Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. José Antonio Gurriarán MADRID, Oct 27 (IPS) – The Spanish government is taking strong diplomatic actions, calling on its fellow members of the European Union, Latin American leaders, Asian nations and even the United States presidential [...]
EU courts Asia, banks on China
October 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Monday, October 27, 2008 © Copyright 2008 Susenjit Guha. All rights reserved. By Susenjit Guha European Commission President Jose Barroso, who is also a former prime minister of Portugal, urged China, India and Japan to “be on board” at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Beijing over the weekend. “It’s very simple: we [...]
ECONOMY: Asia, EU Leaders Moot Deep Global Reforms
October 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Antoaneta Bezlova BEIJING, Oct 27 (IPS) – A two-day meeting of European and Asian leaders in Beijing has produced a joint statement pledging a coordinated response to the global financial crisis, but concrete action is seen [...]
AFRICA: Financial Crisis May Increase Pressure for Debt Repayment
October 25, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Analyst Online / IPS Saturday, October 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stanley Kwenda* MANZINI (Swaziland), Oct 25 (IPS) – The collapse of the financial markets may force the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Poor Hit by Recession and Tax Havens
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. David Cronin BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (IPS) – With signs of a recession preoccupying policy-makers in industrialised countries, prospects for the success of an international conference on providing finance to the world’s poor do not appear high. [...]