South Centre News on AMR 11, 11 December 2017
Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
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SouthViews No. 157, 9 December 2017
Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
By Martin Khor
As global health leaders warn that antibiotic resistance is leading to the end of modern medicine, the World Health Organization (WHO) issues guidelines to prohibit or restrict using antibiotics to feed animals reared for their meat. Urgent coordinated actions are needed to avoid the end of modern medicine. The author Martin Khor is the Executive Director of the South Centre. This article was also published by Inter Press Service (IPS) (more…)
DIIP Monthly Update – November 2017
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of November 2017.
Statement, November 2017
Statement by the South Centre on EU-MERCOSUR Trade Negotiations
EU-MERCOSUR Trade Negotiations must not impose TRIPS Plus provisions on Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Research Paper 83, November 2017
China’s Debt Problem and Rising Systemic Risks: Impact of the global financial crisis and structural problems
The fast expansion of China’s debt, in particular corporate and local government debt, has attracted international attention and has also become a major concern of China’s policy makers. Even though China can tolerate a higher debt level than many other emerging and developing economies owing to the sheer size and other special features of the Chinese economy, systemic risks for financial stability have been rising since the global financial crisis and the cushions built in the past decades to withstand a higher debt level have also been weakened. (more…)
Statement, November 2017
South Centre Statement for the UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development
Below is the statement by the South Centre during the first session of the UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development (IGE Ffd) held in Geneva on 8-10 November 2017.
DIIP Monthly Update – October 2017
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of October 2017.
Research Paper 82, November 2017
The International Debate on Generic Medicines of Biological Origin
The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more “technical” and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO).
South Centre News on AMR 10, 7 November 2017
WHO Advice: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance
SC Side Event to COP23, 6 November 2017
Title: What to expect from COP23
Date: Monday, 6 November 2017, 11h30-13h00
Venue: Room 7 (Bonn Zone), Bonn, Germany
Organizers: The South Centre, The Third World Network
Research Paper 81, November 2017
Promoting Sustainable Development by Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change Response Measures on Developing Countries
Response measures arise in the context of developed and developing countries taking actions to combat climate change at global, national and regional levels, such as for the protection and stabilization of the climate, emissions leakages and/or the costs of environmental compliance. They may have unintended and adverse economic and social consequences for developing countries’ economies, most often on the poorest and most vulnerable sectors of those economies.
SC Book Launch, 10 November 2017
Title: “Another Crisis in the Making?” Book Launch of Dr. Yilmaz Akyuz’s Playing with Fire,
Deepened Financial Integration and Changing Vulnerabilities of the Global South
Date: Friday, 10 November 2017, 13h00-15h00
Venue: Room XXII, Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office in Geneva
Organizers: The South Centre