It is a sorry commentary on the violence threatened by anti globalisation protesters and the inability of the police to contain them that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are proposing

A large number of non-government organisations (NGOs) across the world will attend the fourth WTO ministerial conference in Doha in November. It will mark a departure from the position held at the

Lokmitra, a pilot e-governance project in Himachal Pradesh funded by National Bank for Rural and Agriculture Development (Nabard), is a replica of Gyandoot project already in operation in Dhar

The marathon negotiations on Chinese membership of the WTO are ending. For the government, the hard part may only now be beginning : a

The World Bank is preparing a detailed defence of economic globalisation ahead of its annual meetings next month, which are expected to be besieged by anti-globalisation protesters. The publication-a

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should devote such time as is required to their joint meeting next month in Washington. To do anything less would be a concession to the organizers

Set back by last-minute squabbles and thrown off schedule by ripple effects of the terror attacks in the United States, trade negotiators here are racing to tie up a host of technical loose ends by

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have decided to drastically shorten their autumn meetings because of concern about violent protests, as Washington officials plan to ask the federal

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has pledged support to the Tenth Five-Year Plan with a four pronged development

Anti-globalisation activists are planning a flotilla of protest boats to land in Qatar during World Trade Organisation meetings in an effort to halt the launch of a new trade round. In what could be