This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of December 2017.
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Heading off Global Action on Access to Medicines in 2018By Dr. Jorge Bermudez and Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien
At the dawn of 2018, political and health leaders must seize the growing momentum and opportunities to tackle the protracted challenges of access to (more...)
Critical issues to watch in 2018 By Martin Khor
There are several key social and environmental issues to watch out for in 2018 as they are close to reaching a tipping point, says this preview of the new year by the South Centre’s Executive Director Martin Khor. (more...)
Goodbye to 2017, a Trump-dominated year
The year 2017 is fast ending and a new year 2018 will soon be starting: a good time to take stock. The past year was dominated by President Trump of the United States, who put his stamp on world affairs in many ways. He offended allies and (more...)
In a side event of the high level segment of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, developing country delegations carried out a lively discussion on the challenges confronting developing countries in the context of the new vulnerabilities created by the state of the global (more...)
Below is the South Centre’s statement at the meeting of the UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development held on 8-10 November 2017 in Geneva. It was presented by Ms. Yuefen Li, the Centre’s Special Advisor on Economics and Development Finance during the (more...)
Below is the statement by the South Centre’s Executive Director Mr. Martin Khor which was distributed during the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Twenty-four held in Washington DC on 12 October 2017. The G24 is the main group representing the developing countries at the International (more...)
The comments below were made at the launching of the new book Advice and Dissent written by Y.V. Reddy, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Member of the Board of the South Centre, held at the South Centre, Geneva, on 9 October 2017. Yılmaz Akyüz is the Chief (more...)
A very interesting and revealing book Advice and Dissent by Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy was launched at the South Centre on 9 October 2017.
Dr. Reddy is internationally known as the person who was responsible for steering the banking and financial system of India so cautiously and so well (more...)
Before the world economy can fully recover from the crisis that began a decade ago, there is a widespread concern that it may be poised for yet another crisis. Many developing countries find themselves in a tenuous position with an uncanny similarity to the 1970s and 1980s when the (more...)
Much of what has recently been written about the Asian crisis on the occasion of its 20th anniversary praises the lessons drawn from the crisis and the measures implemented thereupon. But they often fail to appreciate that while these might have been effective in preventing the crisis in (more...)