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| An Economic Key to Sustainable Development |
| Posted on September 8, 2003 |
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Dockers unloading cargo in Manila harbour. Courtesy ILO, photo by Lissac. |
International trade policies are essential to sustainable development and to issues that promote employment, livelihood,
entitlements and rights for billions of people in the developing world. The World Trade Organization's Fifth Ministerial
in Cancún, Mexico, from September 10-14 brought together representatives from more than 140 countries, both rich and poor,
to decide regulations that will govern international trade for decades.
This Development Gateway Cross-Topic Special provides resources from eight Development Topic pages as they relate to issues
discussed in Cancún. Topics range from agriculture and fair trade for local producers to direct foreign investment and
trade-related intellectual property. In an exclusive DG interview, Dr. Yash Tandon, a founding director of the International
South Group Network (ISGN) and head of the Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Initiative (SEATINI),
discusses the influence — and hopes — of civil society from the global South on WTO trade talks.
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| Trade & Development |
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Twenty international trade issues focused on development are scheduled for the WTO's Fifth Ministerial in Cancun.
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| Foreign Direct Investment |
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Negotiating an Investment Agreement at the WTO: A Controversial Issue.More | |
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| Food Security |
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The future of poor farmers around the world is at stake in Cancún.More | |
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| Knowledge Economy |
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Drug patents and access to medicines: Balancing incentives for R&D with public health concerns.
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| E-Commerce for Arts & Crafts |
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WTO: A stage for promoting e-commerce as a fair trade tool for artisan cooperatives.
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| Environmental Law |
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Can there be a win-win in negotiations about trade and the environment?
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| HIV/AIDS |
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Policy issues and strategies for providing developing countries with greater access to HIV/AIDS medicines.More | |
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| Poverty |
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How trade, economic growth and poverty are interrelated.More | |
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| Dr. Yash Tandon |
Dr. Yash Tandon
is director and a founding member of the International South
Group Network (ISGN) and manages one of its programs, the Southern
and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Initiative
(SEATINI)
Dr. Tandon, a Uganda national now based in Zimbabwe, is an economist, a
distinguished faculty member in Africa's leading universities,
and a widely published author writing on issues from the perspective
of the global South, including development, trade policy and
globalization. In this Development Gateway interview, he discusses
the influence that civil
society from
the global South hopes to have in influencing WTO policies.
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