Development

Development: Forgiving a Dying Man""s Debt Isn""t Enough, Says OAU President

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The Little Countries that Couldn""t

The Bangkok Post GUEST COLUMN / TRADE LIBERALISATION With many developing economies still struggling with the implications of the Uruguay Round four years ago, where's the sense in talk of further trade liberalisation? Martin Khor

Development: From Washington Consensus to Bangkok Convergence

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Development: An Expanded Mandate for Analysis

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Development: West Shares Blame for Cronyism, Corruption

Bangkok, Feb 19 (IPS/Ranjit Dev Raj) -- Western countries and multilateral agencies that have been blaming the financial ills of developing economies on cronyism and corruption, saw fingers being pointed right back at them at the UNCTAD X conference here.

Development: High Visibility, and More Questions than Answers

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Development: Open Dialogue to Shape Intern""l Economic Relations

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Same Trade Interests Square Off in UNCTAD Negotiations

By Ranjit Dev Raj BANGKOK, Feb 18 (IPS) - A 'Bangkok spirit' of concessions for the developing world was discernible here Friday on the eve of the end of the UNCTAD X conference, but uncertainty prevailed over the fate of contentious issues in the final documents it will produce Saturday.

WTO Chief Defends Globalisation

BBC News The head of the World Trade Organisation, Mike Moore, has defended the global trading system, saying it should benefit the interests of all countries regardless of their wealth. "We must make this system better and fairer for the poor as well as for the rich," he told the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Globalization is in Danger of Collapse, Corporations Told

By PATRICK McDOWELL / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK, Thailand -- Multinational corporations were urged at a U.N. trade conference yesterday to fill the void left by governments struggling to address globalization issues.