A free trade arrangement between the UK and the US would have virtually no impact on overall economic growth in either country, and could be negative under some circumstances, the US International

Eminent social worker Baba Amte and orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sunil Thakur have been selected for Netaji Award 2000 by the All India Critics Association. Announcing the names of the receipents of

The weary captains of global capitalism said they were finishing the annual summit of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank one day early-but they insisted their business was done and they

A small number of protesters against global capitalism have, as expected, graced the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Prague with their ugly presence. They should

The World Bank has come out with a new research showing that countries could double their per capita incomes by improving their legal systems and combating corruption.This was stated in the bank

About 8,000 activists railing against the inequities of economic globalization disrupted a meeting here today of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, clashing with police and

WSJ : Two Wall Street Journal writers have said that the information technology (IT) revolution in India and other countries like China, Brazil and Malaysia is important as "symbol" of national

More than 2.6m people around the world were being resettled against their will by World Bank projects under way last year, according to bank documents. The emergence of documents, which have not made

Top WTO officials have voiced concern to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about a report describing the global trade body as a "nightmare" for developing countries, diplomatic sources said

Top officials of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have expressed "deep concern" to Mary Robinson, United Nations high commissioner for human rights, over a report describing the WTO as a