IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=IF Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:45:11 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=IF 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2013:45:10&key2=1 By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) - A new report has warned that unless bribery is banned, 126 million citizens of the East African Community will be deprived of the benefits that economic integration promises to bring in its wake. These words of caution stem from the East African Bribery Index 2010 (EABI 2010) released by Transparency International-Kenya within about three weeks of the East African Common Market Protocol coming into effect on July 1, 2010. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2013:45:10&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2011:47:53&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - A huge funding gap threatens to torpedo efforts by the international community to cope with critical global development and environmental challenges. At least $324 billion will be required each year between 2012 and 2017 -- a reason pressing enough for a Committee of Experts to break taboos and explore innovative financing sources. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2011:47:53&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2009:02:54&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - In run-up to the presidential elections next October in Brazil, in which Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is out of the contest due to constitutional law that allows presidents to run only two terms in a row, a new report praises achievements of South America's largest country, but also cautions. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2009:02:54&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2009:59:49&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepthNewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - Criticising South Africa for its failure to combat corruption in international business deals, a new report is asking the country to intensify its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute cases of foreign bribery. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2009:59:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2019:52:02&key2=1 By Satish Bhaskaran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PRETORIA (IDN) - A new report has commended South Africa for its growth performance which has improved over the past two decades, but pointed out that this was not sufficient either to offer enough employment opportunities for the young and growing population or to close the aggregate income gap with OECD countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2019:52:02&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2000:19:56&key2=1 By R Kim IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis SEOUL (IDN) - Asia and the International Monetary Fund are set to build strong ties in run-up to the summit meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) major industrial nations and emerging economies in November 2010 in Seoul. The Fund's relationship with Asia had suffered during the 1997-98 Asian crisis. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2000:19:56&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2021:03:34&key2=1 By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsFeature* TOKYO (IDN) - Nowadays they are trucking hazardous cargo. They carry fine chemicals and ethanols, imported by trading companies, to client factories in Tokyo and surrounding five prefectures, known as the Kanto area. But there is a long and exciting human story behind today's Gosho Transportation Company. The short of the long story is that before Yoshio Emori founded Gosho in 1969, its predecessor Emori Oil Co. Ltd was running 27 gas stations in Saitama and Tokyo. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2021:03:34&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2018:17:56&key2=1 By Shada Islam* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BRUSSELS (IDN) - Two years ago at their meeting in Beijing, Asian and European leaders vowed joint action to rebuild the battered global economy. "We swim together, or we sink together," European Commission President José Manuel Barroso told the ASEM summit. Can that message of solidarity and pledge of collective action be repeated again when Asia-Europe leaders gather in Brussels on October 4-5? http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2018:17:56&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-13%2000:02:55&key2=1 By Gregory Chin* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - During the summer of 2010, it would be understandable if interested observers of global affairs are swept up in summit fever. The twin G8/G20 summits in Canada late June and the meeting of the G20 proper which is to commence in South Korea in November 2010 have understandably turned the attention of international analysts to global summitry. But what should we expect from these 'G' Leaders' summits? Can we expect big decisions to change 'the architecture' that will allow for greater international economic and financial cooperation? http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-13%2000:02:55&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-03%2019:32:31&key2=1 By Martin Khor* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - As the global economic crisis evolves, China and other East Asian developing countries will be profoundly affected as their old growth strategies will no longer be able to serve them as before. Changes in economic policies and strategies that rely less on exports to the West will thus be required in China -- and even more so in the other Asian countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-03%2019:32:31&key2=1