Trade and development report update: April 2024
The report forecasts global economic growth to 2.6% in 2024, barely above the 2.5% threshold commonly associated with a recessionary phase. The report says the prevailing focus on inflation overshadows
Trade
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To the rich man the spoils
Global economic growth during the past century has lifted many into lives of unprecedented luxury.The cost has been the degradation of vital ecosystems
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Doha trade deal still possible: WTO chief
Pretoria: The Doha round of world trade talks could still be concluded by year's end, the head of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy said, despite a European warning of a "high risk of failure.' "We are nearing the end game. Whether it's a success or failure I can't say, but it's doable,' WTO director general Pascal Lamy said after meeting South African President Thabo Mbeki. The talks, launched in the Qatari capital in 2001 and aimed at liberalising world trade, were due to be completed by 2004, but have floundered on disagreements between developed and emerging economies. The WTO is now hoping that a deal might be signed by its 151 members by the end of 2008. "There is much more on the table than last year,' Lamy said in Pretoria. The European Union trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, said on that he feared Doha was now "facing a high risk of failure, the first failure ever for a multilateral trade round. "That would not be a good signal for the global economy which needs the confidence boost and the insurance against protectionism,' he said. But Lamy said doubts were normal at this point in the process. "We are at a crunch-time .. It's not surprising that positions stiffen,' he said. Negotiations have stalled with poorer nations criticizing agricultural subsidies in the developed nations, and the richer economies arguing for lower tariff barriers for industrial products and services. Lamy compared the process with landing a cargo plane, saying "we know now on agriculture which portion of the tarmac we will land on. It is still a little more risky in industry ... and services are more complex.' AFP
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The 2005 global report on purchasing power parity estimates: A preliminary review
The fifth (2005) round of the World Bank's International Comparison Program, which produces estimates of the gross domestic product at purchasing power parity prices, has been the most extensive and
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Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS)
Established in 1984, Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation working on public interest issues. CUTS is one of the very few consumer organisations in the country
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Report of Justice M.B. Shah Commission of inquiry for illegal mining of iron ore and manganese
This is the final report of Justice M B Shah Commission on illegal mining of iron ore and manganese in Goa. Says that lack of coordination within the Ministry of Environment and forests led to the illegalities and consequential ecological damage.
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Imprint of cyclone Phailin on water quality of Chilika lagoon
The very severe cyclonic storm Phailin, a category-5 hurricane, was developed over the north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 9 October 2013. Subsequently, it propagated towards north-northwest and made