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OR ABOUT Last updated: 9 January 2016 Contents Bank for International Settlements Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) International Labour Organisation Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation Links to most recent are at the top of each section. |
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President’s Summary of Outcomes from Experts’ Meeting on
Corruption, by FATF, 12 October.
Available at: http://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/statements/Corruption-Expert-meeting-Oct-2013.pdf. G20 Support for FATF’s
Work on Fighting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing,
by FATF, 23 July 2013. Available at: http://www.fatf-gafi.org/documents/documents/g20-communique-july-2013.html. Russia’s Financial Police State,
by Clifford G Gaddy and William Partlett,
The National Interest 19 July
2013. Available at: http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/russias-financial-police-state-8746. The authors describe FATF as the “paradigmatic
soft-law regulatory body” (soft because it does not have a binding
effect). They then note that the
presidency of FATF passes to Vladimir Putin this year and, so they believe,
he must have though Christmas came early, with the objectives of making FATF
a special global financial-surveillance agency. International
Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and
Proliferation – the FATF Recommendations, by FATF, 16 February 2012. Available at: http://www.fatf-gafi.org/topics/fatfrecommendations/documents/internationalstandardsoncombatingmoneylaunderingandthefinancingofterrorismproliferation-thefatfrecommendations.html. |
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Climate
Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, Working
Group III, April 2014 in Berlin.
Available at: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg3/. Climate
Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, Working Group II, 30 March 2014 in Yokohama.
“Summary for Policy Makers” and “Full Draft Report” are
available at: http://www.ipcc.ch/. Commentary is available at: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/no-need-for-extra-fear-in-climate-change-report-20140331-zqp2c.html. Climate Change2013: The Physical
Science Basis, Twelfth Session of Working Group I, 23-26
September in Stockholm. “Summary for Policy Makers,” 36 pages 2.3 MB is
available at: http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGIAR5-SPM_Approved27Sep2013.pdf. The full report (900 pages) is to be
released later. Commentary is
available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/science/global-climate-change-report.html?hpw. Managing the Risks of Extreme
Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), IPCC,
2012. “Summary for Policy Makers,” 20
pages, 11.8 MB and “Full SREX Report,” 594 pages, 31 MB are available at: http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/. Comment on related opinions in Bjorn Lomborg, “Don’t Blame Climate Change for Extreme
Weather,” The Washington Post, 14
September 2013. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bjorn-lomborg-dont-blame-climate-change-for-extreme-weather/2013/09/13/4b770d48-117e-11e3-bdf6-e4fc677d94a1_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines. |
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Can the International Criminal
Court Play Fair in Africa? by Mwangi
S Kimenyi, Brookings
Africa in Focus, 17 October 2013.
Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2013/10/17-africa-international-criminal-court-kimenyi. In the opinion of the author: “Unless serious reforms are undertaken to ensure the
court can be trusted to execute justice fairly, the ICC will continue digging
its own grave and, in the process, undermining international justice. In essence, the ICC is its own worst enemy
and, unless reformed, Africans will continue to see it as nothing more but an
International Colonial Court.” The International Criminal Court on Trial, by Kirsten Ainley, Cambridge
Review of International Affairs, Vol 24, No. 3
(2011). Available at: https://www.academia.edu/362897/The_International_Criminal_Court_on_Trial. In defending the Court, the author assesses the
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Global Unemployment Projected to
Rise in Both 2016 and 2017, in World
Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016, 19 January 2016. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_443500/lang--en/index.htm. Comment at: Eurasia Review, 25 January 2016. Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/25012016-global-unemployment-seen-rising-in-2016-and-2017/. Global Employment Trends 2014: Risk
of a Jobless Recovery? 21 January 2014.
Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_233953.pdf. For comment see Katie Allen, “ILO Warns
Young Hit Hardest as Global Unemployment Continues to Rise”, 21 January
2014. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/20/ilo-young-global-unemployment-rise-shareholders-workers. |
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IMF |
Opening
Address to Conference, “Challenges for Securing Growth and Share Prosperity
in Latin America,”
by Christime Lagarde, Managing
Director, IMF, Santiago, Chile, 5 December 2014. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2014/120514.htm. “This is an
exciting time for Latin America, which has been stretching and renewing
itself economically, politically, and socially in recent years. The immense potential of this diverse
region has become tangible and will drive further progress in years to come ―
only the grumpiest pessimist would bet against its long-term success.” IMF
Executive Board Approves 2-Year US$17 Billion Stand-By Arraingement
for Ukraine, US$3l19 Billion for Immediate Disbursement, Press Release no. 13/189, 30 April
2014. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2014/pr14189.htm. The press release includes an evaluation of
recent economic conditions in Ukraine. Sustaining
Asia’s Momentum: Time for Vigilance and Reform, IMF Survey Magazine, Regional Economic
Outlook, 28 April 2014. GDP growth is forecast to improve to 5.5
percent in 2014–15, says the IMF in its latest Asia and Pacific Regional
Economic Outlook, but risks lie ahead. Fiscal
Policy and Income Inequality: Speech by David Lipton, 13 March 2014 at the Peterson
Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2014/031314.htm. The speech summarises recent research at the IMF
on fiscal instruments that are often used for the purpose of reducing
government deficits and debt accumulation. Fiscal
Policy and Income Inequality: Staff Report on Fiscal Policy, 22 January 2014. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2014/012314.pdf. The report focuses on four aspects of fiscal
policy and income inequality: (i) recent trends in
the inequality of income, wealth, and opportunity in advanced and developing
economies; (ii) country experience with different fiscal instruments for
redistribution; (iii) options for the reform of expenditure and tax policies
to help achieve distributive objectives in an efficient manner that is
consistent with fiscal sustainability; and (iv) recent evidence on how fiscal
policy measures can be designed to mitigate the impact of fiscal
consolidation on inequality. Australia:
Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation, 12 February 2014. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2014/cr1451.pdf. Article IV consultations usually take place once a year when IMF
economists visit the member country to gather information and hold discussions
with government and central bank officials, and often private investors and
labour representatives, members of parliament, and civil society
organizations. The result of these
consultations is submitted to the IMF’s Executive Board for discussion and
the results of that discussion are made available to the country’s
authorities. The report should
therefore viewed as a compilation of the in-country
views combined with those of the IMF staff and executive. 2013 Managing
Director’s Global Policy Agenda, October
2013. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2013/101213b.pdf. The Global Policy
Agenda identifies the policy challenges faced by IMF members, outlines policy
responses that are needed at the global and country levels to address these
challenges, and lays out what the IMF can do to provide support World
Economic Outlook Update: Growing Pains, 9 July 2013.
Available at: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/update/02/. The update indicates that global growth is projected to remain subdued at
slightly above 3 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012. This is less than forecast in the April 2013 World Economic Outlook.
Neil Irwin, IMF: Our Greek Bailout Was Full of “Notable Failures,” The Washington Post, 5 June 2013.
Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/05/imf-our-greek-bailout-was-full-of-notable-failures/?hpid=z3. The ex-post evaluation referred to in the article
is available online at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr13156.pdf. Roberto Belloni
and Manuela Moschella, “The IMF and Civil Society,” International
Politics, Vol. 50 (3 May 2013).
Available for purchase at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ip/journal/v50/n4/pdf/ip201314a.pdf. This article assesses the influence of transnational advocacy networks
on the activities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) throughout the
1990s. From an empirical perspective,
the findings of the assessment suggest that civil society's influence on the
policies of an international economic organization might be easily
overstated. Jack Ewing, “As Euro Zone Crisis Grows, So Does Power of IMF,” The New York Times, 17 April
2013. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/business/global/euro-zone-crisis-has-increased-imfs-power.html?ref=global-home. Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, “The Global Policy Actions Needed to Stay
Ahead of the Crisis,” delivered on 10 April 2013 at the Economic Club of
New York is available online at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2013/041013.htm. Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, “Fulfilling he Asian Dream – Lasting
Growth and Shared Prosperity,” delivered on April 2013 at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, Hainan, China is
available online at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2013/040713.htm. Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, “The Global Financial Sector—Transforming
the Landscape,” delivered on 19 March 2013 at Frankfurt Financed Summit
is available online at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2013/031913.htm. See also IMF Staff Discussion Paper by Rishi, Goyal and others entitled
“A Banking Union for the Euro Area,”
12 February 2013. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=40317.0. Larry Elliott, “IMF Sees Hope Beyond the Crisis but Cuts
World Growth Predictions,” The
Guardian, 23 January 2013.
Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/23/imf-world-growth-forecast-davos. 2012 Annie Lowrey,
“Income Inequality May Take Toll on
Growth,” The New York Times, 16
October 2012. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/business/economy/income-inequality-may-take-toll-on-growth.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121017. Ned Martel, “The Economy of Christine Lagarde,” The Washington Post, 25 September
2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-economy-of-christine-lagarde/2012/09/24/8d5c2b84-cd01-11e1-b7dd-ef7ef87186df_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.. Heather Steward, “IMF Calls for ‘Decisive Action as Spanish Bond Yields Near Danger
Level’,” The Guardian, 18 July
2012. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/18/imf-euro-spain-bond-yield. Howard Schneider, “IMF: China, India, Other Developing
Countries Show Signs of Slowdown,” The
Washington Post 16 July 2012.
Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/imf-china-india-other-developing-countries-now-show-signs-of-slowdown/2012/07/16/gJQArQzSoW_story.html?hpid=z2. Press Release No.
12/212, “IMF Says Spain’s Core
Financial System is Resilient, but Important Vulnerabilities Remain,” was
issued on 8 June 2012. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/SEC/pr/2012/pr12212.htm. The full report summarising the findings of
the Financial System Stability Assessment of Spain is available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2012/cr12137.pdf. Christine Lagarde,
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, “Completing the Task: Financial Sector Reform for Stability and Growth,”
address to the Annual Leaders’ Dialogue hosted by Süddeutsche
Zeitung, New York, 8 June 2012. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2012/060812a.htm. The IMF published a review of the
five years since the onset of the global financial crisis in Finance and Development, Vol. 49, No 2
(June 2012). Articles include: “The Crisis and Beyond”, “Tracking the Global Recovery”, “Fixing the System”, “Trade Policy: So Far so Good?” and “Shedding Debt”. Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2012/06/index.htm#panel-3. Howard Schneider, “For US, Europe, ‘A
Long Journey’ to Economic Rebound,” The Washington Post, 22 April
2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-us-europe-a-long-journey-to-economic-rebound/2012/04/21/gIQAlS6mYT_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines. Marc Hujer and
Christian Reiermann, “Emerging Nations Vie for
Power at IMF,” Spiegel Online, 18 April 2012. Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,827790,00.html. Howard Schneider, “How the IMF Reasserted
Its Power in Greece’s Debt Crisis,” The Washington Post. 6 March
2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-the-imf-reasserted-its-power-in-greeces-debt-crisis/2012/03/02/gIQAltzStR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines. 2011 David Uren, “‘Severe Risks’ in Culture of
Thrift: IMF Warning,” The Australian, 19 October 2011. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/severe-risks-in-culture-of-thrift-imf-warning/story-e6frg6so-1226170147423. Editorial, “Christine Lagarde’s
Tough Message,” The New York Times, 30 August 2011. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/opinion/christine-lagardes-tough-message.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211. Angelique Christafis, “Christine Lagarade
Faces Inquiry over €285m Payout for Sarkozy Ally,” The
Guardian, 4 August 2011. Available
at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/04/christine-largarde-bernard-tapie-i Liz Alderman, “France’s Lagarde Named New Head of IMF,” The New York Times,
28 June 2011. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/business/global/29fund.html?ref=world. Editorial, “Renewing the IMF,” The
New York Times, 19 June 2011.
Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/opinion/20mon2.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211 Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff,
“Why the Next IMF Head Must Be European,” Spiegel Online, 19
May 2011. Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,763593,00.html. Thorsten Benner, “Why the New IMF Head
Can’t Be European,” Spiegel Online, 19 May 2011. Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,763416,00.html. |
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Adam Garfinkle, “A
Conversation with Ivo Daalder
on the Future of NATO,” The American Interest, 16 August 2013,
Available at: http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1482. James M Goldgeier,
“The Future of NATO,” Council on
Foreign Relations, International Institutions and Global Governance Program,
February 2010. Available at: http://www.cfr.org/nato/future-nato/p21044. |
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2014 Economic Survey of Australia 3014, report
prepared by Philip Hemmings and
Vivian Koutsogeorgopoulou under the supervision of Piritta Sorsa, 17 December
2014. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/australia/economic-survey-australia.htm. For comment, Peter Martin and Nassim Khadem, “OECD Slams
Australian Budget Measures, ‘Close Monitoring’ Required,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 December
2014. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/oecd-slams-australian-budget-measures-close-monitoring-required-20141216-1285ip.html. PISA 2012 Results – Volume VI:
Students and Money – Financial Literacy Skills for 21st Century, 9 July
2014. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-volume-vi.htm. Australia is ranked 4th among the OECD
members examined – after Shanghai (China), Belgium and Latvia. OECD Forecasts During and After the
Financial Crisis: A Post Mortem, OECD Economics Department Policy Notes, No. 23,
February 2014. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/OECD-Forecast-post-mortem-policy-note.pdf. 2013 The Climate Challenge: Achieving Zero Emissions, by Angel Gurria, OECD
Secretary-General, 9 October 2013. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/environment/the-climate-challenge-achieving-zero-emissions.htm.
“Chair’s Summary - OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM),” 29-30 May 2013.
Available at: http://www.oecd.org/mcm/chairssummary-oecdministerialcouncilmeetingmcm29-30may2013-itsallaboutpeoplejobsequalityandtrust.htm. Documents related to the MCM:
Giving Youth a Better Start:
An Action Plan “OECD Economic Outlook 2013,” 29 May
2013. Available for reading online at:
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-outlook-volume-2013-issue-1_eco_outlook-v2013-1-en. “Southeast Asian Economic Outlook
2013 With Perspectives on China and India,” 1 March 2013. Available for reading online at: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/southeast-asian-economic-outlook_22253998. 2012 “OECD Economic Surveys:
Australia,” December 2012. A 35-page overview is available for
downloading at: http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/australia2012.htm
and the full text is available for purchase at the
same location. “Looking to 2060: Long-Term Global
Growth Prospects: A Going for Growth Report,” 9
November 2012. Available for online
purchase at: http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/2060%20policy%20paper%20FINAL.pdf. 2011 “The
Call for Innovative and Open Government: An Overview of Country Initiatives,”
28 May 2011. Available at: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/governance/the-call-for-innovative-and-open-government_9789264107052-en.
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UN Begins New Process To Choose Ban’s
Successor, by Ramesh Jaura, Eurasia
Review, 3 January 2016. Available
at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/03012016-un-begins-new-process-to-choose-bans-successor-analysis/.
“UN Secetary-General
Ban Ki-moon’s successor will not be elected by a
secret ballot by the 193 member states of the United Nations. But the General
Assembly and the Security Council presidents have agreed on a selection process that might mark a watershed.”
