STWR - Share The World's Resources

The European Union response to increasing numbers of desperate migrants attempting to enter its borders has been to tighten security and close its borders. Would a better solution be to analyse the factors that made them move in the first place? By Susan George.

Privatisation and deregulation in the financial sector laid the groundwork for economic turmoil. Far from being confined to the rich world, agencies of the World Bank played a key role in pushing these policies in emerging markets, exposing them to the fallout of the financial crisis, writes Paulo dos Santos.

WTO Director General Pascal Lamy has called for trade liberalisation and finalisation of the Doha Round to alleviate the global financial crisis. Such a solution would only exacerbate the economic, social and environmental problems facing the world today, argues Myriam Vander Stichele.

It's the IMF to the rescue! Again. But in a saner world, the IMF would change its tune and advise countries to build up their own economies - perhaps through some kind of green jobs plan - instead of rapidly integrating into a global economy largely built on US consumption, writes Sameer Dossani.

The World Bank expects almost 40 million people in developing countries to fall into poverty as a result of the turmoil caused by the global credit crunch - and is planning to lend $100bn to developing countries over the next three years. Reported by Larry Elliott.

In 1944, the world's most powerful nations met at Bretton Woods, United States, to create the financial architecture for a post-war era. Against a backdrop of 'financial anarchy,' world leaders will meet on November 15th to shape a new economic order again - but what can we expect from 'Bretton Woods II'?