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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.

Biotechnology Food: From the Lab to a Debacle

January 25, 2001 By KURT EICHENWALD, GINA KOLATA and MELODY PETERSEN The following article was reported by Kurt Eichenwald, Gina Kolata and Melody Petersen and was written by Mr. Eichenwald.

Davos Privatized as Public Access to Town Denied

"The public eye on Davos" media release Police confirmed that 'normal-looking' people not carrying propaganda will be allowed to enter the Swiss ski resort of Davos during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. People have been arrested for distributing leaflets and others refused entry at road blocks on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.

EU, Chile Take Stock of Links, Settle Two Disputes

European Commission | Press release | 25 January 2001

Police Seal Off Davos as Business Summit Starts

January 25, 2001 | By Michael Shields Hundreds of Swiss police, army security specialists and coils of barbed wire greeted the world's corporate and political elite arriving on Thursday for the annual Davos business summit.

ILO""s World Employment Report 2001: Despite Improved Employment Outlook, Digital Divide Looms Large

GENEVA (ILO News) - Despite improvements in labour market performance in industrialized countries and the growing potential of information technology to create jobs and spur development, the global employment picture remains "deeply flawed" for workers in many parts of the world, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).

World Economic Forum in Switzerland

By NAOMI KOPPEL, Associated Press Writer DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - The impact of a projected slowdown in the U.S. economy, new ways for companies to do business and the changing face of the Internet are all issues to be tackled at a meeting of politicians, businessmen and cultural leaders opening Thursday.

WTO Sends Wrong Message with Qatar Choice

Human Rights Watch

Canada Shrugs Off Brazil""s Threat of Sanctions

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada Tuesday shrugged off a Brazilian threat to impose a variety of sanctions on Canadian products in a dispute over subsidies to aircraft makers, saying Brasilia had no legal right to do so.

Qatar to Host Top WTO Meet in November

By Robert Evans GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Gulf state of Qatar was on Tuesday appointed host of the next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in November, which could see the launch of a new global trade round.