2015 Four Ideas for a Stronger UN, by Kofi A Annan and Gro Harlem Brundtland, The New York Times, 6 February 2015. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/opinion/kofi-annan-gro-harlem-bruntland-four-ideas-for-a-stronger-un.html?ref=opinion. The oped was motivated by the belief that “a big part of the problem is that the Security Council, which is supposed to maintain world peace and security on behalf of all member states, no longer commands respect — certainly not from armed insurgents operating across borders, and often not from the United Nations’ own members. 2014 Introduction
to the Proposal of the Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals, 19 July 2014. Available at: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/4518SDGs_FINAL_Proposal%20of%20OWG_19%20July%20at%201320hrsver3.pdf. Comment at: Abhijit
Banerjee and Varad Pande, “How to Prioritise UN Goals,” The New York Times, 10 September 2014. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/opinion/how-to-prioritize-un-goals.html?ref=opinion. Report
on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, 15 April 2014. Available
at: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_Report_15April2014.doc. Comment at: Nick Cumming-Bruce, “UN Cities
Abuses in Crimea before Russia Annexation Vote,” The New York Times, 15 April 2014. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/world/europe/un-cites-abuses-in-crimea.html. Unanimously
Approved Security Council Resolution Demands Aid Access in Syria, UN News Centre, 22 February
2014. Available at: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47204&Cr=Syria&Cr1=#.Uwk6jfna4sA. Comment at: Karen Deyoung,
“UN Security Council Agrees on Resolution Urging Syria to Halt Attacks, Allow
Aid Access,” The Washington Post, 23 February 2014. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/un-security-council-agrees-on-resolution-urging-syria-to-halt-attacks-allow-aid-access/2014/02/22/158384be-9be4-11e3-ad71-e03637a299c0_story.html?hpid=z4. 2013 In
a Single Secret Ballot, General Assembly Elects 14 Member States to
Three-Year Terms on Human Rights Counci, UN Department of Public
Information, 12 November 2013. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13981&LangID=E. Those elected were Algeria, China, Cuba, France,
Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom and Viet
Nam. ll would serve
three-year terms beginning on 1 January 2014. Comment at: Johathan Kaiman, China Granted Seat on UN’s
Human Rights Council, The Guardian,
14 November 2013.
Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/china-granted-seat-un-human-rights-council. COP 19: UN Climate Change
Conference – Warsaw Links to background
information from The Guardian, November 2013. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/cop-19-un-climate-change-conference-warsaw. UN
Rights Panel’s Report on War Crimes in Syria, report dates 16 August and released
11 September 2013. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/11/world/middleeast/12geneva-doc.html. World
Happiness Report 2013, was announced on 9 September
2013. More information is available
at: http://unsdsn.org/happiness/, and full report can be downloaded at: http://unsdsn.org/files/2013/09/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf. National
Human Development Report 2013, was launched in Beijing on 27
August 2013. The volume is entitled:
“The Rise of the South”. Available
from the United Nations Development Programme at: http://hdr.undp.org/en/. 2012 Associated Press, “UN Group Favours Greater Government Roles
in Internet Despite Western Objections,” The Washington Post, 14 December 2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/un-group-favors-greater-government-roles-in-internet-despite-western-objections/2012/12/13/d2f48076-44f5-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html. Agusta Conchig, “People Who Don’t Exist,” Le
Monde Diplomatique,
June 2012. http://mondediplo.com/2012/06/16stateless. Augusta Conchiglia,
“The UNHCR’s Evolving Mandate,” Le Monde Diplomatique, June
2012. http://mondediplo.com/2012/06/15unhcr. Anne-Cécile
Robert, “The Other UN,” Le Monde Diplomatique, June 2012. Available at: http://mondediplo.com/2012/06/13un. Reuters, “Russia and China Join UN Security
Council Effort to End Syrian Bloodshed,” The Guardian, 21 March
2012. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/21/syria-un-security-council-peace-russia-china Andrew Cohen, “Is the UN Using Bike Paths
to Achieve world Domination?” The Atlantic, 7 February
2012. Available at: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/is-the-un-using-bike-paths-to-achieve-world-domination/252572/. Neil MacFarquar
and Anthony Shadid, “Russia and China Block UN
Action on Crisis in Syria,” The New York Times, 4 February
2012. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/middleeast/syria-homs-death-toll-said-to-rise.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2. 2011 Harriet Sherwood, “US Pulls Enesco
Funding After Palestine Is Granted Full Membership,” The Guardian, 31 October 2011. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/31/unesco-backs-palestinian-membership.
Neil MacFarquhar,
“UN Body Warns of Risks of Global Austerity,” The New York Times,
6 September 2011. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/world/europe/07nations.html.
Associated Press, “Brazil, Japan Say 100
Support UN Reforms That Would Expand the Security Council,” The
Washington Post, 1 July, 2011.
Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/brazil-japan-say-100-support-un-reforms-that-would-expand-the-security-council/2011/06/30/AGChLesH_story.html.
