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Tribute to Martin Khor TWN Series on Investment Facilitation #1: Scope Of An Investment Facilitation Framework: Implications For Its Developmental Claim by Kinda Mohamadieh (July 2020) IP & COVID-19 Vaccines Series #4: Publicly-funded Vanderbilt University aims for financial windfall by Edward Hammond (August 2020) IP & COVID-19 Vaccines Series #3: Patent dispute looms as a major complication for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine by Edward Hammond (August 2020) How ‘Digital Trade’ Rules Would Impede Taxation of the Digitalised Economy in the Global South by Jane Kelsey, John Bush, Manuel Montes & Joy Ndubai Moratorium on tariffs on Electronic Transmissions by Manuel Montes & Jane Kelsey Traditional knowledge in digital sequence info debate (Spanish) (French) by Edward Hammond Briefing Paper Corporate power and States’ (in)action in response to the COVID-19 crisis by Kinda Mohamadieh (July 2020)

Briefing Paper Covid-19: Trade policy choices for developing countries during and after the pandemic by Ranja Sengupta (June 2020) Briefing Paper Covid-19 reveals everything by Bhumika Muchhala (June 2020) New scientific study on “Equity, Climate Justice and Fossil Fuel Extraction: Principles for a managed phase out” by Greg Muttitt and Sivan Kartha Briefing Paper International negotiations by virtual means in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic by Vicente Paolo Yu (June 2020) Open Letter on CS concerns over lack of governance and binding commitments on IP in COVID response Visit Vaxmap (vaxmap.org) Open source COVID-19 vaccine development and production capacity map Civil Society Call to UN Sec-Gen and WHO DG COVID-19: Operationalizing Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing of Medical Products Open Letter to Trade Ministries & WTO Stop all negotiations during the COVID-19 outbreak; refocus on saving lives English Spanish French

 

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Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.343/344 (2020) COVER: DOUBLE WHAMMY: Surviving COVID-19 and the economic crisis Articles include: A passionate voice of and for the South Pandemic crisis: Dangers and opportunities COVID-19 reveals everything Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 704 (1-15 Aug 2020) COVID-19 taking toll on education and youths Articles include: Nearly 1.6 billion learners affected by COVID-19 COVID-19 having a devastating effect on youth Digital rules in FTAs may undermine capacity to tax tech firms Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• Green Fund Board approves funding proposals via virtual meeting
  by Prerna Bomzan & Indrajit Bose (01 Sept 20)
• UNFCCC Forum reveals challenges of developing countries in climate reporting
  by Indrajit Bose (18 Jun 20)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• United Nations: Global recovery plan needed to avert a "lost decade"
  by Kanaga Raja (24 Sept 20)
• South pushes back against Riyadh initiative to reform WTO
  by D. Ravi Kanth (24 Sept 20)
• South calls for addressing scope & sequencing issues in fisheries text
  by D. Ravi Kanth (22 Sept 20)
• Egypt calls for "special reform" after results of first round of DG race
  by D. Ravi Kanth (22 Sept 20)
• GC Chair to announce outcome of first round in DG selection process
  by D. Ravi Kanth (18 Sept 20)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• Finding Traditional Knowledge’s Place in the Digital Sequence Information Debate (Spanish and French)
  by Edward Hammond (02 Sept 20)
• Open Letter on the process to adopt a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  (03 Aug 20)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• COVID-19: WHO suffers setback on its plan for global vaccine access facility
  by D. Ravi Kanth (03 Sept 20)
• Finding Traditional Knowledge’s Place in the Digital Sequence Information Debate (Spanish and French)
  by Edward Hammond (02 Sept 20)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• UN: COVID-19 leading to substantial labour income losses, says ILO
  by Kanaga Raja (25 Sept 20)
• United Nations: Global recovery plan needed to avert a "lost decade"
  by Kanaga Raja (24 Sept 20)
• Ministers meet to tackle COVID-induced debt & liquidity crisis
  by Bhumika Muchhala (23 Sept 20)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• COVID-19 devastating the Palestinian economy, says UNCTAD
  by Kanaga Raja (14 Sept 20)
• COVID-19: WHO suffers setback on its plan for global vaccine access facility
  by D. Ravi Kanth (03 Sept 20)
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• Click here for more Health documents

TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Agroecology to Reconstruct a Post-Covid-19 Agriculture
  (18 Sept 20)
• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• Unlocking the potential for agroecological transition in West Africa
  (10 Sept 20)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• Launch of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020 report
  (18 Sept 20)
• Digital rules in FTAs may undermine capacity to tax digital firms
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Aug 20)
• CPTPP Trade Liberalization Charade Continues
  by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (11 Aug 20)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• UN: COVID-19 leading to substantial labour income losses, says ILO
  by Kanaga Raja (25 Sept 20)
• United Nations: Global recovery plan needed to avert a "lost decade"
  by Kanaga Raja (24 Sept 20)
• Ministers meet to tackle COVID-induced debt & liquidity crisis
  by Bhumika Muchhala (23 Sept 20)
• Click here for previous articles

Last updated on 25 September 2020