1. FINANCE: BIS BANKS KEPT SHOVELLING FUNDS TO ASIA, DESPITE WARNINGS
2. EC GETS TIME TILL 1 JANUARY 1999 FOR BANANA REGIME CHANGE
3. THE BIG BANG IN AGRICULTURE BY BHAGIRATH LAL DAS
4. FINANCIAL LIBERALISATION & BANKING RISKS BY ANDREW CORNFORD AND JIM BRANDON
5. EU'S NEW RULES HIT CARIBBEAN BANANA PRODUCERS
6. COMPLICATED RULING ON HORMONE-BEEF
7. DSB ADOPTS TRIPS RULING, NAMES PANEL AGAINST US
8. UNCLEAR TEXT OF WTO AGRICULTURE AGREEMENT BHAGIRATH LAL DAS*
9. NO CERTAINTY FOR FUTURE FROM HORMONE RULING
10. Trade: Another term for Ruggiero?
11. Trade: Clinton for new round, freer and fairer trading system
12. United States: Clinton extends hand to Republicans
13. United States: Clinton trial grinds on...
14. China: Market reforms accelerating brain drain
15. Health: Abortion common, legal or not
16. Argentina: Menem links crime to undocumented immigration
17. US, LATINS CRITICISE EC'S PROPOSED NEW BANANA REGIME
18. TELECOM PACT TO ENTER INTO FORCE 5 FEBRUARY
19. Health: WHO board `interviewingo candidates
20. Trade: Telecom pact to enter into force 5 February
21. Trade: Beg, Borrow or Steal - to patent
22. Finance: IMF plays to the gallery for more money
23. Finance: G-24 Nations to assess Asian economic crisis
24. United States: Clinton at the Crossroads
25. Trade: Caribbean moves closer to South Africa
26. East Asia: Tiger economies cower in year of the tiger
27. FINANCE: WHAT IS THE IMF'S AGENDA FOR ASIA? BY WALDEN BELLO*
28. FINANCE: LESSONS FROM THE 1970S, AS THE BANK SUPPORTS IMF
29. DEVELOPMENT: EU TALK OF FREE TRADE WITH ACP WORRIES NGOS
30. CARIBBEAN: NO FAST TRACK FOR FREE TRADE
31. DEVELOPMENT: IDOLS CHANGE IN THE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO DAVOS
32. CARIBBEAN: 'ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY' A THING OF THE PAST?
33. LAUNCHING A NEW ROUND UNDER ANOTHER NAME?
34. FINANCE: GROWING CHORUS FOR REFORM OF SYSTEM
35. FINANCE: NEEDS AN INTERNATIONAL WATCHDOG ALA WTO
36. PEACEFUL CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AGAINST GLOBALISATION
37. FINANCE: G-24 FOR INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
38. US WANTS NO TAX ON "ELECTRONIC" COMMERCE
39. FINANCE: GREENS ATTACK PROPOSED INVESTMENT PACT
40. INDIA WANTS TIME TO COMPLY WITH TRIPS RULING
41. BRAZIL-EU DISPUTE OVER INSTANT COFFEE TO WTO
42. INVESTMENT RULES NOT DEAD, YET
43. WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM INTERNET FREE TRADE?
44. FOCUS ON REDRESSING WTO INEQUITIES SAYS DEVELOPING WORLD
45. CIVIC GROUPS LAUNCH COALITION AGAINST WTO
46. LATIN AMERICA: FAO URGES PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
47. FINANCE: FUND/BANK SHOULD PRACTICE GOOD GOVERNANCE!
48. DEVELOPMENT: SELLING OLD MEDICINE IN NEW BOTTLES
49. FINANCE: CONSUMERS WARN AGAINST IMF POLICIES
50. UNITED STATES: COURT BATTLE SHAPES UP OVER BURMA SANCTIONS
51. ITU PUSHING FOR COST-BASED ACCOUNTING RATES
52. LABOUR: GOVERNING BODY TO DISCUSS DECLARATION ON WORKERS RIGHTS
53. SAN JOSE DECLARATION TO SET FTAA NEGOTIATING PLAN
54. EC WILL UNDERTAKE NEW RISK ASSESSMENT ON HORMONE BEEF
55. DISPUTE PANEL SET ON TURKEY TEXTILE QRS
56. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE WILL EQUALIZE RICH AND POOR!
