If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the BRIDGES staff to Hugo Cameron, hcameron@ictsd.ch. Submissions of publications to ICTSD’s documentation centre would also be welcome (contact Marc Galvin, mgalvin@ictsd.ch).
NO INVESTMENT AGREEMENT WITHIN THE WTO: RE-DIRECTING INVESTMENT TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Published by WWF international, October 2001. WWF has issued its latest discussion paper on redirecting investment to sustainable development and keeping investment out of the WTO. WWF strongly believes that an investment agreement in the WTO should not be pursued because the WTO continues to be biased towards trade liberalisation above other policy objectives such as equity and the environment. The World Summit on Sustainable Development and the meetings for Financing for Development, both scheduled to take place next year, provide a more appropriate forum for negotiations on a broad framework for regulating international investment. For further information contact: Aimée Gonzales, Senior Policy Adviser, WWF International, Ave Mt Blanc - CH-1196 Gland, tel: (+ 41-22) 364-9002, fax: 364-8219; email: agonzales@wwfint.org. The document is available online at: http://www.ictsd.org/ministerial/doha/WWFinvestment.pdf
THE MARKET OR THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE ASYMMETRY OF POWER. Edited by Daniel Drache. Published by Routledge, 2001. The book examines the idea of the return, reconstitution and redeployment of the public domain in a post-Seattle and post-Washington consensus world order. The authors believe that devising new institutions of governance for a globalising world requires fundamental change nationally and internationally. They argue that new public spaces, places and services are required to strengthen democracy and create sanctuaries in society where the market mechanism cannot reach. Further information is available online at: http://www.robarts.yorku.ca/newupcoming.html.
FOOD SECURITY AND THE WTO. By Sophia Murphy. Published by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), September 2001. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between food security, developing countries and the WTO. The paper is available online at: http://www.cafod.org.uk/policy/wtofoodsecurity.htm.
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE WTO. By Duncan Green. Published by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), 2001. The paper provides an introduction to the origins and structure of the WTO, analyses its failings and the case for reform. The paper is available online at: http://www.cafod.org.uk/policy/wto-roughguide.htm.
GLOBAL CITIZEN ACTION. Edited by Michael Edwards and John Gaventa. Published by Earthscan, August 2001. This book presents contemporary thinking about non-state participation in the international system and the role of citizen action in globalisation. Further information about this book is available online at: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3443
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
DFID LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY SITE. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a website containing briefing papers, speeches, and studies on trade and development issues. The web address is: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/public/what/advisory/group1/itd_frame.htm/.
NEW PAPERS FROM EARTHSCAN. Earthscan, publisher of books on the environment and sustainable development, has a new site that includes newly published titles and monthly news bulletins. The web address is: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/.
Petition
CFWTO ONLINE PETITION AND CAMPAIGN. The Canadian coalition "Common Front against the WTO" (CFWTO) is organising an online petition campaign called "A better world is possible". Their aim is to collect as many signatures as possible by 8 November, before the International Day of Action against the WTO on 9 November, and to present them to Canadian trade officials, demanding they "work on [citizens'] behalf to develop common security through fair trade". The campaign is viewable at: http://www.wtoaction.org/pledge/.
Call for Grant Applications
THE NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. Funded by the Ford Foundation and Administered by the Academy for Education. Fifteen two-year grants will be awarded to support US-based non-profit organisations and to promising new leaders committed to social justice and peace. Applications and eligibility criteria are available online at: http://newvoices.aed.org/.