Weekly Analysis: 43/2009

Guinea: l’agguato al Capo della giunta militare, nuovi scenari di crisi e di distensione - America Latina: le elezioni presidenziali in Cile e Bolivia - Grecia: aumentano le tensioni per il possibile fallimento finanziario - Siria: Damasco al centro delle mire terroristiche? Continua...

1528 parole

(15 dicembre 2009)

CALLS: Weekly News - 24/2009

Focus – Remittances and highly skilled migrants – The issue of migration and development is deeply involved with the flows of remittances and brain drain. Recent literature, focusing on microeconomic data instead of cross-country studies, analyses the positive association between rising remittances and highly skilled emigration, noting that more educated migrants remit more than unskilled migrants. Continua...

€ 2,5 / 614 parole

Massimo Corsini – CALLS Coordinator

(10 dicembre 2009)

CALLS: Weekly News - 23/2009

1) Special – HIV/AIDS Treatment Access Policies: pro-poor changes to Intellectual Property from incentives of States and actors? In low and middle-income countries, about 4 million HIV-infected people are receiving the specified antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), while 5 million are still in need. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for three quarters of these figures. Are there reasonable Trade&Policy signals that this scenario might rapidly improve? Terms of improvement should include, of course, not only the legal and financial obstacles influencing countries' ability to secure the medicines, but the factors conditioning manufacturers' (public and private) incentives to supply appropriate streams of reliable drugs. 2) Focus – Africa and ILO Global Jobs Pact – According to ILO, the Global Jobs Pact is a roadmap for the multilateral system, governments, workers and employers promoting efficient trade and markets. Recognizing the social and economic impact of the current global crisis, it promotes the support for the Millennium Development Goals. Continua...

1313 parole

Dr. Daniele Dionisio - Massimo Corsini

(02 dicembre 2009)

Weekly Analysis: 42/2009

America Latina: l'esito delle elezioni in Uruguay e Honduras - Uganda: l’ENI allarga l’oil business e si proietta nello sviluppo dell’asset gasifero - Pakistan: Zardari sotto pressione cede il controllo dell'arsenale nucleare a Gilani - Russia: l'arrivo della Mistral a San Pietroburgo destabilizza la regione del Baltico - Libano: Hezbollah ha un peso determinante anche nel nuovo governo Continua...

1782 parole

(30 novembre 2009)

CALLS: Weekly News - 22/2009

Focus - DRC-China bilateral agreement on investment and trade: the impact on Congo's development – China target is to quadruple its economy between 2000 and 2020, needing more and more energy supplies. In this attempt, Beijing is expanding its role in Africa as an energy-resource extractor. In 2007 the Congolese government and some Chinese state-owned enterprises signed a bilateral investment and trade financial agreement deeply impacting on DRC development. Continua...

961 parole

Massimo Corsini – CALLS Coordinator

(25 novembre 2009)

Weekly Analysis: 41/2009

Africa: il protocollo per il mercato comune nell’EAC - America Latina: aumenta la povertà nella regione - Filippine: attacco politico nella regione di Maguindanao - Romania: presidenziali al ballottaggio, sarà scontro tra Basescu e Geoana - Iraq: si allontanano le elezioni e crescono l’instabilità e la possibilità di nuovi attentati. Continua...

1661 parole

(23 novembre 2009)

CALLS: Weekly News - 21/2009

The Lisbon Treaty and ACP-EU relations – According to the European Consensus on Development the primary and overarching objective of EU development cooperation is the eradication of poverty in the context of sustainable development, including pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals. The Lisbon Treaty is expected to change EU-ACP bilateral relationship in the wider context of the Cotonou Agreement. Continua...

584 parole

Massimo Corsini – CALLS Coordinator

(19 novembre 2009)