57. 'ASIAN' CRISIS MAY HAVE LIMITED IMPACT ON WORLD, SAYS WTO
58. EC WANTS HIGH-LEVEL TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT MEET
59. LABOUR: SOMAVIA ELECTED TO BE NEXT ILO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
60. DUTY-FREE STORES IN CYBERSPACE
61. EC COMPLAINS OF INDIAN EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RAW HIDES AND SKINS
62. OAU BODY CALLS FOR BIODIVERSITY ACCESS REGULATIONS
63. WTO MINISTERIAL TO END WITH 'NEGOTIATED' CONCLUSION
64. ASIA: AS JAPAN STUMBLES, BEIJING BIDS FOR LEADERSHIP
65. THE STEAMROLLER ROLLS ON
66. DEVELOPMENT: INVESTMENT TALKS MUST INVOLVE CIVIL SOCIETY TOO
67. DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON MAY MINISTERIAL
68. AFRICA: NO MIRACLES EXPECTED FROM US INITIATIVE
69. ENVIRONMENT: TRADE WINS OVER TURTLE CONSERVATION
70. LABOUR: ASIAN, US GROUPS PRESS MIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTS
71. FEW AFRICANS IN THE WTO'S HALLS OF POWER
72. HEALTH: CALL FOR REVIEW OF TRIPS OPTION FOR ESSENTIAL DRUGS
73. AFRICA: TRYING NOT TO BE CAUGHT NAPPING ON TRADE
74. SHUFFLING MINISTERIAL DATES
75. TELECOM LIBERALISATION - A BENEFIT FOR ALL?
76. US, EC URGED TO ACCELERATE TEXTILES TRADE INTEGRATION
77. UNITED NATIONS: ASIAN CRISIS, EMU COULD RESULT IN DEFLATION
78. ASIA: 'EARLY WARNING DEVICE' FOR CRISIS NEEDED
79. DEVELOPMENT: A 'NOT-SO-PUBLIC' INTERNET DEBATE ON IPRS
80. ACP NATIONS BATTLE AGAINST EROSION OF EU PREFERENCES
81. DSB ADOPTS SEPARATE RULINGS AGAINST ARGENTINA, USA
82. FINANCE: IMF EMPIRE OVER SOUTH EXPANDS, WITH SOME WTO HELP
83. ECUADOR: US AGAIN THREATENS SANCTIONS OVER PATENTS
84. DEVELOPMENT: PARTIAL RETREAT BY WORLD BANK-WTO ON IPR 'DEBATE'
85. ANOTHER HIJACKING OF WTO AGENDA?
86. NORTH-SOUTH DIFFERENCES OVER MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
87. UPOV 1991 ENTERS INTO FORCE
88. ANOTHER US BIOPIRACY, NOW OF THAI JASMINE RICE
89. SOUTH NEEDS POSITIVE AGENDA TO FACE NEGOTIATIONS
90. TIME FOR CELEBRATION OR MOURNING? BY AILEEN KWA*
91. SECOND MINISTERIAL, 'A MEETING ABOUT ANOTHER MEETING'!
92. SECOND MINISTERIAL, 'A MEETING ABOUT ANOTHER MEETING'!
93. WAYS TO REGULATE THE GLOBAL BANANA TRADE
94. FINANCE: MANAGING CRISIS REQUIRES MORE THAN TRANSPARENCY
95. COMMODITIES: THE PLUS AND MINUS OF RISK-MANAGEMENT TOOLS
96. EU & US GOING AHEAD WITH TAFTA/NTM TALKS ?
97. FINANCE: WORLD ECONOMY, TRADE WILL BE AFFECTED BY CRISIS
98. CLINTON WILL COME TO WTO
99. PARLIAMENT CLEARS 'BIOPIRACY' DIRECTIVE
100. US SIDELINES ENVIRONMENT, SAY US-NGOS
101. CALL FOR FULL INVESTIGATION OF BIO-PIRACY
102. FROM LEAP FORWARD IN HOPE, TO LEAP IN THE DARK
103. THE DECENNIAL COCKTAIL OF BLUES & BOOGIE-WOOGIE?
104. HOW TO SKIN THE CAT OR BRING HOME THE RACOON SKIN?
105. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN THE AIR STILL
106. SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME - 'PARTY' BEHIND BARRICADES
107. WTO PROCESS FOR "SUFFICIENTLY BROAD-BASED" LIBERALIZATION
108. AFRICANS REJECT NEW ISSUES, UNTIL OLD PROBLEMS SOLVED
109. MINISTERS TO PRESCRIBE GREATER LIBERALISATION
110. WTO HEAD ADVISES AGAINST PROTECTIONISM
111. 'IMPLEMENTATION' IS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT NATIONS
