Posted on August 2, 2008 by James A. Bowey
The China Development Bank announced Friday that it plans to increase investment in African agriculture, just as the continent has been trying to increase production and curb rising food prices and shortages.
This is good news for Africa’s poor. Soaring food prices and shortages have made life more difficult for hundreds of millions people living [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2008 by James A. Bowey
The seven-year world trade talks being held in Geneva collapsed this afternoon when the United States, China and India failed to reach an agreement on agriculture imports.
See reports from the Associated Press, The Daily Telegraph, The Hindu, and China View.
Filed under: Business, China, Economics, Fighting Poverty, Globalization, India, News, Perspectives on Poverty, United States | Tagged: food prices, food subsidies, food tariffs, Global Food Crisis, Global Poverty, Globalization, world trade organization | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 26, 2008 by James A. Bowey
According to news reports, marathon negotiations this weekend might finally produce a deal on the so-called Doha round of world trade talks, after seven years.
The talks, begun in 2001 in Doha, Qatar, are supposed to help the world’s poorest countries to compete in global markets. The talks at the World Trade Organization in Geneva had [...]
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