The Abuses of Aid
Jayati Ghosh Foreign aid has been getting a bad press this year – and not without reason. For a long time bilateral aid in particular has been seen as too small and scattered, too politically...
View ArticleDebt Audit as Social Justice: Lessons from the Norwegian Model
Leonce Ndikumana In 2006, Norway made history by deciding to unilaterally and unconditionally cancel its debts associated with the Ship Export Campaign of the late 1970s, due to the fact that the...
View ArticleSolving Emerging Debt Crises
Martin Khor The issue of foreign debt has made a major comeback. This is due to the crisis in Europe, in which many countries had to seek big bailouts to keep them from defaulting on their loan...
View ArticleClouds Over Solar
Sunita Narain India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well...
View ArticleThe Persistent Power of Finance
C.P. Chandrasekhar In a move that went contrary to what is expected of regulators, the Securities and Exchange Commission of the US approved in mid-December a controversial JP Morgan-created...
View ArticleNew IMF research validates critics’ concerns
Ilene Grabel I’m imagining that things have gotten a little chilly for some in the IMF’s cafeteria. Why? Two important studies coming from different quarters of the Fund validate important and...
View ArticleThe Island Dispute Between China and Japan: The Other Side of the Story
Robert Wade The current dispute between China and Japan over a few barren islands inhabited by goats – called Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese – looks at first sight to be a mere territorial...
View ArticleChina is the new bank in Latin America. Is it a better deal?
Kevin Gallagher and Estefanía Marchán China’s presence grows ever larger in Latin America. Yet it is still unclear whether the Asian giant’s expanding influence will favor sustainable development in...
View ArticleDoes It Matter Who Will Be The Next Director of the WTO?
M. Shafaeddin This coming spring, a new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to be chosen. Nine candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to replace Pascal Lamy, the current...
View ArticleMissing Women: The G20, Gender Equality and Global Economic Governance
James Heintz, Guest Blogger The Group of 20 (G20) has declared itself the “premier global economic forum” and was created to tackle the most pressing challenges confronting the world economy today,...
View ArticleDocuments From The G20
Nancy Alexander, Guest Blogger The Communique of G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors Meeting (April 18-19, 2013) was recently released. The Communique “underscores the importance of...
View ArticleThe United States and the Latin American Left
Matias Vernengo Economics is an essential part of foreign policy. One cannot think of the Cold War without the Marshall Plan that allowed reconstruction in Western Europe and containment of the Soviet...
View ArticleTime for the US to rethink its LatAm Strategy
Kevin P. Gallagher This week Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first official visit to Latin America since taking office. Xi will visit Trinidad and Tobego, Costa Rica, and Mexico. In a...
View ArticleTPPA affecting health policies?
Martin Khor Are big companies making use of trade and investment agreements to challenge health policies? Evidence is building up that they do so, with medicine prices going up and tobacco control...
View ArticleWhat to Expect in TPPA Talks
Martin Khor The nature and effects of free trade agreements has become a topic of public discussion, especially with the round of talks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) about to take...
View ArticleAt the TPPA Open Day
Martin Khor Last Thursday I took part in an unusual Open Day on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement in Kuala Lumpur. A thousand people turned up at the event, showing how this trade agreement has...
View ArticleTrade Deals Must Allow for Regulating Finance
From the editors: This piece by Triple Crisis blogger Kevin Gallagher appeared previously on the Institute for New Economic Thinking blog. Kevin Gallagher World leaders who are gathering for the APEC...
View ArticleContentions Issues in the TPPA Negotiations
Martin Khor Cross-posted from the South Centre’s October 2013 South Bulletin. The negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) have been proceeding at full speed in recent months,...
View ArticleWinds of Change Blow in Asia
Martin Khor More on the TPPA negotiations from Triple Crisis contributor Martin Khor. Cross posted from Third World Network. The winds of change are blowing, bringing shifts in perceived wisdom and the...
View ArticleTPPA: When Foreign Investors Sue the State
Martin Khor Originally published at Third World Economics. The investor-state dispute system, whereby foreign investors can sue the host-country government in an international tribunal, is one of the...
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