High-level meeting organized by UNCTAD and South Centre on Building South-South Solidarity on Climate AdaptationGeneva, 25 October 2022
UNCTAD and South Centre believe that South-South solidarity is indispensable to ensure the needed international (more...)
The WTO TRIPS Decision on COVID-19 Vaccines: What is Needed to Implement it?By Carlos M. Correa and Nirmalya Syam
The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference adopted a Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement on 17 June 2022. This partially concluded almost two years of (more...)
Vacancy Announcement:Consultant / Antimicrobial ResistanceThe South Centre is seeking to fill a consultancy position to support its activities in the area of tackling antimicrobial (more...)
A Proposal for a New Approach to Restructuring African Eurobonds: The DOVE Fund and PrinciplesBy Daniel Bradlow
This article argues that the current arrangements for restructuring sovereign bonds do not meet Africa’s needs. African states and their supporters (more...)
Revenue Effects of the Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate for African EconomiesBy Seydou Coulibaly
This policy brief provides the first piece of empirical evidence on the revenue implications of the recent global minimum tax rate reform agreement for African economies. We (more...)
TRIPS Flexibilities and Access to Medicines: An Evaluation of Barriers to Employing Compulsory Licenses for Patented Pharmaceuticals at the WTOBy Anna S.Y. Wong, Clarke B. Cole, Jillian C. Kohler
Under Articles 31 and 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement, WTO members may (more...)
Key Messages from the High-level meeting organized by UNCTAD and South Centre on Building South-South Solidarity on Climate AdaptationGeneva, 25 October 2022
Drawing on the discussions from the meeting organised by UNCTAD and South Centre on (more...)
Analysing Intersections between Climate Change and Human RightsBy Daniel Uribe Teran and Luis Fernando Rosales
The effects of climate change on people’s daily lives threaten the full enjoyment of human rights. The Human Rights Council adopted two landmark (more...)
Understanding the Main Elements for an Operational Definition of Climate FinanceBy Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada
An operational definition of climate finance could contribute to facilitating access of developing countries to needed public and private financial resources to (more...)
SOUTH CENTRE STATEMENT TO THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE OPEN-ENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Human rights violations in the context of business operations, either directly by transnational corporations or through (more...)
Reducing the Unnecessary Use of Antimicrobials in Animal FarmingBy Dr. Viviana Muñoz Tellez
Antimicrobial resistance is aggravated due to excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human and animal health and in plant and animal agriculture. While international (more...)
Statement by Dr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director of the South Centre, to the Ministers and Governors Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)October 2022, Washington, D.C.
Amid multiple crises and facing gloomier global economic prospects for (more...)