Issue No. 548 (1-15 Jul 2013)
UN SDGs working group discusses employment question

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Key components of a “people-centred development agenda”
During a meeting of a UN working group seeking to draw up sustainable development goals for the international community, developing countries highlighted the need for structural economic transformation to create productive employment and decent work.  Ranja Sengupta reports.

Tackling the global jobs crisis
With social unrest and unemployment being coupled worldwide, there is an urgent need to restore full employment as a global and national priority goal.
by Martin Khor

LDC TRIPS exemption approved to mixed reactions
After months of difficult negotiations, the poorest member states of the WTO will now be able to defer their implementation of the trade body’s intellectual property rules for another eight years.
by Sangeeta Shashikant

Are developing countries waving or drowning?
With external economic conditions likely to be unconducive in the coming years, developing countries need to improve their own growth fundamentals and seek strategic rather than full integration into the global economy
by Yilmaz Akyüz

Global FDI flows fell by 18% last year
Last year saw a strong decline in global inflows of foreign direct investment, according to a UN development agency.
by Kanaga Raja

Opponents question proposed trans-Atlantic trade deal
A planned trade accord between the US and the EU could undermine public-interest regulations on both sides of the Atlantic, caution critics.
by Jared Metzker