Issue
No. 574, 1-15 Aug 2014
SDGs
adopted, MDGs see limited gains
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Sustainable
development goals adopted amidst differences
Overcoming deep divisions among its membership,
an intergovernmental UN working group has adopted a set of goals to
be pursued by the international community in the quest for sustainable
development.
by Bhumika Muchhala and Ranja Sengupta
Amid scepticism, UN trumpets successes in cutting
poverty
A
UN report points to some progress towards attaining the Millennium
Development Goals but, say civil society observers, neglects structural
barriers to development that can negate any success achieved.
by
Thalif Deen
Process set up to
elaborate legal instrument on TNCs
The
UN’s rights body has initiated a process for drawing up a legally
binding international treaty to address the human rights obligations
of transnational corporations.
by
Kinda Mohamadieh
BIS calls for reversal of loose money
policy, hints at austerity
The Bank for International Settlements’ policy proposals for invigorating
the global economy address symptoms instead of causes and may bring
about more harm than help, writes
Chakravarthi Raghavan.
From
Havana to Bali, Third World gets the crumbs
They may have long gained political independence, but for many countries
of the South, economic success has proven more elusive in a world
of inequitable trade and financial regimes.
by
Chakravarthi Raghavan
BRICS announce NDB
and CRA for $100 billion each
The
BRICS emerging market bloc have set up two new financial initiatives:
a bank for funding infrastructure projects in developing countries,
and a currency reserve pool to be drawn upon in times of liquidity
pressures.
by
Kanaga Raja
TFA’s entry must
be conditioned on development outcomes
Civil
society groups have urged that a WTO trade facilitation accord come
into effect only once pro-development outcomes are concluded in the
Doha Round talks.
by
Kanaga Raja
Public stockholding
programmes for food security face uphill struggle
Even
as they shell out huge subsidies to their own farmers, developed countries
are throwing up obstacles to the stockholding schemes run by developing-country
governments to promote food security.
by
Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
Scepticism
as “green goods” talks begin
Ecological protection may not be the
real objective behind recently launched negotiations at the WTO to
free up trade in so-called “environmental goods”.
by Carey L. Biron
