FES Philippine Office


3rd Regional Seminar for Young Progressives Southeast Asia (YPSEA)
Young People Shaping Globalization

25 - 27 October 2005
Discovery Centre, Manila, Philippines

Pre-Workshop Readings as of 12 October 2005

TRADE
Publication/ Source/ Institution Title Author
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin China one year after joining the WTO Bernd Reddies
Focus on the Global South, Bangkok Multilateral Punishment: The Philippines in the WTO 1995-2003 Walden Bello
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada The Singapore Issues: Investment, Competition Policy, Transparency in Government Procurement and Trade Facilitation, 2003 N / N
Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Importance of Research and Knowledge of WTO for Negotiating Purposes, 2003 K Kesavapany
OpenDemocracy.net, London Trade and Justice: Time to Choose, 2004 Hillary Benn
OpenDemocracy.net, London Trade Hypocrisy: The Problem with Robert Zoellick, 2002 Kevin Watkins (OXFAM)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Free Trade or Fair Trade Mehdi Shafaeddin
World Trade Organization, Geneva Market Access: Unfinished Business Post-Uruguay Round Inventory and Issues, undated N / N
 
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Publication/ Source/ Institution Title Author
The Boston College Center for International Higher Education, Boston MA Higher Education and the WTO: Globalization Run Amok Philip G. Altbach
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Winnipeg Make Drugs Affordable: Replace TRIPS-plus by R&D-plus, 2004 James Love / Tim Hubbard
Third World Network, Penang More Consultations Needed for TRIPS/HEALTH “Permanent Solution” Martin Khor
Third World Network, Penang ‘Intellectual property’: Knowledge creation or protectionist agenda? Chee Yoke Ling
Third World Network, Penang TRIPS and pharmaceuticals: A case of corporate profits over public Health Cecilia Oh
 
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE
Publication/ Source/ Institution Title Author
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin Mexico in the WTO debate Antonio Ortiz Mena
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin The Future of Multilateralism after Monterrey and Johannesburg Jens Martens
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin The WTO and the crisis of multilateralism: A look at the present situation Erfried Adam
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin What makes a Round a ‘Development Round’? Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo
Focus on the Global South, Bangkok Prospects for Good Global Governance: The View from the South - A Report Prepared for the Bundestag, Federal Republic of Germany Walden Bello
Focus on the Global South, Bangkok What is the Actual “State of Play” in Geneva? Walden Bello
Institute for International Economics, Washington DC Decision-Making in the WTO Jeffrey J. Schott / Jayashree Watal
London School of Economics and Political Science, London Developing Country Coalitions in Multilateral Trade Negotiations, undated Peter Draper / Razeen Sally
London School of Economics and Political Science, London Southeast Asia in the WTO: From Hanging Together to Bowling Alone, undated Razeen Sally
National University of Singapore, Singapore Managing Liberalisation, Regionalism, and Globalisation in the next 50 years Augustine HH Tan
OpenDemocracy.net, London Can trade work for the poor? The challenge for UNCTAD, 2004 Amy Barry, Oxfam
N / N Political Power, Accountability and Global Governance Raimo Väyrynen
N / N Crisis in Cancun Rorden Wilkinson
N / N The WTO and the regulation of international trade Rorden Wilkinson
Third World Network, Penang The WTO, The Post-Doha Agenda and the Future of Trade System: A Development Perspective Martin Khor
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva Markets, Politics and Globalization: Can the Global Economy be Civilized Gerald Karl Helleiner
The World Bank, Washington DC Cancun: Crisis or Catharsis? Bernard Hoekman
World Trade Organization, Geneva The Future of the WTO Peter Sutherland et al.
World Trade Organization, Geneva Transparency and Dialogue with Civil Society, undated N / N
World Trade Organization, Geneva Understanding the WTO N / N
N / N World Trade Organizational Structure N / N
 
LABOR
Publication/ Source/ Institution Title Author
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin Enter Globalization, Exit Traditional Skills Mubarak Zeb Khan
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin Flexibility, but for whom? Demands Raised by Development Circles and Labor Unions on the GATS Negotiation in the WTO, 2003 Peter Fuchs
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin Globalization and Social Progress: The Role and Impact of International Labour Standards, 2002 Werner Sengenberger
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin Moving Towards a fair Globalisation, 2004 Nicola Liebert
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin Social Standards in Bilateral and Regional Trade and Investment Agreements: Instruments, Enforcement, and Policy Options for Trade Unions, 2005 Thomas Greven
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): A Background Note, 2003 Michaela Eglin
OXFAM Speaking notes for World Social Forum event “GATS and the future of public services”
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