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October 31st

Financing For Development Dialogue At UNHighlights South's Financial Woes US$200 Billion Transferred By Poor To Rich Countries In 2002

30 October, 2003
TWN Report by Martin Khor, New York, 31 October 2003
Instead of developing countries receiving more external financial resources, the reverse has hapened: there was a net transfer of funds from developing countries to developed countries amounting to almost $200 billion in 2002.

October 29th

Reviving Trade Talks? Developing Countries Expected To Make The First Step

28 October, 2003
Alexandra Strickner- Geneva
During the last couple of weeks, the WTO headquarters in Geneva has been an unusually calm and quiet place, after weeks of chaotic and untransparent negotiations just before the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Cancun.

Motions Without Movement At The WTO

28 October, 2003
Chakravarthi Raghavan, Geneva
As the developing countries, and some of their leaders (here and in capitals) show eagerness to resume the negotiations, the US and the EC seem to be strengthened in their view that they could demand and get a price from the developing countries for this.