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TRADE-EAST AFRICA: Chaos On Eve of EPA Deadline
Released: 8 Nov 2007
NAIROBI, Nov 8 (IPS) - On the eve of the deadline of the finalisation of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations, chaos reigns.
DEVELOPMENT: Aid "Dismally Slow" in Reaching Poorest
Released: 7 Nov 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (IPS) - Aid strategies must be retooled and bigotry stamped out if a rising tide of global wealth is to reach the poorest of the poor, says a new report.
LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Inflation Wears Garment Industry Thin
Released: 8 Nov 2007
COLOMBO, Nov 8 (IPS) - Thousands of garment workers, mostly young women from rural Sri Lanka, are clamouring for better wages in a campaign that could trigger a mass fallout in the industry, and a possible shift in production to other countries where costs are cheaper.
New Website Launched to Monitor Progress on the Millennium Development Goals
Released: 1 Nov 2007
An online tool to monitor global progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was launched at UN Headquarters on Wednesday.
MIGRATION: Dialing for Dollars
Released: 9 Nov 2007
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (IPS) - Western Union Co., the biggest money transfer firm in the world, plans to offer a new system that gives migrant workers the opportunity to send money from country to country with their mobile phones.
AGRICULTURE: Costly Prosperity
Released: 9 Nov 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 9 (IPS) - Many of the people who are now complaining that biofuels are driving up agricultural prices fought in the past against the "deterioration of the terms of exchange," or the devaluation of commodities with respect to manufactured goods, as a key factor in underdevelopment.
WTO launches first global review of Aid for Trade
Released: 14 Nov 2007
The WTO, its members and key international agencies will conduct the first global review of Aid for Trade — aimed at expanding the trade capacity of developing countries — on 20-21 November 2007 in Geneva. “We are moving from making trade possible to making trade happen,” said Director-General Pascal Lamy. “With Aid for Trade, we have the tools to break the shackles that have been holding back the trade potential of many poor countries.”
TRADE-AFRICA: Regional Integration Good For Growth -- Paulson
Released: 17 Nov 2007
DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 17 (IPS) - The momentum towards regional integration in East Africa received encouragement from the U.S. this week, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson saying that it should boost economic growth in the five-member East Africa bloc.
EUROPE: Trade Rope Around Mediterranean Nears
Released: 16 Nov 2007
BRUSSELS, Judging by some of their statements lately, European Union officials are hoping to chalk up a new entry in the Guinness Book of Records: the creation of the world's largest free trade area.
TRADE-AFRICA: ''EU Inflexible Towards Most Vulnerable Countries''
Released: 16 Nov 2007
BRUSSELS, There has been no shortage of speculation in Brussels recently about breakthroughs being imminent in the trade talks taking place between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
TRADE: EU Set to Milk East Africa With Subsidised Goods?
Released: 15 Nov 2007
NAIROBI, ‘‘Dairy farmers in Kenya are doing well now,’’ says Peter Wanyeki, as he flashes a big smile. ‘‘Before, when we went home to the village, you could never take enough money with you. Everybody was poor. But now the situation is different. The dairy farmers are rich because they are getting a very good price for their milk.’’
Chances of a WTO December deal dim further
Released: 15 Nov 2007
The chances of an agreement by the end of this year on the agriculture and NAMA have dimmed even more, with the revised texts now expected to be issued only at the beginning of December.
HEALTH: Drug Firms Lose by Shutting Out Poor, Oxfam Says
Released: 27 Nov 2007
WASHINGTON, Drug firms are missing potentially valuable business opportunities by failing to meet the needs of consumers in developing countries, an international charity said Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT: Palm Oil Not Green For Asia - UN Report
Released: 27 Nov 2007
BANGKOK - European Union (EU) demand for supposedly green-friendly fuels, such as palm oil, is coming at a high social and environmental cost in Asia, warns a new report released Tuesday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Kemal Dervis on the launch of the Human Development Report
Released: 28 Nov 2007
Statement by Kemal Derviº, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme On the Occasion of the Launch of the Human Development Report 2007/08, “Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World”
World Bank President Zoellick offers $2 billion Aid For Trade, to move Doha forward
Released: 20 Nov 2007
World Bank President Robert Zoellick came to the World Trade Organization Tuesday, as he put it, "to lend his further support to move Doha agenda forward", and announced a $2 billion seven-point Bank programme of "Aid-for-trade".
No Doha breakthrough before year-end, says Lamy
Released: 22 Nov 2007
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, said on Wednesday that he did not expect a breakthrough in the Doha negotiations before the end of this year.