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Patricia Francis : " I want ITC to be a centre of trade excellence "
09/07/2009
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Based in Geneva, the International Trade Centre (ITC) is the joint technical co-operation agency of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for business aspects of trade development. Its main goal is to help developing and transitional economies to achieve sustainable human development through competitive exports. Indeed, at a time when trade is unanimously recognized as an “avenue for development”, ITC’s mandate, carried out in partnership with national, regional and international…

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Health Services: Public or tradable services? By Mariarosaria Iorio, International Political Analyst
06/25/2009
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Winners from the neo-liberal credo, mostly corporations and multinationals succeeded in propagating the idea that the market needs little or no regulation as it can regulate itself through the Invisible Hand . According to this vision of the world, global wealth would automatically cascade to the vulnerable groups, including women through the opportunities provided by the market. The adoption and the implementation of this neo-liberal credo limited governments’ policy space both locally and globally. As a result, governments reduced…

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