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Indonesia Knocks at BRICS' Door
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW - Indonesia’s keen interest in becoming the newest member of BRICS – a bloc of emerging-market nations comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – has sparked off a round of debate on the future and efficacy of South-South groupings.
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At G20 Summit, Civil Society Demands 'People First, Not Finances'
By Cléo Fatoorehchi
CANNES - While the 20 heads of state of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialised and emerging countries gather in southern France to deliberate on the future of the global economy – particularly the crises unfolding in the Eurozone – pockets of activists are amassing around the summit to make their voices heard.
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Developing Countries Pledging More Emissions Cuts Than Industrial North
By Stephen Leahy
BONN - Negotiations over a new international climate agreement are on the brink as new analyses show that carbon emission reduction promises by industrialised nations are actually lower than those made by China, India, Brazil and other developing nations. Even with all the promises or pledges added together they are still far short of cuts needed to prevent global temperatures from rising two degrees Celsius, experts reported here.
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OP-ED
Global CO2 Emissions Reach a New Record High
By Peter Custers*
LEIDEN, The Netherlands - The alarm bells this time are not being rung by climate scientists or by environmental activists. They are being rung by none other than the International Energy Agency (IEA) - the institution established in the 1970s to defend the interests of Western oil consuming nations.
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Q&A
Translating Southern Successes Into LDC Solutions
Rousbeh Legatis interviews JOSEPHINE OJIAMBO, Ambassador of Kenya
UNITED NATIONS - "In South-South cooperation we are all partners," Josephine Ojiambo, ambassador of Kenya to the U.N. and president of the U.N. General Assembly High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation, told IPS. "SSC specifically shies away from the donor-client relationship."
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Colonial-Style Land Grabbing Back on the Table
By Kanya D’Almeida
WASHINGTON - The highly-contested Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI), a set of priorities that peasants’ collectives and food rights groups have been battling for years, are back on the table this week, as the annual Conference on Land and Poverty opened at World Bank headquarters here Monday.
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DEVELOPMENT
BRICS to Promote More Inclusive Global Partnership
By Gordon Ross
BEIJING - At the upcoming Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit, to be held on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan Apr. 14, discussion will focus not only on deepening economic ties among members, but will also likely touch on global political events, including the crisis in the Middle East and North Africa. But China insists the club has no political agenda.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Developing Countries Step In Where Richer Nations Fear to Tread
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Led by countries like Indonesia, 48 developing nations are rolling out a range of pledges to voluntarily cut their respective emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2020, the year climate scientists say the earth’s rising temperature should peak by if an environmental catastrophe is to be avoided.
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AFRICA
Cautionary Notes Sounded as South-South Trade Booms
By Ravi Kanth Deverakonda
GENEVA - An Indian textile engineer and entrepreneur called Raj Rajendran visited Rwanda in 1999. He was tasked to close down an unviable textile factory following the civil war. But he discovered propitious agro-climatic conditions, particularly volcanic soil -- ideal for the rearing of silk worms to produce raw silk.
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TRADE
"Cotton Dossier" Will Make or Break WTO’s Doha Round
By Ravi Kanth Devarakonda
GENEVA - The "cotton dossier" has become a litmus test for the "development dimension" of the languishing Doha Round trade negotiations, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Pascal Lamy admitted.
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WORLD
"Poor Countries Should Have a Seat at G20 Table"
By Isolda Agazzi
GENEVA - The global economic crisis highlighted the necessity of transforming global economic governance. But least developed countries (LDCs) have little voice in this process. It is time they are allowed a seat at the meetings of the Group of 20 industrialised and emerging economies.
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WORLD
Markets Can’t Self-Regulate; State Should Step In - UNCTAD
By Isolda Agazzi
GENEVA - The Washington Consensus is dead and the state must play a new role in development. The triple crises – economy, food and climate – show the need for a new developmental model as export-led growth and financial speculation in agricultural markets have proven to be disastrous.
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TRADE
SACU Reaches 100th Year Despite Recent Divisions
By Servaas van den Bosch
WINDHOEK - Leaders rallied behind the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) at its 100th birthday bash on Apr 22, adamant that it remains the region’s best shot at economic sovereignty. Details on how to accomplish this, however, remain sketchy.
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The world is suffering a severe downturn. A lot is at stake for the so-called South - especially for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Gains made toward achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are in danger of being reversed. IPS is following the progress of proposals to minimise impacts of the world financial and economic crisis on the most vulnerable.