The fifth edition is focused
on the boom in new business in Eastern Europe, and the business regulation
reform in large emerging markets (India, China, Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia). This
year Eastern Europe has surpassed Asia in the ease of doing business. The
Doing Business project is developed
by the World Bank.
DI - 27/9/2007
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued its 2006
Annual Report. It includes a summary of major issues, activities, and
achievements, and status tables and graphs related to safeguards, safety, and
science and technology.
DI - 17/9/2007
The 2007 WTO Annual Report gives an overview of the activities of the year, and highlights the main challenge facing the organisation: “to deliver a final Doha Development Agenda agreement which better integrates developing countries into the global trading system while expanding trade opportunities for all WTO Members”.
DI - 17/9/2007
The Gateway to the UN System’s work on climate change provides easier access to climate change information (fact sheets, news, calendar of events) and links to the pages describing the work on climate change issues by various UN System organizations and specialized agencies.
DI - 17/9/2007
This brief –published on 10
September 2007 and signed by Nancy Birdsall (President of the Center for Global Development) and Peter
Hakim (President of the Inter-American
Dialogue)- describes the political risks poverty and inequality pose for
the region and the hemisphere , including the United States, and then lays out
a practical agenda for how the U.S. can help.
DI - 13/9/2007
The 15th APEC Leaders Meeting -held on 8 to 9 September 2007- concluded with the release of the Sydney Declaration which covers the future international action, support for a post-2013 international climate change arrangement and APEC action agenda.
DI - 10/9/2007
The 2007 edition examines what citizens on both sides of the Atlantic think about the state of transatlantic relations under the new leadership in Europe and in advance of the 2008 U.S presidential elections, about the perceptions of international threats (terrorism, energy dependence, immigration and global warming), democracy promotion as a foreign policy goal and Turkey’s relations with the West. This
annual survey is a project of the German Marshall Fund of the U.S and the
Compagnia di San Paolo, with
additional support provided by Fundação Luso-Americana, Fundación BBVA and the
Tipping Point Foundation.
DI - 6/9/2007
President Nicolás Sarkozy outlined the role for France on the world stage in his first major address on foreign policy since taking office. The speech was delivered to 180 senior diplomats on 27 August 2007.
DI - 5/9/2007
This study highlights that all Islamist/Jihadi websites are hosted directly or
through sub servers by Western (primarily American) Internet Service Providers
(ISPs). The document -prepared by The Middle East Media Research Institute
(MEMRI)- also discusses the question of what can be done about it, and stresses
that most - if not all - ISPs do not know the content of the websites they are
hosting, since most of them are in Arabic.
DI - 5/9/2007
In its recent report, the
Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean (ECLAC) notes that the region is less vulnerable today
than it was in the past, given its current account surpluses, large
international reserves, lower levels of external indebtedness, sounder fiscal
positions and more flexible exchange-rate policies.
DI - 5/9/2007
The sixth edition of the
African Economic Outlook (AEO) – an annual report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) - is focused on access to drinking water and sanitation.
The AEO reviews the recent economic situation, the likely short-term evolution,
and the social and political context of selected African economies.
DI - 4/9/2007
The 38th
edition of the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook analyses developments in security
and conflicts, military spending and armaments and non-proliferation, arms
control and disarmament. It also contains extensive annexes on arms control and
disarmament agreements, and a chronology of security and arms control related
events.
DI - 4/9/2007
The
rapid economic growth of China and India has been associated with much more
rapid growth in their trade. In some cases, this has created enormous
opportunities for their trading partners. In others, it has created strong
competition either in home markets, or in third markets.
DI - 4/9/2007
The Government of China formulated the CNCCP, outlining objectives, basic
principles, key areas of actions, as well as policies and measures to address
climate change for the period up to 2010. This document was prepared under the
auspices of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) People's Republic
of China and published on June 2007.
