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).
"GATT And The Fair Wage: A Historical Perspective On The Labor-Trade Link". By Ellisa Alben. Published in the COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW, Vol.101, No.6, October 2001. The article analyses from a historical perspective the debates on linking labor standards to the trade rules of the WTO. Further information is available online at: http://www.columbialawreview.org/issues/; or by contacting Ellisa Alben: email: ema30@columbia.edu.
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND BANKING. By Marcel Jeucken. Published by Earthscan, October 2001. The book elaborates on two broad questions: why is the financial sector crucial to achieving sustainability and why does sustainability pose threats and opportunities to bank? Further information is available online at: http://www.sustainability-in-finance.com/.
PARTNERS IN MAHOGANY CRIME. Published by Greenpeace, 25 October 2001. The report reveals a chain of illegality and corruption in the Brazilian mahogany industry. In anticipation of the report the Brazilian government suspended all mahogany transport and logging, until it completes an investigation into the industry. The report is available online at: http://www.greenpeace.org/~forests/forests_new/html/content/reports/Mahoganyweb.pdf.
EU POSITION ON WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING. The European Commission has compiled an Infopack outlining the EU’s position on the WTO Ministerial meeting. Available online at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/misc/trade_ip.htm; or for further information email: trade-a3@cec.eu.int.
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE. The Development Gateway has launched a Trade and Development topics web page. The current focus of the page is the WTO Ministerial meeting. The web address is: http://www.developmentgateway.org/topic/?page_id=3693.