112. CLINTON FOR NEW TRADE ROUND IN SECTORS OF US DOMINANCE
113. AFRICA: URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR LDCS
114. MANDELA TELLS WTO TO BRIDGE NORTH-SOUTH GAP
115. IMPLEMENTING TRIPs IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
116. 3RD MINISTERIAL IN US, DATE STILL TO BE DECIDED
117. TIME-BOUND, LIMITED 'NO-TAX' ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
118. BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT HOSTS DIDN'T PLAN
119. UNEASY CO-EXISTENCE WITH ENVIRONMENT
120. AFRICA: WTO AT 50, AFRICA NOT CELEBRATING
121. SOUTH NEEDS MORE INFLUENCE IN WTO'S CORRIDORS
122. BROAD PREPARATIONS FOR NEW NEGOTIATIONS, PR OFFENSIVE
123. NOTHING EXCLUDED FROM FUTURE
124. LABOUR: GLOBALIZATION, SAPS & DEBT IMPEDE EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
125. DEVELOPMENT: UNIVERSAL SOCIAL STANDARDS NOT POSSIBLE, SAYS NYERERE
126. LABOUR: DRAFT DECLARATION ON CORE LABOUR STANDARDS
127. ASIA: NO EASY WAY OUT BY EXPORTS
128. FINANCE: NEED FOR PRUDENT AND WELL-SEQUENCED LIBERALIZATION
129. HEALTH: BRUNDTLAND URGED TO CHAMPION PUBLIC HEALTH IN TRADE DEBATE
130. FINANCE: CRONY CAPITALISM VS RUBIN-FISCHER-SUMMERS AXIS?
131. FINANCE: ASIAN CRISIS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
132. EU 'BLACKMAILS' ACP OVER FREE TRADE AREA SCHEMES
133. WTO TO START PROCESS FOR CHOOSING SUCCESSOR TO RUGGIERO
134. FINANCE: GLOBALIZATION NOT WITHOUT RISKS, SAYS BIS
135. LATIN AMERICA: RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS KEY TO REDUCING POVERTY
136. PANAMA: TARIFF CUT LEADS TO CLOSURE OF FACTORIES
137. DEVELOPMENT: NGOS CRITICISE MAI-TYPE INVESTMENT APPROACH AT UNCTAD
138. EU OFFICIALS BACK FREE TRADE AREAS TO SUCCEED LOME
139. EXPERTS FOR GATS SECTORAL PROTOCOL ON TOURISM
140. MALAYSIA: FDI HAS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON BOP, SAVINGS SAYS NEW STUDY
141. AGRICULTURE: FAO PROMOTES COMMON STANCE IN TRADE
142. LABOUR: CONFERENCE ADOPTS DECLARATION, FOLLOW-UP
143. DSB ADOPTS APPELLATE BODY REPORT ON US-EC LAN TARIFFS
144. DEVELOPMENT: LOME CONVENTION'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED
145. ASIA: WOMEN BEAR BRUNT OF GLOBALIZATION, FINANCIAL CRISIS
146. GLOBALISATION: A DEVELOPMENT APPROACH BY JAN P. PRONK*
147. MAJORS DON'T WANT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS IN ITA-2
148. DEVELOPMENT: SOUTH MAY BE TRAPPED BY TNC-LED GLOBALIZATION
149. EU'S VOW ON CARIBBEAN BANANAS HARD TO KEEP
150. INITIAL EUPHORIA OVER WTO GIVES WAY TO REALITY
151. Trade: Initial euphoria over WTO gives way to reality
152. Development: Grameen Bank accord with Monsanto assailed
153. Thailand: Farmers demand concessions
154. Vietnam: Rising unemployment puts brakes on market reforms
155. Environment: Brazilian groups challenge Amazon plan
156. India: Alternative book store earns laurels
157. United States: Police brutality institutionalised
158. TOWARDS A PERMANENT CUSTOMS STANDSTILL ON E-COMMERCE?
159. PR EXERCISE ON BENEFITS OF 'GLOBAL FREE TRADE' ?
160. Trade: Towards a permanent Customs standstill on e-commerce?
161. Jamaica: Fight for Control of Internet Market
162. Latin America: New alliance for poverty reduction programmes?
163. Venezuela: Second try at Aluminum privatisation
164. DEVELOPMENT: GLOBALIZATION POLICIES MAY DISINTEGRATE WORLD ECONOMY
165. WTO MISSES DEADLINE ON HARMONIZING ORIGIN RULES
166. DEVELOPMENT: UNCTAD COMPLETES MID-TERM REVIEW PROCESS
167. FINANCE: ROBBING PETER TO PAY PETER (WITH APOLOGIES TO PAUL)
168. UNCTAD'S WORK ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS BY CARLOS FORTIN*
169. US SURCHARGE ON CHILEAN SALMON DRAWS FIRE
170. US AGENDA FOR AGRICULTURE TALKS
171. CAMPAIGN, WITHOUT CAMPAIGNING, IS NOW ON FOR WTO JOB
172. TRANSPARENCY OF WTO DECISION-MAKING DUCKED
173. WILL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AGAIN MISS THEIR AGENDAS?
174. PANAMA TO COMPLAIN AGAINST EU OVER BANANAS
175. WTO/WIPO JOINT PROGRAMME TO IMPLEMENT TRIPS
176. DEVELOPMENT: UNCTAD HAS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOUTH
177. DEVELOPMENT: ASIANS QUESTION GLOBAL INVESTMENT RULES
178. HEALTH: BRUNDTLAND TAKES OVER, WITH SWEEPING CHANGES, AT WHO
179. EC SEEKS PANEL ON US EXPORT SUBSIDIES
180. EC GIVES MORE DETAILS ON BANANA RULING IMPLEMENTATION
181. DEVELOPMENT: TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
182. BRAZIL AND CANADA COMPETE FOR HIGH-TECH GLOBAL MARKET
183. MANIPULATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
184. US-INDIA BOP DISPUTE PANEL SEEKS MORE TIME
185. DEVELOPMENT: GRAMEEN BANK ENDS TIE-UP WITH MONSANTO
186. SOUTH ADVISED TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON PSIS
187. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND NEGOTIATIONS IN THE WTO
