Issue No. 555, 16-31 Oct 2013
Ahead of Bali, WTO faces challenges within and without

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Elephants on rampage on the way to Bali
Even as trade diplomats are seeking to remove barriers to a successful outcome for the WTO’s upcoming Ministerial Conference in Bali, the NSA spying scandal and the government shutdown in the US pose potentially a broader threat to the very international system of which the WTO is a part.
by Chakravarthi Raghavan

Expert panel voices its views on Bali package
Assessing the state of play of WTO talks to craft an outcome for the Bali ministerial meeting, a panel of trade officials and experts convened as part of the recent WTO Public Forum decried the lack of progress on issues of interest to developing countries.
by Kanaga Raja

Panel stresses on food security in run-up to Bali
Another session at the WTO Public Forum examined the outlook for reforming the WTO agriculture rules to address the challenge of food security.
by Kanaga Raja

Hunger decreases, but unevenly
While there has been a decline in the number of people worldwide who go hungry, the global figure masks wide regional disparities.
by Sabina Zaccaro

Achieving food security through sustainable agriculture
Fighting global hunger demands a shift from conventional industrial farming to sustainable agriculture.
by Olivier De Schutter, Jochen Flasbarth and Hans R. Herren