By admin on Mar 14, 2011 in Global Financial Crisis, News Clippings | 0 Comments
Hmmmm, a good idea don’t you think so? Newsweek sez …… Representatives of 153 nations and regions will meet in Geneva this week to try and salvage one of the longest and most laborious trade negotiations in modern times. For almost a decade, the World Trade Organization has been trying to lower trade barriers for [...]
By admin on Sep 29, 2010 in Agriculture and Globalization, ASEAN, DHRRA News, FAO CSO, Global Financial Crisis, Regional Integration in Agriculture | 0 Comments
The following presentations given during the second day (Sept. 28) of the CSO Parallel Meeting to the 30th FAO-APRC held in Gyeongju, Korea are now available for download over at the event website http://csomtgfaoaprckorea.blogspot.com/ Plenary Session 4: The Global Food and Financial Crisis: Lessons and the Way Forward Grassroots Strategies to address the crisis: An [...]
By admin on Apr 18, 2010 in Global Financial Crisis, News Clippings | 0 Comments
Interesting pronouncements from the World Bank. Makes you wonder though, what it REALLY means… IPS | By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Apr 14, 2010 (IPS) – The 2009 global financial crisis marked the definitive end of longstanding paradigms of the global economy and development, such as the “Third World” and “North-South”, according to World Bank President [...]
By admin on Dec 7, 2009 in ASEAN, Global Financial Crisis, News Clippings | 0 Comments
Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary General, has been invited by ASEAN to participate in the Regional Workshop on Social Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis to be held on 8-9 December 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.