188. DEVELOPMENT: SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF INDONESIA CAR PANEL REPORT
189. ANOTHER BLOW TO THIRD WORLD INDUSTRIALIZATION?
190. MALAYSIA: INSTITUTES RADICAL EXCHANGE, CAPITAL CONTROLS
191. AGRICULTURE: HIGHER THAN EVER STAKES IN 1999 WTO REVIEW
192. BRAZIL: CRISIS MAKES PROTECTIONISM A HOT TEMPTATION
193. COPING WITH WTO NEEDS NEW INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH COUNTRIES
194. UNITED NATIONS: RIGHTS BODY CONCERNED OVER MAI IMPLICATIONS
195. WTO AGENDAS MAY BE MIRED IN US CONTROVERSIES
196. FINANCE: INSOLVENCIES, DOMESTIC CREDITORS AND THE GATS
197. DEVELOPMENT: UNCTAD CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO REVERSE DEFLATION
198. AFRICA: NEEDS FRESH POLICIES TO REGAIN DEVELOPMENT MOMENTUM
199. EU PROPOSAL MAY HARM NON-LDC ACP COUNTRIES
200. FOUR CANDIDATES IN THE RING FOR WTO TOP JOB
201. CRISIS STRICKEN SOUTH MAY GET NO RELIEF FROM WTO
202. Trade: US Foreign Sales Corporation Law for panel
203. MORE RECRIMINATIONS OVER EC BANANA REGIME
204. LABOUR: WORLD UNEMPLOYMENT WILL RISE DUE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS
205. Finance: Nothing 'Radical' in Reform Proposals
206. ASIA: CRISIS DEFLATES FREE TRADE MOMENTUM
207. FINANCE: WATCHDOG OFFERS BLINKERED VIEW OF CORRUPTION
208. Trade: EC pushes comprehensive agenda, millennium round
209. UNITED STATES: BIG BUSINESS PUSH FOR FAST-TRACK SHOWDOWN
210. PERU: ASIAN "INVASION" BLIGHTS RAG TRADE
211. FINANCE: VENEZUELA SLAMS CREDIT-RATING AGENCIES
212. HEALTH: CANADIANS WORRY OVER NAFTA DISPUTE MECHANISM
213. AGRICULTURE: FARM WORKERS URGE PESTICIDE BAN
214. UNITED STATES: CLINTON UNDER FIRE - OVER NUCLEAR WASTE
215. INITIAL POSITIONS SHOW NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE ON TALKS
216. FINANCE: IMF HOLDS ITS COURSE ON CAPITAL CONVERTIBILITY
217. AFRICA: CHURCH JOINS CAMPAIGN ON DEBT WRITE-OFF
218. UNITED STATES: SLIGHT REDUCTION IN POVERTY IN 1997
219. UNITED STATES: A GUILTY PLEA IN CHIQUITA BANANA EXPOSE CASE
220. CHILE: CRISIS MEASURES EXPECTED TO COST JOBS
221. FAST-TRACK DEFEATED IN US CONGRESS
222. Malaysia: Radical, but necessary, capital and exchange controls
223. LATIN AMERICA: ON WARTIME FOOTING AGAINST RISK-GRADING FIRMS
224. FINANCE: CONCERTED GLOBAL ACTION NEEDED ON 'VIRTUAL ECONOMY'
225. UNITED STATES: CONGRESS LIFTING QUOTAS FOR HI-TECH WORKERS
226. ZIMBABWE: GENETIC ENGINEERING WILL NOT BENEFIT POOR FARMERS
227. Germany: SPD victory holds out some hope for Third World
228. LATIN AMERICANS WANT FOCUS ON FINANCIAL CRISIS
229. FINANCE: IMMOBILITY IN WASHINGTON, OLD AND NEW
230. FINANCE: THIRD WORLD'S CHANCE TO RAISE ITS VOICE
231. LABOUR: DUTY-FREE ZONES A 'PARADISE LOST', SAYS ILO
232. West Africa: Integration in Word but not yet in Deed
233. FINANCE: GRIM EXPECTATIONS FROM 'REVISIONIST' IMF
234. FINANCE: BRAZILIANS EXPECTED HIGHER US RATE CUT
235. Development: Time for a Babel of Banks in Knowledge?
236. Development: Is Information Manna from Heaven?
237. DEVELOPMENT: NEGOTIATIONS OVER FUTURE ACP-EU RELATIONS START
238. AFRICA: RENAISSANCE DEBATE GAINS MOMENTUM
239. UNITED STATES: INDUSTRY BATTLES 'ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE'
