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Eight Broken Promises: Why the WTO isn’t working for the worlds poor

01/10/2001

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Hypocrisy and double standards characterise the behaviour of industrialised countries towards poorer countries in world trade. This briefing paper identifies eight broken promises made by the rich to the poor. At the forthcoming World Trade Organisation summit in Doha, the biggest global meeting on trade since Seattle, WTO members must end the cycle of broken […]

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Priced Out of Reach: How WTO patent policies will reduce access to medicines in the developing world

01/10/2001

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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The forthcoming WTO summit offers an unparalleled opportunity to change global patent rules, known as the TRIPS agreement, so that vital medicines are not priced out of reach of people living in poverty. Unfortunately, the US government is opposing the developing-country call for TRIPS to be clarified and interpreted in favour of public health. Oxfam […]

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Angola’s Wealth: Stories of war and neglect

06/09/2001

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

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After more than three decades of war, the humanitarian situation in Angola is catastrophic. Yet with Angola’s resources in oil and diamonds, it could be one of the richest countries in the developing world. The Angolan government has the responsibility to increase its commitment to humanitarian relief and social spending. In addition, the international community […]

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No End in Sight: The human tragedy of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

01/08/2001

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French

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In August 1998, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was plunged into a second war in less than two years. Today, exactly three years later, the country is still embroiled in a complex conflict, the effect of which is taking an unprecedented toll on the Congolese population. This report portrays the scale of the deepening […]

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Formula for Fairness: Patient rights before patent rights

05/07/2001

2 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – the new twenty-year patent regime that the World Trade Organization (WTO) requires all member states to implement – is likely to keep prices of vital new medicines higher than they otherwise would be and thereby exacerbate the vast health disparities between rich and poor […]

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G8: Failing the world’s children

05/07/2001

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Education financing

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The debt burden of the poorest countries helps keep children out of school. School fees make education an unaffordable luxury for the world’s poor. But the G8 has failed to tackle the education crisis. Debt relief is not deep enough, and aid levels are falling. The world’s richest nations should launch a global initiative to […]

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Where’s The Money? G8 promises, G8 failures

05/07/2001

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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The richest countries of the world promised to help developing countries halve poverty, reduce child mortality by two thirds, and ensure every child gets a free and good quality primary education. All by 2015. There remains a huge gap between promises and action. Inadequate commitments to meet a global crisis in health; inaction in education, […]

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Global HIV/AIDS and Health Fund: Foundation for action or fig leaf?

01/06/2001

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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This week, at a special UN meeting on HIV/AIDS, world leaders will announce a Global Health Fund – a “war chest” estimated by UN Secretary, Kofi Annan, to need US$7-10bn to tackle HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in poor countries.

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WTO Patent Rules and Access to Medicines: The pressure mounts

01/06/2001

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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Public outrage over the exorbitant prices of HIV/AIDS drugs in Africa is focussing public attention on the harmful role of global patent rules in blocking poor people’s access to vital medicines. In response to mounting public pressure, World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have taken an unprecedented step in agreeing to hold a special meeting to […]

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Bitter Coffee: How the poor are paying for the slump in coffee prices

01/05/2001

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Like millions of other vulnerable farmers and labourers involved in coffee production, his livelihood has been devastated by a collapse in international prices. Today, world prices for coffee have fallen to their lowest-ever level in real terms. Failure to reverse current trends will have devastating consequences across the developing world. The price slump has created […]

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