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REBUILDING GLOBAL TRADE: PROOSPALS FOR A FAIRER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SHORT ESSAYS ON TRADE AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE. By International Centre for Trade Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Global Economic Governance Programme (GEG), and Oxford, 2009 March. This e-book gathers short essays from a broad range of scholars and experts around the world to provide proposals on topics such as immediate trade priorities in the context of the economic crisis, and a forward-looking agenda for global trade governance. Authors focused on three main topics, starting with proposing concrete trade-related actions that G20 leaders should take at their April 2009 London Summit and subsequent meetings, along with considering challenges the multilateral trading system will face in the in the longer term (i.e. 2015) and propose reforms these will demand of global trade governance. Finally, authors focused special attention on the needs of developing countries and sustainable development considerations such as poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, and social justice. This e-book aims to feed into ongoing debates on the governance of the multilateral trading system and the future of the Doha Round, and to reinforce the case for a full, broad-ranging WTO Ministerial Conference this year. To download an electronic copy of Rebuilding Global Trade: Proposals for a Fairer, More Sustainable Future, please visit ICTSD at http://ictsd.net/downloads/2009/03/g20-web.pdf
GLOBAL CRISIS IN NEED OF GLOBAL SOLUTIONS. By Kevin P. Gallagher, 2009 March. In this short essay for a special issue from the Latin American Trade Network on the challenges facing the upcoming G-20 meetings, the author highlights the urgent need for a global response to the economic crisis that recognises that expansionary government stimulus policies cannot be just for the wealthy countries. He points out that the IMF in its emergency assistance plans for developing countries is still imposing harsh conditionalities that limit rather than expand government spending. If the IMF is to receive significantly higher lending authority, it should be forced to abandon its draconian austerity policies, which are more inappropriate than ever in the current crisis. To access this essay, please visit http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/LATNG20Mar09.pdf.
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