240. UNITED STATES: THE LOW VOTER TURNOUT FACTOR
241. MAI WOULD IMPEDE DEVELOPMENT, WON'T BENEFIT TNCS
242. FINANCE: DEBT RELIEF NEEDED FOR WORLD'S POOREST
243. DEVELOPMENT: NEW COMMONWEALTH FUND TO AID CARIBBEAN
244. DEVELOPMENT: COMMONWEALTH AGREEMENT TO FIGHT CORRUPTION
245. ENVIRONMENT: NEW RECORD IN SIZE OF HOLE IN OZONE LAYER
246. CENTRAL AMERICA: INTEGRATION SKIRTS SOCIAL WOES
247. Trade: UNCTAD to assess impact of GATS liberalization on South
248. Finance: Free Markets, Free Government at Risk, says Clinton
249. Caribbean: Taking a new look at globalisation
250. Development: Dutch boost aid despite global decline
251. Brazil: Cardoso re-elected, but rough weather ahead
252. FINANCE: "WISE MEN" IN THRALL TO "MARKETS" HAVE NO ANSWERS
253. ASIA: NEEDS QUICK RESTORATION OF GROWTH, SAYS GERMAN BANK
254. FINANCE: TOWARD GLOBALISATION WITH A HUMAN FACE
255. INDIA: WOMEN'S GROUPS PLAN GANDHIAN NON-COOPERATION
256. ARGENTINA: SUSPICIOUS DEATH ADDS TO IBM SCANDAL
257. IRAQ: UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL ASSAILS SANCTIONS POLICY
258. FINANCE: TNC INVESTORS BEMOAN LOSS OF IMF-G7 "MORAL SUPPORT"
259. FINANCE: ASIA TALKS BACK
260. FINANCE: DEBTS OF EAST AND SOUTH JUMP BY $76 BILLION
261. BRAZIL: IMMINENT FISCAL ADJUSTMENT ON THE CARDS
262. UNITED NATIONS: US INFLUENCE APPROACHES NADIR
263. UNITED STATES: AMNESTY CAMPAIGNS AGAINST US RIGHTS ABUSES
264. FINANCE: WORLD BANK/IMF MEET BIG BOX OFFICE
265. FINANCE: US RATE CUT FAILS TO QUELL RECESSION FEARS
266. BRAZIL: CARDOSO URGES SAVINGS TO TACKLE DEARTH OF CAPITAL
267. MALAYSIA: CURRENCY CONTROLS GET SECOND HEARING
268. UZBEKISTAN: AVOIDING HEADLONG LURCH INTO UNFETTERED CAPITALISM
269. DEVELOPMENT: THIRD WORLD URGED TO BOOST SOUTH-SOUTH LINKS
270. SRI LANKA: BIOPIRATES PATENT TRADITIONAL WISDOM
271. SOUTH AFRICA: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST 'APARTHEID WAGE GAP'
272. UNITED NATIONS: MALAYSIA, NAMIBIA AND ARGENTINA WIN COUNCIL SEATS
273. DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL RECESSION NOT INEVITABLE
274. ASIA: CRISIS HITS POOR FARMERS HARDEST
275. DEVELOPMENT: INDONESIA SAYS IT IS RECOVERING
276. ENVIRONMENT: EU PROJECTS HURT FORESTS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
277. SHRIMP-TURTLE RULING AGAINST US OF NO BENEFIT TO SOUTH
278. UNITED STATES: IMF FUNDING DEAL IMMINENT
279. JAPAN: CREDIT SQUEEZE TOPPLES SMALL BUSINESSES
280. AGRICULTURE: WOMEN FARMERS, INVISIBLE ACTORS IN HUNGER DRAMA
281. DEVELOPMENT: LDCS GREW AGAIN 1997, BUT DOUBTS ON SUSTAINABILITY
282. WTO RULES NEED CHANGES TO BENEFIT LDCS
283. Trade: OECD MAI talks "clinically dead" ?
284. LATIN AMERICA: PUNISHED DESPITE DOING ITS HOMEWORK, SAYS SELA
285. KYRGYZ, LATVIA ACCESSION OKAYED
286. DEVELOPMENT: FAMINE SHAPED WORK OF NOBEL LAUREATE
287. IBERO-AMERICA: SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON REGULATING GLOBALISATION
288. DEVELOPMENT: CASH CRISIS STALLS FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
289. LATIN AMERICA: MORE FUNDS FOR TECHNOLOGY, BUT STILL WAY BEHIND
290. ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL WARMING ENDANGERS ARCTIC
