you to B-SPAN, the World Bank's new Internet-based "web"casting station. B-SPAN is a window into a unique world that offers the public an opportunity to see what is being discussed and debated inside the World Bank on a variety of sustainable development and poverty reduction issues.

New Export Subsidy Proposals Could Help Revive WTO Talks on Agriculture

Kyodo News / By Tim Johnson BANGKOK -- U.S. agricultural trade negotiators hailed Tuesday an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on special treatment for developing countries in agricultural trade, but said significant differences remain on issues such as domestic supports.

China: We""re a Developing Nation

By NAOMI KOPPEL / Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) -- Attempts to admit China as a member of the World Trade Organization snagged Friday on Beijing's insistence that it should be able to give extra help to its farmers.

EU Says South Korea Not a Developing Country

GENEVA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Wednesday that South Korea had no right to claim treatment as a developing country in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The complaint was voiced by an EU envoy during discussion in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on a recent ruling against Seoul over rules it sets on how beef is sold in the country's shops.