A United Nations-appointed study team has labelled the World Trade Organisation a "nightmare" for developing countries and suggested the body should be brought under the UN's purview. The team - in a

The World Bank will extend all possible help and assistance to development projects pertaining to women in Pakistan, said the Bank's gender coordinator, Karin Kapadia. During a meeting

report : Little investment in social sectors, poverty and large families are the main causes of child labour in Pakistan, says a report. The report, prepared by a UK-based organization, has suggested

The World Trade Organisation must not be turned into an international forum for dealing with such sensitive non-trade concerns as social, health and environmental policy issues, a British government

Report: Pace of poverty reduction in the country slowed down after economic reforms began in the ealry 90s despite an average economic growth rate of over 6 per cent per annum during 1990-98.This

Poverty reduction in developing countries requires reducing inequality and protecting vulnerable groups as well as promoting economic growth, according to an influential report published by the World

International activists urged Australians yesterday to join a blockade of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Asia Pacific Economic Summit in Melbourne this week to protest against the power of

Report calls WTO 'nightmare' : A United Nations-appointed study team has labeled the World Trade Organization a "nightmare" for developing countries and suggested the body should be brought under the

World Bank : The World Bank has sounded a grim warning that the poverty reduction process in India has slowed down in the 1990s and the poorer states will not see much improvement in this respect

The biggest gathering of world leaders in history grappled on Wednesday with ways to improve peacekeeping and reduce poverty in the 21st century and got a chilling reminder of the perils of UN