Globalisation

DAVOS FORUM: Two Different Worlds Overlap

By Gustavo Capdevila
The World Social Forum, which ended Wednesday in Mumbai, seemed to have a lingering after-effect on the corporate executives, financiers and government leaders gathered in the alpine resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), which began that same day.

TRADE: NGOs Take Their Own Message to Davos

By IPS Correspondents
Leading non-governmental organisations and trade unions will be closely monitoring the World Economic Forum, opening in Davos Wednesday, to ensure that they can make their own message clear in what threatens to be a mini trade ministerial.

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Growing Pains, Growing Success

By IPS Correspondents
The World Social Forum took an historic step in moving from Brazil to India this year, but there is plenty of room for improvement, say activists, convinced that the global gathering should head to Africa in 2006.

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Globalisation Begets Insecurity Begets Violence

By IPS Correspondents
The path of economic globalisation must be changed in order to avoid undermining social security. Otherwise it will continue to exacerbate poverty, and therefore violence, warned World Social Forum panellists here Monday, including Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics.

FINANCE: Private Money Returns to Developing Nations

By Emad Mekay
Private capital flows to so-called "emerging markets" rebounded strongly last year over 2002 levels, pulled up by low interest rates in rich countries and better economic policies in developing nations, says a global group of financial firms.

LABOUR-JAPAN: Women Part-Time Workers Eye Gains as Job System Changes

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Displaying sheer grit, part-timer Kyoko Numata, 54, worked her way for 17 years in a steak restaurant to be successfully appointed as manager last April.

U.S.: Immigration Issue Back on the Agenda

By IPS Correspondents
''I only want to live here for three years, and then return to my city,'' to Puebla, Mexico, says Elizabeth, 21. Behind her, steam rises out of the pots in the taco shop where she works in the New York City neighbourhood of Queens.

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Thai Factory Makes Worker-friendly Capitalism

By Marwaan Macan-Markar
'Dignity Return' is a clothing label still on the fringe of Thailand's sprawling world of garment factories, where globally known brands like Nike and Levis dominate. But it represents hope - and more - for the Thais churning out T-shirts and headbands bearing the stamp of this new label.

LATIN AMERICA: Embattled Parmalat Still Supplying Milk, Jobs

By Humberto Márquez
Dairy farmers and workers, consumers, retailers and governments in Latin America are watching as crisis simmers for the transnational company Parmalat, which went bankrupt in its home country of Italy. But milk continues to flow from its subsidiaries in the region.

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Civil Society Meet Draws University-Educated Elite

By Mario Osava
A study aimed at finding out who attends civil society's annual World Social Forum gatherings shows that participants tend to be young, university-educated, anti-imperialist and independent of political parties.

ENVIRONMENT: Global Consumers Gobbling Up Precious Resources

By Jim Lobe
Following the dubious example of their U.S. counterparts, a growing global consumer class is increasingly devouring the world's natural resources yet appears unlikely to be growing healthier or happier, says Worldwatch Institute's annual 'State of the World' report released here Thursday.

U.S.: Mexican Immigrants Reject Bush’s Guest-Worker Plan

By IPS Correspondents
Groups of Mexican immigrants in the United States say it is unlikely that the immigration policy reform proposal presented by the U.S. government, which would issue temporary work visas, will make it through Congress. But they are anything but sad about that.

LABOUR-LATAM: 2003 a Grim Year, But 2004 Won’t Be Much Better

By IPS Correspondents
With 19 million unemployed, a decline in the quality of jobs, an increase in informal sector work, a drop in real wages and a reduction in productivity levels, 2003 was a dismal year for labour in Latin America.

IMMIGRATION-U.S.: Bush Floats Plan to Legalise Guest Workers

By Jim Lobe
In a bid to boost battered ties with Mexico and encourage Hispanic voters to back his re-election, President George W. Bush on Wednesday proposed a major guest-worker programme that could legalise the status of millions of undocumented workers in the United States.

LABOUR-EU: Probe Ordered into Violations in Belarus

By IPS Correspondents
A leading trade union network has welcomed the European Union move to investigate violation of labour rights in Belarus.

LATAM: Europe’s Vacation Benefits – Another Draw for Immigrants

By Tito Drago
Immigrants from Latin America are drawn to the European Union not only because of the higher wages, but also due to more attractive vacation, maternity and other social benefits.

DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Nation Reaps Benefit from Zimbabwean Farmers

By IPS Correspondents
White Zimbabwean farmers who sought refuge in Zambia, have helped the country pull out of a crippling food shortage that saw millions of people relying on food aid last season.

HONG KONG: Nepali Migrants Come, Despite Many Woes

By IPS Correspondents
Twenty-seven year old Regina (not her real name) sits pensively on a sofa in a tiny apartment in Hong Kong's central neighbourhood as Chinese soap opera stars jabber away on television in a language that sounds both harsh and alien to her.

LABOUR-UAE: Poor Living Conditions Prompt Protests, Action

By IPS Correspondents
The room measures just 10 square metres, but six people live in it. Their belongings are stored outside, where they have to weather the sun, dust and wind.

TRADE-CANADA: Numbers Up, Workers Down After 10 Years of NAFTA

By IPS Correspondents
North America's trade deal drove down the real wages of Canadian workers by about 20 percent - if they did not lose their jobs altogether, says globalisation critic Murray Dobbin, author of a critical book about Canada's new prime minister, Paul Martin.

U.S.: Business Boos Anti-Globalisation Forces – in the White House

By Jim Lobe
If anti-globalisation radicals really want to tear down the world capitalist system they might want to go door-to-door next year on behalf of incumbent U.S. president, George W. Bush.
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