G20: Final Push for Financial Transactions Tax
While the Greek bailout and stimulus package dominated discussion among the Group of 20 (G20) major industrialised and emerging market economies at the high-level summit in Cannes, France, this week,...
View ArticleChina Looks at Life After Euro
If Chinese detractors of liberal democracy and unbridled market development ever needed more fodder for their attacks on the West, then last week’s Greek farce provided plenty. But behind the headlines...
View ArticleG20 Remiss in Tackling Food Security
Last Friday Benoit Miribel, President of Action Against Hunger, delivered a strong indictment of the outcome of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in the south of France: “The G20 meeting in Cannes has been...
View ArticleQ&A: Busan Beckons With New Promise
Brian Atwood Credit: Sanjay Suri/IPSFor a start, stop calling it “aid”, Brian Atwood, chair of the Development Assistance Committee at the OECD, tells IPS. Brian Atwood Credit: Sanjay Suri/IPS The aid...
View ArticleWorld Bank Accused of Ignoring Lessons on Mega Infrastructure
In a renewed funding focus on large-scale infrastructure, the World Bank, Group of 20 (G20) countries and other multilateral groups are wilfully overlooking lessons learned decades ago, a new report by...
View ArticlePrivate Interests Infiltrate G20 Summit
Business will push for the freeing up of trade in green goods and services, at the upcoming summit of heads of state of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialised and emerging countries in Mexico. “It’s an...
View ArticleG20 to See Showdown on IMF Reforms
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, on Wednesday urged countries to act on a suite of reform measures that would significantly increase the voices of developing...
View ArticleMultilateralism is at a Crossroads
Multilateralism is at a crossroads. This is a crucial matter for environmental and sustainability issues, as we have seen in the Rio+20 Summit, and for trade and other economic matters. The G20 Summit...
View ArticleBetter Governance to Achieve Food Security
Despite a sudden increase in July this year, prices of cereals on world markets remained fairly stable. But there are no grounds for complacency, as cereals markets remain vulnerable to supply shocks...
View ArticleUrgent Action Is Needed to Restore Growth
The global economy weakened significantly towards the end of 2011 and further downward pressure emerged in the course of 2012. The growth rate of global output, which had already decelerated from 4.1...
View ArticleObama Increasingly Isolated on Syria Military Action
Some analysts suggest that Obama’s failure to line up support from more G20 leaders suggests that the U.S.-created global order is no longer sustainable. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: Mutually Beneficial Trade With India a Key Objective
Louise RedversBy Louise RedversJOHANNESBURG, Jul 20 2011 (IPS) South African companies are being urged to use the leverage of its government’s strong political relationship with India to develop new...
View ArticleChina, India Score With Untied Aid
Marwaan Macan-MarkarBy Marwaan Macan-MarkarBANGKOK, Aug 25 2011 (IPS) Armed with a smile, Don Marut exposes the pitfalls of Western aid to developing countries. At a conference here, the Indonesian...
View ArticleBill Gates to Support “Robin Hood” Tax
Jim LobeBy Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Sep 22 2011 (IPS) Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates appears poised to endorse the adoption of a controversial financial transactions tax...
View ArticleSPAIN: ‘Rich Must Share Cost of Crisis’
Raquel MartínezBy Raquel MartinezMADRID, Oct 12 2011 (IPS) As global working-class outrage against corporate capitalism explodes in organised protests around the world, scores of citizens in Spain are...
View ArticleG20 Steps to Boost Economy Welcomed Cautiously
By A. D. McKenziePARIS, Oct 16 2011 (IPS) Responding to pressure from civil society and members within their own ranks, the Group of 20 industrialised and emerging countries on Saturday said they were...
View ArticleAnti-G20 Summit Prepares Its Case
Cléo FatoorehchiBy Cléo FatoorehchiAIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Oct 27 2011 (IPS) Anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist groups are gathering ahead of the G20 meeting in Cannes in the south of France next...
View ArticleIBSA: In Conflict with the EU
By Ravi Kanth DevarakondaGENEVA, Nov 1 2011 (IPS) When the G20 leaders meet for their fifth summit in Cannes, France, on Thursday, they will be confronted with several worsening global economic and...
View ArticleAt G20 Summit, Civil Society Demands ‘People First, Not Finances’
Cléo FatoorehchiBy Cléo FatoorehchiCANNES, Nov 4 2011 (IPS) While the 20 heads of state of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialised and emerging countries gather in southern France to deliberate on the...
View ArticleG20: Final Push for Financial Transactions Tax
Cléo FatoorehchiBy Cléo FatoorehchiCANNES, Nov 4 2011 (IPS) While the Greek bailout and stimulus package dominated discussion among the Group of 20 (G20) major industrialised and emerging market...
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