Friday, April 20, 2012

The IMF with a thorn on its side

By Martin Khor

A serious impasse emerged in the preparatory committee of UNCTAD XIII, which is tasked with preparing the draft outcome document that Ministers are scheduled to adopt at the end of UNCTAD XIII in Doha on 21-26 April.

While the previous two or three conferences were rather tame affairs, it looks like UNCTAD XIII (whose general theme is development-centred globalization) will be more difficult, with the organisation’s future scope of work and influence at stake.

UNCTAD was set up in 1964 to support developing countries to strengthen their weak position in international economic structures, and to design national development strategies.

It became a kind of secretariat on behalf of developing countries, providing a small pro-development balance to the huge organisations dominated by the developed countries, such as the OECD, the IMF and World Bank.

Read the rest here.

Also read this piece by Martin Khor too.

1 comment:

  1. NK,

    I thank you for posting on this subject. Sadly, this a topic that goes largely unnoticed in developed countries.

    Keep it up!

    Frankly, it's been a long time since I last read anything on this. So, I'm afraid there is little of relevance that I can add.

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