291. FINANCE: SYSTEMIC CRISIS NEEDS BOLD REFORMS
292. UNITED STATES: IMF WINS, UN LOSES IN CLINTON-CONGRESS DEAL
293. AFRICA: CONVERT DEBTS INTO GRANTS, URGES ANNAN
294. DEVELOPMENT: NEW REPORT EXPOSES MYTHS ABOUT WORLD HUNGER
295. Environment: Asian Women Demand Cleanup of US Military Bases
296. FINANCE: OTC TRADING AMONG BANKS REACH DAILY $1360 BILLION
297. BRAZIL: CAPITAL FLIGHT UP, BUT BALANCED BY INVESTMENTS
298. FINANCE: G-7 URGED TO FIGHT GLOBAL CRISIS
299. UNITED STATES: SLOWDOWN FEARED DESPITE RATE CUT
300. Development: The tortoise to replace tigers?
301. INDIA: PAYING LIP SERVICE TO AMARTYA SEN, THE REBEL
302. Environment: World Bank's 'zero tolerance' of rule-breakers
303. JAPAN: AID TO ASIANS WILL ACHIEVE MORE THAN FISCAL STIMULUS
304. DEVELOPMENT: ACTIVISTS CASTIGATE INVESTMENT PACT PLANS
305. JAPAN: USE RESOURCES TO EASE POVERTY, TOKYO TOLD
306. Agriculture: Patent plans continue despite international outcry
307. UNITED STATES: STAGNANT WAGES, BUT PUBLIC UPBEAT
308. HEALTH: WHO LAUNCHES NEW GLOBAL STRATEGY AGAINST CANCER
309. UNITED NATIONS: CONVENTION AGAINST MERCENARIES GATHERS DUST
310. DEVELOPMENT: NEW PARADIGM STILL CENTRED IN WASHINGTON
311. MASSACHUSETTS BURMA SANCTIONS LAW FOR WTO PANEL
312. HEALTH: WHO CAMPAIGN AGAINST TOBACCO INDUSTRY
313. UNITED STATES: CLINTON HOLDS LINE ON FOREIGN AID
314. United States: Voteless ex-convicts number millions
315. AFRICA: DRUG PRODUCTION, ABUSE, MONEY LAUNDERING ON THE RISE
316. Trade: US-EC manoeuvring towards WTO investment talks ?
317. Commodities: UNCTAD to promote risk instruments at Lyon meet
318. United States: Concern over rising protectionist pressure
319. Environment: Climate treaty faces crucial test
320. United Nations: U.S. upbraided over failure to pay arrears
321. Health: Tobacco giants target Asia to offset losses in US, Europe
322. Brazil: Agrarian reform promises to be hot issue
323. FINANCE: TDR VIEWS ON REFORMING FINANCIAL SYSTEM GAINS SUPPORT
324. THE BLUE JEANS BATTLE IN VENEZUELA
325. MEXICO: BROAD SOCIAL MOVEMENT HALTS NUCLEAR DUMP
326. Environment: In Defence of Developing Nations...
327. DEVELOPMENT: MAI PRINCIPLES ALIVE AND KICKING, ANALYSTS SAY
328. COMMODITIES: TIME FOR OIL NEGOTIATIONS AT WTO, EXPERTS SAY
329. LABOUR: FLEXIBILITY BENEFITS BUSINESS, STRAINS WORKERS
330. FISHERIES: INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT WILL REGULATE CATCHES
331. ASIA: RECESSION SPURS SELF-CRITICISM ON CORRUPTION
332. South Africa: Apartheid cast in stone?
333. UNITED NATIONS: MALDIVES DISPUTES GRADUATION FROM LDC STATUS
334. PHILIPPINES: LEGAL ATTACKS RAIN ON LAW ON TRIBAL RIGHTS
335. FINANCE: NEW BASEL GUIDELINES MAY REDUCE BANK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
336. ENVIRONMENT: INDUSTRY, WRI JOIN HANDS ON CLIMATE
337. ENVIRONMENT: US DELAYS BAN ON TOXIC PESTICIDE
338. KENYA: UN JOINS CAMPAIGN AGAINST 'LAND GRABBERS'
339. LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMICS KEEPS FRONTIER DISPUTES IN CHECK
340. ASIA: NEIGHBOURS GIVE CAUTIOUS NOD TO MAHATHIR'S ECONOMICS
341. BRAZIL: FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY SPREADS INTO POLITICS
342. LATIN AMERICA: ECLAC DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM TURNS 50
343. LATIN AMERICA: INVESTMENT BOOM HIGHLY CONCENTRATED IN 1997
344. ENVIRONMENT: FISH FARMS CRITICISED
345. JAPAN: CURBING APPETITE FOR TUNA HAS A PRICE
346. Trade: Beginning the long haul to a new round?
347. DEVELOPMENT: AID FALLS TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL - ONCE AGAIN
348. GERMANY: AID POLICY UPGRADED, MORE FUNDS PROMISED
349. BRAZIL: FROM NEO-LIBERALISM TO THE 'PINK WAVE'
350. UNITED NATIONS: HOUSING CONFERENCE FINANCIALLY MISMANAGED
351. UNITED NATIONS: DEBATE OVER USE OF NATO MILITARY THREATS
352. FINANCE: G-7 REFORM MOVES DEPEND TOO MUCH ON OTHERS
353. FINANCE: G-7 REFORMS PUT BRAZIL'S PACKAGE ON FAST TRACK
354. United Nations: US and Europe battle for top UNDP job
355. LATIN AMERICAN STEEL FIRMS DEMAND ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
356. LATIN AMERICA: GROWING FOREIGN PRESENCE IN INDUSTRY
357. INDIA: DOCTORS BLAME IODISATION FOR HORMONE PROBLEMS
358. SMALL ECONOMIES PLEAD FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT
359. Latin America: Banana growers gear up for fresh fight with EU
360. ENVIRONMENT: HURRICANE MITCH SHOWS VULNERABILITY OF THE POOR
361. DEVELOPMENT: FOLLOWING UP ON THE SOCIAL SUMMIT
362. ASIA: RECESSION SOWS FRIENDLIER RIVALRY IN RICE
363. INDIA: MILITARY PLANS BUSINESS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
364. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK REVIEW OF S&D IMPLEMENTATION
365. BRAZIL: TOURISM BOOM TURNS BLIND EYE TO CRISIS
366. AFRICA: BREAKING TRADE BARRIER
367. HAITI: U.S. TOXIC WASTE TO BE RETURNED TO SENDER
368. UNITED STATES: VOTERS DASH REPUBLICAN MID-TERM ELECTION HOPES
369. LATIN AMERICA: NOT QUITE BUSINESS AS USUAL AT LEFT-WING PARLEY
370. DEVELOPMENT: NGOS MOBILISING AGAINST WTO INVESTMENT RULES
371. ARGENTINA-MEXICO PACT HEIGHTENS TENSION IN MERCOSUR
372. UNITED NATIONS: INVOLVING PRIVATE SECTOR IN OUTER SPACE
373. UNITED NATIONS: US KEEPS ITS VOTING RIGHTS
374. PHILIPPINES: 'MUTANT' FOOD NOT JUST A FIRST-WORLD CONCERN
375. ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL WARMING THREATENS ARCTIC WILDLIFE
