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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue to help bolster the nascent global economic recovery and build a stronger post-crisis world economy through its policy advice and by advancing the objectives for reform of the four Istanbul decisions: the Fund’s mandate; its financing role; multilateral surveillance; and governance.
The international economy is still fragile and vulnerable to shocks despite recent improvements in financial markets, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the worst of the economic crisis has passed but problems remain.
GENEVA | The United States, China and other commercial powers will spearhead a new attempt next week to find ways to revive world trade and pull the global economy out of recession. The World Trade Organization has called trade chiefs from its 153 members to Geneva for the first ministerial conference in four years, at a time when global exports are falling rapidly and the WTO's long-sought Doha ...
Ministers at a key World Trade Organization meeting moved on Tuesday to bridge a gap between emerging and developed nations which has long delayed a global trade pact ahead of a 2010 deadline set by world leaders.
In a frantic rage last weekend, anarchist protesters broke shop windows, attacked a Starbucks cafe and set fire to at least four cars to demonstrate their opposition to a World Trade Organization conference.
Listening to government statements at this World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial, it is clear that the WTO is seen as a cause of the current financial, food and climate crises rather than a cure and requires significant change, but it also is clear that no country wants to be blamed for ending the Doha Round and demanding a new WTO review-and-repair agenda.
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations forecast today that the world economy will bounce back in 2010 with a global growth rate of 2.4 percent, but it warned that the recovery will be fragile.
World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy warned Monday that time was running out for the conclusion of a global trade liberalisation pact as more than 100 ministers met to discuss prospects for global commerce.
Numerous Seattle writers and analysts have offered looking-back pieces in recent days regarding the World Trade Organization fiasco here 10 years ago. I have a somewhat different take on the matter. First, as regards the riot itself, one of our weaknesses locally is a provincialism and lack of knowledge about developments elsewhere. The WTO demonstrators who came to Seattle had done their thing ...
The Bay Area flexed its innovation muscles Thursday, with local companies winning 12 of the 26 Technology Pioneer Awards handed out by the World Economic Forum. The winners, which included Twitter, Obopay and Dilithium Networks, were recognized for their... San Francisco Bay Area - Twitter - World Economic Forum - United States - California
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is “hindering” Russia’s 17-year effort to join the World Trade Organization , Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroCHIPS, a developer of intelligent, responsive implant systems, today announced it has been named a 2010 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
GENEVA--(Marketwire - December 3, 2009) - The World Economic Forum today announced that Amobee has been selected as a Technology Pioneer 2010 for its accomplishments as an innovator of the highest caliber, and whose mobile advertising technologies and business model will have a deep impact on business and society. Amobee is a global provider of mobile advertising solutions. Amobee was evaluated ...
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Angola has access to $400 million from the International Monetary Fund in addition to the $1.4 billion Standby Agreement approved by the lender on Nov. 23, the World Bank said in an e-mailed statement.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Thursday said the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik amendment that tied U.S. trade relations to emigration rights for religious minorities was an anachronism and hindered Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The U.S. could use a boost in exports, some analysts say, but a deal with South Korea isn't likely any time soon. At a time when the United States desperately needs to boost exports and create jobs, America's free-trade pact with South Korea offers the promise of doing both, say many analysts and businesses especially on the West Coast.
