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Workgroup on Solidarity Socio-Economy International Regulations

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Another Future: Alternatives to the WTO and the Bretton Woods Institutions
Hong-Kong
December 14-15, 2005

The first phase of the launching of the International Regulations Workshop has been completed!
March, 2004

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>Debt Cancellation
  • A New International Financial Architecture: draft document
    Oscar Ugarteche (Pontifica Universidad Catolica, Peru )
    ,
    1 October 2004
    A proposal for a new international financial architecture with an International Board of Arbitration for Sovereign Debt. (Text available in English only).
>General Documents
  • Proposals of new rules for a new economy
    Document collectif
    ,
    28 January 2005
    List of the proposals that emerged from the roundtable at the WSF2005
  • Agenda and commentators for the E-Forum
    texte collectif
    ,
    15 October 2004
    Agenda and commentators for the E-Forum: International Regulations within the context of Socio-Economy of Solidarity in an era of Neoliberal Globalization.
  • International Regulations in the Context of the Socio-Economy of Solidarity in the Era of Globalization
    Yoko Kitazawa (Pacific Asia Resources Center (PARC))
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization, Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
>International Financial Institutions
  • Failure to Deliver - The ADB's Policies, Projects and Governance
    Shalmali Guttal (Focus on the Global South)
    ,
    20 April 2005
    This document takes a look at the Asian Development Bank's track record in project performance, policy and programme impacts and governance, and assesses whether the institution is capable of delivering benefits to the people and communities of the region.
>Preparatory meeting - Tokyo (Japan), October 9-11, 2003
  • Global Rules for TNCs in an era of globalization and uncertainty
    Joy Kennedy (KAIROS - Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • The Debt, the IMF/WB in the context of the Solidarity Socio-Economy
    Oscar Ugarteche (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • On Social Movement
    Christophe Aguiton (ATTAC France)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • International regulations and social money: well timed permanence or a break from normality
    Heloisa Primavera (Universidad Buenos Aires)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • Costs of currency speculation: the evolving Tobin Tax; the dynamics of today's campaign
    David Hillman (Tobin Tax Network)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • International regulations in the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy
    Marcos Arruda (PACS Brazil)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • On Debt Cancellation
    Njoki Njoroge Njohu (50 Years is Enough)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
  • Global Fair Trade, an alternative to the liberal market
    Pierre Johnson (PSES, Alliance pour un monde responsable, pluriel et solidaire)
    ,
    9 October 2003
    Preparatory Meeting for the launching of the Workshop on International Regulations
    within the context of a Solidarity Socio-Economy in an era of Neo-liberal Globalization
    Tokyo, October 9-11 2003.
>WSSE Seminar, Dakar 2005
  • Synthesis of the Proposals in the International Regulations Workshop
    Julie de los Reyes (Focus on the Global South)
    ,
    19 November 2005
    Presentation given at the Toubab Dialaw meeting, 19 November 2005, by Julie de los Reyes from the International Regulations Workshop.
>World Trade Organization
  • Ten Years of WTO: Subordinating Development to Free Trade
    Nicola Bullard (Focus on the Global South), Chanida Chanyapate (Focus on the Global South)
    ,
    5 June 2005
    In recognition of the "deeply entrenched political and economic interests behind the WTO's agenda" which lead to its failure to respond to the needs of developing country members, the paper proposes a way forward: strategies for change to shift the power dynamics within the institution. (Article in full, from the journal INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND SOCIETY, No 2-2005, available on the website: http://www.fes.de/ipg/)
>International Regulations Book
  • 1. Introduction to the Workshop on International Regulations
    Yoko Kitazawa (Pacific Asia Resource Center, Tokyo)
    ,
    1 December 2005
    An introduction to the WSSE International Regulations Workshop and overview of the workshop's goals, strategies and work.
  • 2. Synthesis Report on the E Forum on International Regulations
    Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South)
    ,
    7 December 2005
    This synthesis report presents the various papers written by participants in the International Regulations Workshop and attempts to draw out the key points and recommendations of each paper and the agreements and disagreements that emerged in the exchange.
  • 3. A new International Financial Architecture: a proposal
    Oscar Ugarteche (Pontifica Universidad Catolica, Peru )
    ,
    31 March 2005
    A proposal for a new international financial architecture with an International Board of Arbitration for Sovereign Debt.
  • 4. On the Currency Transaction Tax
    David Hillman (Stamp Out Poverty, GB)
    ,
    1 January 2005
    A text on the Currency Transaction Tax (CTT), the problems raised as regards its feasibility and possible solutions.
  • 5. The Asian Development Bank: A Problematic Institution
    Shalmali Guttal (Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand)
    ,
    9 February 2005
    An incisive critique of and proposal for the Asian Development Bank.
  • 6. The World Bank
    Robin Broad (International Development Program, School of International Service, American University, USA)
    ,
    10 February 2005
    A proposal to replace the Bank with a substantially shrunk global institution that makes long-term, low interest loans but is more democratic and transparent, among other changes. Text available in english only.
  • 7. Can the IMF be Reformed?
    Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South), Julie De los Reyes (Focus on the Global South)
    ,
    2 August 2005
    A proposal for a radically disempowered IMF, turned into just another actor co-existing with and being checked by other international organizations, agreements and regional groupings. De los Reyes and Bello argue for international regional institutions to supplant the IMF as a regulator of global finance.
  • 8. Ten Years of WTO: Subordinating Development to Free Trade
    Aileen Kwa (Focus on the Global South)
    ,
    1 June 2005
    An assessment of the role and impact of the WTO and its failure to address the needs of developing countries.
  • 9. Transnational Corporations
    Sarah Anderson (Institute for Policy Studies, USA)
    ,
    10 March 2005
    A proposal on regulating corporate behavior through public institutions at the international level.
   

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