News stories by Martin Khor, page 5

After often bruising negotiations along North-South lines, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has obtained a renewed and broad mandate for its future work, including on global economic issues, writes Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre in Geneva.

Is China still a developing country or has it joined the ranks of the advanced developed countries? asks Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre in Geneva.

Many around the world look to the United Nations conference on the global financial and economic crisis this week with great expectations, as it should be the start of a process that could bring the UN into the forefront of tackling the greatest economic crisis in half a century, writes Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre, Geneva.