Marlise Simons, “UN Court Convicts Former Croatian Generals,” The
New York Times, 15 April 2011. Available
at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/world/europe/16hague.html?ref=world. Associated Press, “UN Suspends Libya from
Human Rights Council Over Violence Against Protesters,” Guardian, 2 March 2011. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/02/un-suspends-libya-human-rights-council. Colum
Lynch, “UN Human Rights Council Condemns Gaddafi’s Crackdown in Libya,”
The Washington Post, 25
February 2011. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022503545.html. Jonathan Watts, “China’s Ability to Feed
Its People Questioned by UN Expert,” Guardian, 23
December 2010. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/23/china-ability-to-feed-population-warning. |
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“Left
Behind: Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Overview,” by Renos Vakis, Jamele Rigolini and Leonardo Lucchetti,
World Bank Report, 4 March 2015.
Available at: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24089637/left-behind-chronic-poverty-latin-america-caribbean-overview. For comment: Ernesto Londoño,
“Despite Growth, Latin America Struggles with Chronic Poverty, The New York Times, 10 March
2015. Available at: http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/despite-growth-latin-america-struggles-with-chronic-poverty/?ref=opinion. 2014 “World Is Locked into ~1.5oC
Warming and Risks Are Rising, New Climate Report Finds,” Feature Story, 23 November 2014.
Available at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/11/23/climate-report-finds-temperature-rise-locked-in-risks-rising. Comment by John Vidal, “World Bank to Focus
Future Investment on Clean Energy,” The
Guardian, 24 November 2014.
Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/23/world-bank-to-focus-future-investment-on-clean-energy. 2013 “World Bank Criticised for ‘Ducking Human Rights,’” Foreign Policy, 22 July 2013.
Available at: http://bosco.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/22/world_bank_criticized_forducking_human_rights. . “Global Economic Prospects – June 2013: Less Volatile, but Slower
Growth,” summary, full report and audio slide show available at: http://www.worldbank.org/. Howard Schneider, “World Bank, in a
Changed Economy, Pushes Focus to Building a Middle Class,” The Washington Post, 18 April
2013. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/world-bank-in-a-changed-economy-pushes-focus-to-building-a-middle-class/2013/04/17/0b6c0c94-a761-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines. 2012 Brad Plumer, “Can
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Break
America’s Hold on the World Bank?” The Washington Post, 14 April 2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/can-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-break-americas-hold-on-the-world-bank/2012/04/13/gIQA7mIvFT_blog.html. Howard Schneider, “Jim Yong Kim,
Dartmouth College President, Tapped by Obama To Head World Bank,” The Washington Post, 24 March 2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/official-obama-to-nominate-dartmouth-college-president-to-head-world-bank/2012/03/23/gIQAAPLiVS_story.html?hpid=z2. See also commentary by Jena McGregor, “How
Jim Yong Kim Cound Change the World Bank”, The Washington Post, 23 March 2012. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-leadership/post/how-jim-yong-kim-could-change-the-world-bank/2011/04/01/gIQA2809VS_blog.html. 2011 Larry Elliott, “World Bank Chief Blames
Barack Obama for Doha Trade Talks Deadlock,” The Guardian, 18 July 2011. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/18/world-bank-chief-blames-barack-obama-doha |
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2015 Chakravarthi Raghavan, “Doha
Can Survive a Severe Blow If Developing Nations Unite,”
Eurasian Review, 28 December
2015. Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/28122015-doha-can-survive-a-severe-blow-if-developing-nations-unite-analysis/.
