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Development Banks Pledge Increased Funding on Global Warming
September 17, 2014
The world's international development banks have announced a future expansion of their efforts to redistribute funding to developing nations, which argue they need the extra finance in order to combat global warming.
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OECD Proposes Global Tax Rules
September 17, 2014
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has released a set of recommendations calling for a global set of tax rules that would seek to prevent businesses from using separate tax regimes to retain a greater proportion of their earnings.
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Bolton Reviews UN at 70 Years
September 10, 2014
As the 70th anniversary of the UN approaches in 2015, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton writes that large portions of the UN apparatus have "gone far astray" and that its political institutions are "broken."
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Goldin Calls for "Top-Down" Global Governance
September 10, 2014
Ian Goldin of Oxford University argues that in light of risks generated by globalization, the world needs a "top-down" structure of international cooperation and supranational governance to combat a variety of ills, from financial system failure to climate change.
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UNFPA Advocates for Development Agenda Based on Human Rights
September 10, 2014
The Director of the UN Population Fund ("UNFPA") is the latest UN official to press for the idea that "sustainable development" should be based on the concept of economic, social, and cultural human rights, including "sexual and reproductive health" rights.
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