376. UNITED STATES: DEMOCRATS, CLINTON ELECTION WINNERS
377. Trade: Call for revision of anti-dumping, subsidies rules
378. United States: TNCs win over Grassroots Activists, in Court
379. Brazil: Interest rates, the new bogeyman
380. Brazil: Pension reform finally makes it through Congress
381. Environment: US poll finds support for Kyoto Treaty
382. Central America: Summit to Focus on Reconstruction
383. United States: Lynching suspected in Kenyan student's death
384. Trade: WTO Appellate Body assailed for usurping jurisdiction
385. DEVELOPMENT: COASTAL PEOPLE RESIST SHRIMP AQUACULTURE
386. Environment: Montana voters nix use of cyanide in mining
387. Development: Western donors seek to cut pledging conference
388. Asia: New TV news channel to take on heavyweights
389. Development: Capitalism sans frontier?
390. DEVELOPMENT: WIR UPBEAT ON FDI, PRIVATE FORECASTERS DIFFER
391. ASIA-PACIFIC: FREE-TRADE AGENDA ADRIFT AS SUMMIT NEARS
392. Environment: Slow Progress at Global Climate meet
393. Environment: Activists fight Pro-Biotech advertising
394. Development: World Bank decries stingy donors
395. Finance: Hurricane Mitch Tests Creditors
396. Development: United Nations and the 'Third Way'
397. Trade: Cuba's admission to ALADI boosts ties with region
398. United Nations: Francophone world questions English bias
399. Trade: US threats in banana war, and Iraq
400. Trade: Clinton braces against protectionist clamour
401. Environment: Voluntary and Meaningful!
402. Environment: Forest plans cause sinking feeling
403. Environment: Greens want World Bank to clear the air
404. Trade: Removing barrier from West Africa's roads
405. India: Rethinking ways to free Child Labour
406. United Nations: China pulls out of Arms Register over Taiwan
407. Trade: "Interviewing" candidates
408. APEC: To Asia's relief, Japan nixes free trade agenda
409. Asia: Children are innocent victims of economic crisis
410. Environment: US signs Kyoto protocol, but won't transmit to Senate
411. India: Women make a mark in Biotechnology
412. Caribbean: World's largest freshwater fish under threat
413. Paraguay: A trade off with the United States
414. United States: Are abortion-linked killings a New Terrorism?
415. Trade: No agreement in APEC, talks shift to WTO
416. Trade: NGOs call for alternatives to APEC's Free Trade path
417. Trade: Fears of US-Japan clash at APEC summit
418. Trade: Canadian scientists reject bovine growth hormone
419. Environment: Plan approved to curb global warming
420. Latin America: 'Most Unequal' place on Earth, says IDB
421. Trade: Ecuador seeks reconvening of banana panel on EC measures
422. Finance: NGO coalition targets capitalist 'Constitution'
423. Trade: Environmentalists blast APEC plans
424. Trade: South African tomato growers face EU Squeeze
425. Brazil: The Gradualist approach
426. Bolivia: Asian crisis pounds mining
427. Development: UNDP for debt relief for hurricane-hit Nations
428. United Nations: Rights body stresses supremacy of Int'l Law
429. Finance: APEC heads vow to cure crisis, fix financial system
430. Colombia: Bank bail-out burden shifted to people, say Unions
431. Mexico: More adjustment and sacrifice
432. Environment: US needs national plan to reduce emissions
433. United Nations: Cutbacks at refugee agency
434. Health: US tobacco deal ignores global problems
435. UNITED STATES: CHILDREN SUFFERING IN US JUSTICE SYSTEM
436. Trade: Ruggiero to stay on till April?
437. FINANCE: APEC MEETINGS END WITH CALL FOR HEDGE FUNDS REVIEW
438. Chile: Adjustment going too far?
439. NICARAGUA: IMF ADJUSTMENT MAINTAINED RELENTLESSLY
440. ENVIRONMENT: CASE AGAINST TEXACO RESUMES
441. Agriculture: Shadow boxing for 2000 ?
442. AGRICULTURE: INDIA FOR A "MARKET PLUS" APPROACH
443. DEVELOPMENT: ACTIVISTS BLAME GLOBALISATION FOR PEOPLE'S WOES
444. ASIA-PACIFIC: AFTER NINE YEARS, APEC LIMPS ALONG
445. U.S. RENEWS BANANA BATTLE WITH EU
446. FINANCE: 20.5 BILLION DOLLARS PLEDGED TO IDA
447. US-EC PRODUCT LIST FOR ITA-2 FAILS TO GARNER CONSENSUS
448. LATIN AMERICA: COFFEE GROWERS SET SIGHTS ON DOMESTIC MARKET
449. LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT KEY TO ALTERNATIVE FTAA PACT
450. JAPAN: TRADE FRICTION LOOMS DESPITE CLINTON VISIT
451. SOUTH KOREA: WASHINGTON WIELDS CARROT, STICK IN VISIT
452. HEALTH: SMOKING MAY KILL A THIRD OF CHINESE MEN
453. ARGENTINA: PERON HELPED NAZI WAR CRIMINALS
454. DEVELOPMENT: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TRADE AND CAPITAL LIBERALIZATION
455. TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ITU VS WTO CONTEST OVER TELEPHONE REVENUES
456. LATIN AMERICA: THREAT OF FINANCIAL CONTAGION FADES
457. ENVIRONMENT: FISHWORKERS BUILDING COASTAL COMMONS
458. SOUTH PACIFIC: ALL WORKED UP OVER ANTI-STRESS CROP
459. SOUTH KOREA: GINSENG GROWERS HIT MAKERS OF 'PSEUDO' PILLS
460. ENVIRONMENT: HOPE FOR NIGERIA'S OIL-PRODUCING REGIONS
461. US SPURNS EC "OFFER", WILL PURSUE RETALIATION
462. WTO MEMBERS STAKE OUT MORE NEGOTIATING POSITIONS
463. UNITED STATES: CALL FOR BAN ON TOXIC TOYS
464. INDOCHINA: ASIAN FLU SAPS REGION'S GROWTH
465. BEER WAR ERUPTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
466. UNITED NATIONS: SHELVES CREDIT-FUND PROPOSAL
467. AFRICA: AIDS CRISIS THREATENS DEVELOPMENT GAINS
468. US TO IMPLEMENT ITS OWN VIEW OF SHRIMP RULING