“As a result of the Nairobi Ministerial Declaration, the Multilateral
Trade Negotiating agenda of the Doha Work Programme as a Single Undertaking
remains somewhat diminished, but not dead.” Annual Report 2015, 27 May 2015. Available online at: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news15_e/anrp_27may15_e.htm. 9.7 MB. The Report opens with a message from WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, who reflects on the past year and the challenges facing the WTO in the future. This is followed by a brief overview of 2014-15 and more in-depth accounts of the WTO’s main areas of activity, from trade negotiations to dispute settlement. 2014 Annual
Report for 2014,
14 March 2014. Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news14_e/ab_14mar14_e.htm. 2013 News Item: Revised
Drafts of “Bali Package” Sent to Ministers after Intensive Consultations, 6 December 2013. Text of
agreement is available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/mc9_06dec13_e.htm. Comment on agreement: “Doha Delivers,” The Economist, 9 December 2013. Available at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/12/world-trade-organisation?fsrc=nlw|newe|12-9-2013|7156366|34237756|. News Item: A Number of WTO
Members Support Azevêdo’s Efforts to Broker a
Successful Outcome on the Bali Package, 29
November 2013. Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/dgra_29nov13_e.htm. For details of the proposals to be included
in the Bali Package see: Briefing note: Agriculture Negotiations — the Bid
to ‘Harvest’ Some ‘Low Hanging Fruit, 9th WTO Ministerial Conference, Bali, 22
November 2013. Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc9_e/brief_agneg_e.htm. WTO, World Bank to
Develop Services Trade Database.
The joint database covers various sectors in more than 100 countries,
such as financial, transportation. Tourism, retail, telecommunications and
business services, including law and accounting. Further information is available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/serv_05aug13_e.htm. “World Trade Report
2013: Factors Shaping the Future of World Trade”: Media release of report, 18 July 2013, at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres13_e/pr692_e.htm; Director-General Lamy’s remarks at the launch of the report at: http://www.wto.org/audio/2013_07_18_wtr_lamy_opening.mp3;
and Full report is available online at: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/wtr13_e.htm. Arvind Subramanian, “Too Much Legitimacy
Can Hurt Global Trade,” East Asia
Forum, 28 January 2013. Available
at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/01/28/too-much-legitimacy-can-hurt-global-trade/. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the WTO, “Putting
Geopolitics Back at the Trade Table,” Speech at IISS-Oberoi
Discussion Forum in Delhi on 29 January 2013.
Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl264_e.htm. 2012 WTO News Item, “Information Technology Agreement:
Progress Reported on Expanding Product Coverage,” 1 November 2012. Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/ita_01nov12_e.htm. Nicola Clark, “Europe to Seek Sanctions Against US Over Boein g Subsidies,” The New York Times, 27 September 2012. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/business/global/europe-to-seek-sanctions-against-us-over-boeing-subsidies.html. WTO Press Release, “WTO Membership Rises to 157 with the
entry of Russia and Vanuatu,” 22 August 2012. Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres12_e/pr671_e.htm. Keith Bradsher, “Trade
Issues With China Flare Anew,” The New York Times, 12 March
2012/ Available
at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/business/global/trade-tensions-with-china-heating-up-again.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120313. 2011 Text of speech by Director-General Pascal Lamy stating that “we can and must do better in
notifications and information sharing,” 1 July 2011, is available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl199_e.htm. Richard Baldwin and Simon Evenett, “World Trade Regime at an Historic Choice
Point,” East Asia Forum, 8 May 2011. Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/05/08/world-trade-regime-at-an-historic-choice-point/ WTO News Item from Trade Negotiations
Committee: “Members Confront Doha Round Deadlock with Pledge to Seek
Meaningful Way Out,” 29 April 2011.
Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/tnc_dg_infstat_29apr11_e.htm Larry Elliott, “Doha Trade Talks’ Killing
Has No Shortage of Suspects,” The Guardian, 25 April 2011. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/25/doha-trade-talks-death-suspects. Jagdish Bhagwati, “Saving Doha: Polly Wants a
Trade Deal,” East Asia Forum, 5 April
2011. Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/04/05/saving-doha-polly-wants-a-trade-deal/. Razeen Sally, “Big
Government and Protectionism Threaten World Trade Regime,” East Asia
Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) and South Asian Bureau of Economic
Research (SABER) Newsletter, March 2011. Available at: http://www.eaber.org/intranet/documents/76/2479/EABER_SABER_Newsletter_2011_03.pdf. Jonathan Watts and John Pomfret,
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Bell” on CNBC-TV, “Next 3-4 Months Crucial for Doha Talks: WTO Chief
Pascal Lamy,” 3 December 2010. Available at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/next-3-4-mths-crucial-for-doha-talks-wto-chief-pascal-lamy_500645-0.html.
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