This bibliography is being refined and revised. A new more concise and revised version with commentary and specific recommendations may be presented at a later date.
Globalization in the Reverse Gear
December 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Roberto Savio* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint ROME (IDN) – Citizens all over the world are now being confronted with a series of hammering news releases by WikiLeaks’ revelations on how U.S. diplomats see the world and how the financial capital speculates about the weaknesses of states from Italy [...]
Latin American Governments Asked to Protect Middle Class
December 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) – The burgeoning middle class is an engine of economic growth in Latin America, but its high vulnerability poses a serious threat to sustainable progress. Latin American governments will therefore do well to ensure that those who are contributing to [...]
G20 Urged to Stop Globalization of Poverty
November 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By R Kim IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis SEOUL (IDN) – While praising the South Korean government for putting development on the official agenda of the G20 Seoul Summit, civil society organizations from around the world say they are "deeply concerned about the government’s emphasis on ‘economic growth-oriented development’ as [...]
How to Correct Global Imbalances
June 4, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Pier Carlo Padoan* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint PARIS (IDN) – One of the side-effects of the global crisis has been a temporary narrowing of current account imbalances among the world’s major countries and economic areas. This is good news, but will it last? Policy actions may be needed. Prior [...]
You Don’t ‘Do’ or ‘Deliver’ Development
April 21, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Eckhard Deutscher* IDN-InDepth NewsSpecial – Part 2 PARIS (IDN) – The ‘aid effectiveness agenda’ provides a framework for ‘donors’ and developing countries to work together in the most effective way possible. There are essentially two dimensions to do so. First, the donor-recipient dimension. How can partnership be designed [...]
ECONOMY: Get the Cab From Shanghai to London
April 15, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Antonaeta Becker and Sanjay Suri BEIJING/LONDON, Apr 15 (IPS) – The black, curvy London cab is so much more than a just taxi. It is an icon without which the picture of London can never be complete. Chinese acquisition of majority stakes in Manganese Bronze, the British manufacturer of [...]
The Dollar and U.S. Power Rise and Fall in Tandem
April 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Rolf J. Langhammer* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint KIEL (IDN) – Over the post-WWII period, the U.S. has provided two public services to the rest of the world, an international currency and international military protection. Producing them was costly, both in terms of achieving reasonable dollar stability and undertaking military expenditures [...]
The Doha Round: An Examination of Where the Development Round is Headed, Regarding Free Trade in Latin America and Worldwide
November 18, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Republished with permission from the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, COHA Read the article in its original form. by COHA Research Associate Michaela D’Ambrosio The World Trade Organization is currently facing an unprecedented challenge in its attempt to galvanize the stagnant Doha Development Round, which has been dragging on since 2001. In [...]
Is it America vs. Poor Nations in Trade? No.
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Ian Fletcher Question: is there a fundamental us vs. them dynamic in America’s trade with the developing world? Is a sound trade policy for ourselves ultimately about nothing better than grabbing an economic advantage at the expense of other nations, especially poorer ones? Some people certainly seem to think so. [...]