World Trade

Four Years after the World Food Price Crisis: The Governance of World Food Security

- October 14, 2011 - The 2007–2008 world food price crisis caused political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. This was only the latest example for a functioning food system being an indispensable pillar of a stable economy and a society capable of reproducing itself. A new study outlines steps how the intergovernmental Committee on World Food Security could be expanded towards a politically relevant international steering committee. Nora McKeon more»

Heinrich Böll Stiftung India with partners at the Asia Europe People’s Forum

- December 7, 2010 - During the official Asia Europe Meeting in Brussels in October, our office in Delhi joined organizing the Asia Europe People’s Forum. This civil society forum strives to advance people’s voice in shaping Asia Europe relations and questions the neo-liberal ASEM agenda on grounds of citizen’s rights, economic, social, political and environmental justice. A report By Shalini Yog more»

The G20 Summit in Seoul - A turning point?

- November 10, 2010 - The G20 Seoul summit is discussing the most important issues of the global economy. This article presents the dynamic among G20 members on exchange rates, institutional reform, and global rebalancing. Sandro Gianella more»

Publication

Can Europe rise to the Challenge? EU Policy Responses to the Global Crisis

- 19. Oktober 2010 - The effect that the economic and financial crisis has had on the European Union and its policies is the central theme of this publication. The authors have looked at European policies from different angles. They have analysed and evaluated how the Union has dealt with the different aspects of the crisis: which measures have been successful, which have failed and what still needs to be tackled. mehr»

The G20 & Food Security – missing the big picture?

- October 11, 2010 - The outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 has led to a remarkable rebirth of the Group of 20, turning the club into the self-declared premier forum for global economic coordination. At the same time, the world was shocked by a global food crisis which had tremendous consequences in developing countries, where millions were no longer able to buy their daily food. more»

Conference Report

EcoFair rules! Conference

- February 12, 2010 - Since it is time to reconsider and redefine the regulation and flow of international agricultural trade against the backdrop of severe global crises (such as the climate, food and economic crises) the conference seeks to bring together expertise to address these issues. more»

Study

Climate and Trade - Why Climate Change Calls for Fundamental Reforms in World Trade Policies

- October 28, 2009 - For too long the international climate and trade policies have pursued conflicting objectives. It is high time to confront both policies, so Tilman Santarius, in his study, published by the German NGO Forum on Environment and Development in Bonn and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. By Tilman Santarius more»

Research Project

From Money to Metals

- October 1, 2009 - Despite the current financial "crisis" investors are pouring money into mining companies and projects, with potentially negative consequences for thousands of communities around the world. Launched in 2008, and now available as a regularly-updated data base, "From Money to Metals" is a vital resource to discover who is funding what, and where, in one of the most potentially destructive of all global industries. By Nostromo Research, 2009. more» more»

Limits to Growth in China, too

- July 15, 2009 - The financial crisis has exposed structural problems in the Chinese economy: Its export trade is suffering from the slump in global demand. Bejing has underwritten investments, social programs, and subsidies to stimulate domestic demand, with little regard to the long-term environmental consequences. By Barbara Unmüßig more»