STWR - Share The World's Resources

Despite the World Bank repeatedly painting a faulty picture of the gains that would result from the implementation of the WTO trade agenda, the fact remains that surging food imports have hit farm incomes and had severe employment effects in many developing countries, writes Devinder Sharma.

Significant advances have been made in health status in most countries all over the world in the last few decades. However, despite these general improvements there still remain major inequalities in health status within and between countries. Globalization has caused new conditions for health policies at an international level, but especially in developing countries. As the traditional distinction between national and international public health has been broken up by the process of globalization, sovereign states are forced to view health problems from a global perspective and depend on international cooperation in protecting the health of their citizens. The increase in international trade and travel has led to a greater and wider spread of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, while an increasing anti-microbiological resistance is causing even more difficulties in treating them effectively.

Bollywood (and for that matter Hollywood) has to learn to re-write the script for its blockbusters. Robert Zoellick and Pascal Lamy have emerged on the scene. They are both waiting to be hired as script writers. Is Michael Moore and Mahesh Bhatt listening?

If the new proposals for the upcomming WTO talks are accepted, they will accerbate the process of mass displacement of farmers from agriculture in the developing world, writes Devinder Sharma. 

Developing countries want a louder voice in the workings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.