Development

New book provides blueprint for more just trade system

A new book highlights the need for a fundamental reshaping of international trade and investment rules to put human rights, particularly the right to adequate food, at the centre of economic and development policy.

G-8 Commitment on Hunger Must Support Small-holder Farmers and Sustainable Practices

G-8 discussions on the food crisis must include more than additional money, and should prioritize agriculture and food policies that improve the position of small producers—particularly women.

Hunger: Is the G-8 Ready to Clean Its Plate?

This weekend, agriculture ministers from the G-8 will gather in a beautiful castle above the city of Treviso, in central Italy, to discuss the global food crisis. Missing among the scheduled gala dinners, aperitifs and wine tastings are those most affected by the food crisis, as well as a clear understanding of what has gone wrong.

NAMA communication from Argentina

Argentina reaffirms position in NAMA negotiations

Bridging the Divide: a human rights vision for global food trade

This paper explains the importance of using human rights to build a global trading system.

The Global Food Price Crisis

A fact sheet on the causes of the global food crisis.

Rejoining the World

In the postwar decades, the United States led the way in creating a multilateral order. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (later to become the World Trade Organization), the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights, and, of course, the United Nations itself.

Will the World Be Able to Feed Itself in 2050?

A talk given by IATP's Sophia Murphy at the One Just World conference in Adelaide, Australia.

New Global Contract Needed to Re-Assert Basic Rights, Protect Environment

Global institutions enforcing trade and finance rules have overridden fundamental human rights, stalled international development and harmed the environment, finds three new papers released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. A new system is badly needed.

Values in Conflict: How Trade and Finance Rules Curtail Our Rights

A chart showing how trade and finance rules conflict with the environment, human rights, public heallth, and food and agriculture.