Background Papers

Steps Out of the Global Development Crisis

Towards an Agenda for Change

By Jens Martens

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The Stress Test for Global Financial Governance

Economic governance under conditions of crisis. Problems, trends, and alternatives

By Peter Wahl

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European Civil Society for the FTT

Remarks at the IMF Video-Conference on 22 Feb 2010

By Peter Wahl

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What 'capitalism' is, what it means to be against,

and what it takes to end it

By Frieder Otto Wolf

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Women peasants, food security and biodiversity

in the crisis of neoliberalism

By Christa Wichterich

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Postneoliberalism or postcapitalism?

The failure of neoliberalism in the financial markets

By Elmar Altvater

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With Realistic Radicalism

Which approach to the upcoming era of reforms?

By Peter Wahl

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The MDG Project in Crisis

Midpoint Review and Prospects for the Future

By Jens Martens and Tobias Debiel

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Superstars in the Emperor's New Clothes

Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds: What is at stake?

By Peter Wahl

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Problematic Pragmatism

The Ruggie Report 2008: Background, Analysis and Perspectives

By Jens Martens (edited by Elisabeth Strohscheidt)

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Economic Growth without Social Justice

EU–India trade negotiations and their implications for social development and gender justice

By Christa Wichterich

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Global Governance Beyond the G8

Reform Prospects for the Summit Architecture
Essay in 'Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft/International Politics and Society'

By Thomas Fues

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Fair and Unfair Competition

The EU-China Trade Race and its Gender Implications
WIDE Briefing Papers

By Christa Wichterich

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Multistakeholder Partnerships

Future Models of Multilateralism?
FES Dialogue on Globalisation: Occasional Papers

By Jens Martens

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China's Africa Policy

Opportunity and Challenge for European Development Cooperation

By Thomas Fues/Sven Grimm/Denise Laufer

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IMF: Half-heartedly wooing emerging economies

Article for "Development and Cooperation" (D+C)

By Barbara Unmüßig and Liane Schalatek

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The United Nations and Transnational Corporations

Paper for the conference "Global Governance and the Power of Business"

By Hartwig Hummel

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Water for Food - Water for Profit

The World Bank's policy in the agricultural water sector
Brot für die Welt Background paper 15

By Uwe Hoering

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The Future of NGO Participation at the UN

After the 2005 World Summit
Briefing Paper of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Global Policy Forum

By Jens Martens

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On the Road to Hong Kong

Towards a Sustainable, Gender-Fair, Just Governance
Presentation at the Public Hearing "The EU Responsibility at the WTO: Environment, Gender, and Development" in Brussels, 9 November 2005

By Christa Wichterich

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International Taxation

International Taxation. Regulating Globalisation - Financing Development

By Peter Wahl

International taxes are a completely new paradigm. Their realisation is an innovation of historical significance because until now, taxes have been firmly linked to the nation state.

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The Neoliberal Offensive

Introduction from the book Devastating Society. The Neo-Conservative Assault on Democracy and Justice

Edited by Bernd Hamm

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Precarious "Partnerships"

Six Problems of the Global Compact between Business and the UN

By Jens Martens

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The Post-Cancún Debate

Options, Views, and Perspectives From South and North

Ed. by Rainer Falk
(=Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: Global Issue Papers, No. 6, Feb. 2004)

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The Reform of the IMF

The Reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A Provisional Appraisal and Perspective on the International Debate
By Rainer Falk

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