Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN (IDN) – For innovative young folks, angels are by no means mythical beings or messengers of God as depicted in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and the Quran. They are flesh-and-blood source of equity capital at the seed and early stage of [...]
‘Get Ready for Development Cooperation in the Middle East’
March 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By J. Brian Atwood* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint PARIS (IDN) – Spreading demand for change in the Middle East and North Africa has Western governments scrambling to calculate appropriate diplomatic responses. As happened when Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union yielded to democratic forces, there will soon [...]
The Stillborn ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
March 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Julio Godoy IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) – Since several years, a handful of international institutions, such as the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), some governments and state-owned enterprises specialized in the construction of nuclear power plants have been publicising the view that atomic power is experiencing [...]
Wake-up Call for G20 to Banish Bribery
February 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN (IDN) – Tunisia and Egypt should serve as a wake-up call to the Group of 20 (G20) industrial and emerging economies to put into practice long overdue decisions to root out corruption in public life, Transparency International (TI) and Global Witness, [...]
The Future of Development Cooperation Hangs in Balance
December 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Eckhard Deutscher, DAC Chair, Presents 10 Theses IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint PARIS (IDN) – Security affected all areas of policy-making in the twentieth century; in the current century, development will. Communication, therefore, needs to make clear what development cooperation is really about in a fast changing world. But the existing [...]
Finland Asked to Do More to Combat Foreign Bribery
October 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) – While highlighting some positive aspects of Finland’s efforts to fight foreign bribery, the prestigious OECD has asked the Nordic country to take critical steps to raise awareness among the country’s companies that they are "criminally liable under Finnish law". "Finland [...]
OECD Under Fire for Inviting Israel
May 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) – OECD, the club of world’s richest countries, has come under strong criticism for inviting Israel to become a member. Critics warn that this is as good as rewarding Israel for its occupation and injustice against the Palestinian people. The 31-nation OECD [...]
ECONOMY: ‘Well Done, India – But There is More To Do’
December 24, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY PRAKASH JOSHI IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) – India has received a basket full of kudos and is being promised more if it agrees to deepen and widen “cooperation” with the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), also known as the “rich man’s club”. A new [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Chile to Join the ”Rich Man’s Club”
December 21, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21 (IPS) – The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has invited Chile, a developing nation with a vibrant economy, to join what has long been described as ”the rich man’s club”. Having formally accepted the invitation, Chile will join the ranks [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Morocco, Egypt Greet OECD-MENA Declaration
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY JEROME MWANDA IDN-InDepthNews Service MARRAKESH (IDN) – Morocco and Egypt have welcomed a new ‘Declaration on Governance and Investment’, adopted at a ministerial conference titled ‘beyond the crisis: business and citizens at the centre of policy responses’ in the Moroccan capital. The declaration emerging from two-day talks between [...]
