The Gender and Trade Coalition was initiated in 2018 by feminist and progressive activists to put forward feminist trade analysis and advocate for equitable trade policy. This article is the fourth in a series of short, Q&A format ‘explainers’ unpacking key trade issues produced for the Gender and Trade Coalition by Regions Refocus. It was…

Developing Economics

24.10.2024

Back to the White Elephants – the West’s new development strategy in Africa – Developing Economics

"Europe’s new external investment strategy needs to reconnect with historical business models we are going back to white elephants of 1970s – because that’s what partners want" - G7 official in a speech on Trade and Finance. "The era of Western dominance has indeed definitely ended" - Josep Borrell (2024), High Representative of the European…

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20.11.2024

G20 Summit, Global Policy, and Internal Issues: The Economic Situation in Brazil During Lula’s Third Term – Developing Economics

In January 2023, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, leader of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), began his third term as the president of Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America. The economic outlook is promising, with steady growth, controlled inflation, and declining unemployment rate. Despite challenges from a difficult Congress, Lula aimed to revive social…

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03.12.2024

G20 must end “outsourcing” of multilateralism – Developing Economics

By Charles Abugre and C.P. Chandrasekhar In multiple ways multilateralism, or the coming together of the international community to further global good, is under challenge today. ‘Conflicts’, not least among them the genocide in Gaza, are an obvious challenge. But there is in the economic sphere a silent subversion of multilateralism underway that also needs…

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Back to the White Elephants – the West’s new development strategy in Africa – Developing Economics

G20 Summit, Global Policy, and Internal Issues: The Economic Situation in Brazil During Lula’s Third Term – Developing Economics

G20 must end “outsourcing” of multilateralism – Developing Economics

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