Contents Page for TWR No. 122, October 2000

ECOLOGY

* Angry Thai farmers say ban GM rice - Mae Wan-Ho
* Declaration on biodiversity protection and local people's rights in Asia

ECONOMICS

* Hamlet with the prince - C. Rammanohar Reddy

COVER: New International Financial Architecture

* Little progress in global financial reform - Martin Khor
* Reform the IMF quota and decision-making system - Martin Khor
* Some proposals on international financial reform - Martin Khor
* The debate on the international financial architecture - Yilmaz Akyuz
* Managing financial integration: Some policy options - Yilmaz Akyuz
* The financial crisis of Latin America and the new international financial architecture - Humberto Campodonico & Manuel Chiriboga

WORLD AFFAIRS

* US to review 'biological warefare' in Colombia - Someshwar Singh
* The CIA and Latin America Intelligence Officers - Jim Lobe
* The UN and 'the struggle for the impossible' - Fidel Castro
* Ecuador: Indigenous groups protest privatisations, US army base - Kintto Lucas

HUMAN RIGHTS

* UN body warns of conflicts between TRIPS and human rights

WOMEN

* Gender and economic reforms in Africa: The hidden political and ideological agenda - Zo Randriamaro

VIEWPOINT

* The great fuel famine - Jeremy Seabrook

POETRY

* The heights of Macchu Picchu - Pablo Neruda