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7 raisons pour lesquelles Doha ne peut pas résoudre la crise alimentaire	IATP	May 16, 2008
163k Document summary Les dirigeants des institutions commerciales et financieres mondiales—l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), la Banque mondiale, le Fonds monetaire international (FMI) et l’Organisation de cooperation et de développement economiques (OCDE)—font pression pour aboutir a une conclusion des negociations commerciales du cycle de Doha de l’OMC. Il s’agirait, d’apres eux, d’une solution a la crise alimentaire mondiale. Voici sept raisons pour lesquelles ils ont tort et trois mesures concrètes que les decideurs en matière de politique commerciale devraient prendre afin d’assurer que la population ait accès à la nourriture dont ils ont besoin.
Puede la Ronda de Doha de la OMC resolver la Crisis Alimentaria Mundial?	IATP	May 14, 2008
160k Document summary Los lideres de las instituciones financieras y del comercio mundial - Organizacion Mundial del Comercio (OMC), el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y la Organizacion Economica para la Cooperacion y el Desarrollo (OECD) - estan promoviendo el logro de la conclusion de la Ronda de Doha de negociacion de acuerdos comerciales de la OMC, como una manera de solucionar la actual crisis alimentaria. Abajo son desarrolladas siete razones que explican porque estan equivocados, asi como tres pasos concretos que los legisladores deberian seguir para ayudar a asegurarle a la gente alrededor del mundo la obtencion de los alimentos que necesita.
7 Reasons Why the Doha Round Will Not Solve the Food Crisis	IATP	May 13, 2008
144k Document summary Leaders at the WTO and World Bank are pushing for a Doha Round to help solve the food crisis, but here are seven reasons why they are wrong.
Once a Generation: The Search for Universal Food Security	Karen Lehman, IATP	May 13, 2008
497k Document summary In preparation for the 1996 FAO Food Summit, Karen Lehman detailed how food crisis of the mid-90s had come about, identifying the changes in policy that led to the end of food reserves and supply management programs world-wide.
Plan of Action to Achieve Universal Food Security		May 13, 2008
366k Document summary A call for a Sustainable Food Security Convention originally made made to FAO in 1996 and presented here in the last updated version from 1999.
World Grain Shortage and the World Food Summit	Mark Ritchie	May 13, 2008
1514k Document summary A memo from Mark Ritchie summarizing the need for a global campaign for supplay managment and grain reserves. This memo led to the drafting of an Action Plan submitted to the FAO in Rome, November 1996.
Back to the Drawing Board	Kevin P. Gallagher and Timothy A. Wise	May 13, 2008
93k Document summary A review of the economic projections, from the World Bank and other institutions, that show how limited the gains are for most developing countries and how high the hidden costs of an agreement could be.
Food, Water and Climate Challenges	Shiney Varghese/IATP	May 8, 2008
100k Document summary It is time for us to get serious about understanding the way climate change affects water resources for food production and conversely the way agricultural water use is leading to climate change.
Emergency or Expediency? A Study of Emergency Rice Reserves Schemes in Asia	Elenito Dano and Elpidio Peria/ASSIADHRRA and AFA	May 8, 2008
361k Document summary An analysis of how emergency rice reserves would work in Asian countries.
Call of West African Farmers in ROPPA to Address the Food Crisis	Reseau Des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles de L'Afrique de L'Ouest	May 8, 2008
161k Document summary Statement by West African farmers who are part of ROPPA to government leaders on how to address the food crisis.
Challenges for Food Sovereignty	Steve Suppan/IATP	May 6, 2008
153k Document summary Article in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs reviews the challenges countries face in achieving food sovereignty.
Will the Food Crisis Finally Get the Attention of Presidential Candidates	Alexandra Spieldoch and R. Dennis Olson/IATP	May 6, 2008
769k Document summary As we head into another round of presidential primaries, the specter of a growing world food crisis looms on the horizon.
Conference Report: Agrofuels Opportunity or Danger	IATP	May 6, 2008
155k Document summary Summary of a December 2008 meeting in Berlin Spandau between U.S. and EU groups on agrofuels and their impact on the Global North and South
S.A: High Court Judgment on Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg -	Witwatersrand local division, High Court of South Africa	April 30, 2008
3151k Document summary In a ground-breaking judgment - the first in which the constitutional right to water has explicitly been raised - Judge MP Toska criticised the municipality for its discriminatory approach to the provision of water. The Judge found that: "the underlying basis for the introduction of prepayment meters seems to me to be credit control. If this is true, I am unable to understand why this credit control measure is only suitable in the historically poor black areas and not the historically rich white areas. Bad payers cannot be described in terms of colour or geographical area."
Making a killing from hunger	GRAIN	April 29, 2008
119k Document summary The world food crisis is hurting a lot of people, but global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge profits.
IGTN/NETRIGHT Statement on UNCTAD	IGTN and NETRIGHT	April 24, 2008
80k Document summary A statement shared at the UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum.
Civil Society Statement on International Agriculture Assessment	Civil Society	April 23, 2008
147k Document summary Civil society statement on the outcome of the �International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD).�
Analyse critique des causes de la flambée des prix agricoles mondiaux	Jacques Berthelot	April 23, 2008
882k Document summary La présente note vise à clarifier et hiérarchiser les causes essentielles de la flambée récente des prix agricoles et alimentaires telles que diffusées par les médias, voire les économistes.
Annex E-F Sensitive Products, April 2008	U.S. et al	April 23, 2008
57k Document summary Annex E-F of sensitive products paper submitted by the U.S., Australia, Canada, EU, Brazil and Japan in the Doha agriculture negotiations
Annex A-D Sensitive Products, April 2008	U.S. et al	April 23, 2008
130k Document summary Annex A-D of sensitive products paper submitted by the U.S., Australia, Canada, EU, Brazil and Japan in the Doha agriculture negotiations.
Explanation of Sensitive Products Paper, April 2008	U.S. et al	April 22, 2008
3164k Document summary Explanantion of sensitive products paper from the "Friends of the Chair" Group led by the U.S.
Civil Society Forum Declaration to 12th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	Civil Society Groups at UNCTAD XII	April 21, 2008
134k Document summary The Civil Society Forum, meeting on the occasion of UNCTAD XII (20-25 April 2008), took place in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 19 April 2008. It convened social movements, pro-development groups, women’s groups, trade unions, peasants and agricultural organizations, environmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and fair trade organizations. Participants of the forum are united in the defence of a number of principles, positions and actions that they wish to present to the member States of the United Nations Trade and Development Conference at its 12th session.
A Time of High Prices: An Opportunity for the Rural Poor?	Anne Laure Constantin/IATP	April 18, 2008
384k Document summary Trade liberalization has limited the ability of developing countries to take advantage higher prices for farmers. UNCTAD could play an important role in managing agricultural markets.
Understanding Food Sovereignty from a Gender Perspective and Mobilizing for Action	IATP	April 15, 2008
244k Document summary Join IATP, ACORD, Action Aid International, FoodSPAN, IGTN and GERA in a two-part workshop on gender in food on April 17, 2008 at UNCTAD XII
The Multilateral Trade and Investment Context for Biofuels: Issues and Challenges	Sophia Murphy/IATP and IIED	April 14, 2008
327k Document summary This paper explains how international trade and investment rules will influence the development of the global biofuel sector.