469. CARIBBEAN: BALANCING SOCIAL NEEDS AND FALLING INCOME
470. NEPAL: PESTICIDE MISUSE RAVAGES STAPLE PADDY
471. BRITAIN: LAW LORDS REJECT PINOCHET'S IMMUNITY
472. Latin America: The end of impunity?
473. WTO'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT STUDY TO CONTINUE
474. CLEAR NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDES ON SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
475. UNITED NATIONS: HUNGER INDEX CREEPS STEADILY UP
476. THAILAND: UNLIKELY ALLIES BATTLE IMF-STYLE REFORMS
477. HAITI: US PORTS REFUSE TO ACCEPT REPATRIATED WASTE
478. CHILE: THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW FROM LONDON TO LONDON STREET
479. UNITED STATES: RIGHTS GROUPS CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST PINOCHET
480. FINANCE: BANKS CONTINUE RETREAT FROM ASIA AND EMERGING MARKETS
481. FINANCE: UNFETTERED CAPITAL FLOWS AREN'T ALWAYS OPTIMAL
482. INDIA: MONSANTO'S FIELD TRIALS SET OFF A STORM
483. AFRICA: AGRICULTURAL REFORMS BRING PAIN, NOT GAINS
484. ASIA: RECESSION 'REDOMESTICATING' WOMEN, STUDIES SAY
485. DEVELOPMENT: SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL FOR A RETURN TO REGULATION
486. UNITED STATES: ARMS MAKERS WIELD POLITICAL CLOUT
487. LABOUR: NEED TO RETHINK FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MODELS
488. RESTORING BALANCE TO SERVICES
489. UNITED NATIONS: GOVERNMENTS ACCUSED OF DOUBLE TALK ON MIGRANTS
490. RUSSIANS PONDERING ON NEED FOR US GRAIN AID
491. Trade: Canadian-Russian relations sour
492. EAST AFRICA: TAMING THE WILD AFRICAN BEE
493. DEVELOPMENT: ASIAN MODEL REPLICABLE, EVEN IN POST-WTO WORLD
494. FINANCE: EXXON-MOBIL MERGER COULD POISON THE WELL
495. FINANCE: HONG KONG-SINGAPORE RIVALRY HEATS UP IN RECESSION
496. BANGLADESH: FAO THEME A TRAVESTY SAY ACTIVISTS
497. US, EC HOLD UP DG SELECTION
498. WTO SECRETARIAT PUSHES LIBERALIZATION MYTHS AND DOGMAS
499. DEVELOPMENT: WORLD BANK FORECASTS RECESSION, FAULTS IMF
500. CARIBBEAN: PROPOSED TRADE AGREEMENT HITS A SNAG
501. BRAZIL: AN ANTI-DRUGS POLICY INDEPENDENT OF WASHINGTON
502. WTO DISCUSSIONS ON FUTURE WORK IN TRIPS
503. LATIN AMERICA: FINANCIAL TREMORS GROW INTO EARTHQUAKES
504. THAILAND: EXPORTING UNEMPLOYMENT
505. ENVIRONMENT: TOKYO JUMPS INTO EMISSIONS TRADING
506. ENVIRONMENT: WARMER OCEANS DESTROYING CORAL REEFS
507. UNITED NATIONS: BATTLE OVER CRIMINAL COURT NOT OVER
508. UNITED NATIONS: FULL RECOGNITION STILL ELUDES NGOS 50 YEARS ON
509. WTO STUDY ON COMPETITION POLICY TO CONTINUE
510. THE PRICE FOR PROTECTING COMMUNITY RIGHTS
511. ENVIRONMENT: AFRICA TARGETED BY TNCS FOR GENE-PRODUCTS
512. FINANCE: 'HIGH-RHETORIC' FIGHT BETWEEN WORLD BANK & IMF
513. BRAZIL: DEFEAT OF AUSTERITY MEASURE DEPRESSES MARKET
514. LATIN AMERICA: EXXON-MOBIL RUBS ITS HANDS OVER THE REGION
515. NEW ROUND WITH NEW ISSUES WILL INCREASE MARGINALIZATION
516. WTO HEAD-HUNT CONTINUES
517. ENVIRONMENT: INSURERS WARY ON GENE-ENGINEERED PRODUCTS
518. ENVIRONMENT: CORPORATIONS FORSAKE PRODUCTS OF OLD FORESTS
519. LATIN AMERICA: WOMEN GAIN THEIR OWN FORUM IN MERCOSUR
520. LATIN AMERICA: LABOUR GEARING UP FOR FRESH FIGHT IN MERCOSUR
521. WTO TO TRY AGAIN ON 18 DEC ON DG SELECTION
522. MERCOSUR SUMMIT GLOSSES OVER DIFFERENCES
523. UNITED NATIONS: US 'NO' TO DEVELOPMENT AS BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
524. UNITED NATIONS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
525. BANGLADESH: ARSENIC POISONING HAMPERS SAFE WATER GAINS
526. PANAMA: PREPARING FOR THE UNSHACKLING OF THE PANAMA CANAL
527. AFRICA: PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES FACE CRISIS
528. UNITED NATIONS: AT LOGGERHEADS WITH ETHIOPIA
529. INVESTMENT, COMPETITION STUDY TO CONTINUE
530. FINANCE: CRISIS DUE TO UNDER-REGULATED, OVER-LIQUID INTERN'L MARKETS
531. INDIA: MONSANTO CHARGED WITH MISINFORMATION
532. LATIN AMERICA: BRAZIL TOPS AS FDI RECIPIENT
533. MEXICO: OPINIONS SHARPLY DIVIDED ON NAFTA
534. DEVELOPMENT: WORLD COMMISSION ON DAMS HOLDS SOUTH ASIA HEARING
535. ENVIRONMENT: OCEAN TRAWLING WORSE THAN FOREST CLEARCUTTING
536. US-EC WAR OF NERVES MAKES FOR CONFUSION OVER BANANAS
537. UNITED NATIONS: RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN HARD-CORE ECONOMIC ISSUES
538. BANGLADESH: SEED IMPORTS SPARK OUTRAGE
539. ARGENTINE SUGAR PRODUCERS DEFEND TARIFFS
540. Environment: El Niņo Effect on Amazon Rainforests
541. MEXICO: MINIMUM WAGE NOT ENOUGH TO BUY FOOD
542. SOUTH-EAST ASIA: AFTER SUMMIT, SELLING PRESCRIPTIONS AT HOME
543. AFRICA: MERCENARY MARKET FLOURISHING
544. FINANCE: OTC DERIVATIVES PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLE IN ASIAN CRISIS
545. LOS ANGELES VOTES BURMA SANCTIONS
546. CHILE: COPPER OVERPRODUCTION FUELLED RECORD PRICER SLUMP
547. UNITED NATIONS: IRAQ ATTACKED AGAIN
548. UNITED NATIONS: KOFI ANNAN UNHAPPY WITH ATTACK
549. UNITED STATES: LATEST ATTACK ON IRAQ RAISES QUESTIONS
550. "NEW TIME-FRAME" FOR WTO-DG SELECTION
551. Trade: WTO site for 3rd ministerial in US courts!
552. US SEEKS MORE TIME ON SHRIMP RULING
553. US AND EC ESCALATE DISPUTE OVER BANANA MARKETING
554. UNITED NATIONS: UNITY ON IRAQ HARD TO FIND
555. UNITED STATES: PARTISAN POLITICS TO DOMINATE FOREIGN POLICY
556. ARGENTINA: HOPELESSNESS DIGS AWAY AT THE UNEMPLOYED
557. COSTA RICA: CREDIT UNIONS SINKING