Moving Forward: The Long Road Ahead for International Trade

Presented by:Lindsey FairDec 3, 2011

There are THOUSAND’s of International organizations and think-tanks. Here are just a few.

International Monetary Fund• Washington, DC• 187 Countries• monetary cooperation, financial stability, int’l trade, high employment,

sustainable growth, reduce poverty

World Trade Organization• Switzerland• 153 Countries• open trade

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development• France• 34 Countries• improve the economic and social well-being of people

International Chamber of Commerce• France• Business owners, membership based / chapter based• economic growth, job creation and prosperity

Oversees Development Institute• Britain• Independent Think Tank• Reduction of poverty

Issue 1:

Global Financial Crisis

Issue 2: Democracy

Issue 3: Trade

Issue 4: Poverty

Hunger?Healthcare?Geography?

Politics?Financial Crisis?

Corruption?

DOHA: bottom-up approach

same OBJECTIVES

different METHODS

Wignaraja, Ganeshan. ‘The Future of the World Trading System’ conference paper posted on www.odi.org.uk, 22 July 2011.

Rose, Andrew. ‘Which International Institutions Promote International Trade?’ http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/arose/Compare.pdf 2003.

Shah, Anup. ‘Solving World Hunger Means Solving World Poverty’ http://www.globalissues.org/article/8/solving-world-hunger-means-solving-world-poverty, 24 October 2010.

United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) ‘Global financial crisis - An Overview’ http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article596. 11 Nov 2009.

hitomi.a, ‘REPRESENTATIVES VOICE UNHAPPINESS WITH PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR ECONOMIC CRISIS AT UNITED NATIONS’ http://www.ffdngo.org/news/gseg-press-release-26-june-09representatives-voice-unhappiness-proposed-solutions-economic-cris, 1 Jul 2009.

Menocal, Alina Rocha. ‘Egypt's transition: the democratic tests ‘ http://www.opendemocracy.net/alina-rocha-menocal/egypts-transition-democratic-tests, 21 Nov 11.

Nuti, D Mario. ‘After the global crisis’ http://www.opendemocracy.net/d-mario-nuti/after-global-crisis, 10 Nov 11.

Gurría, Angel. ‘Openness and Transparency - Pillars for Democracy, Trust and Progress’ http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_48726564_1_1_1_1,00.html

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