Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his annual report on trade and trade-related developments in 2009, said that "although there have been instances of slippage, in general terms the world economy is about as open for trade today as it was before

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing further financial assistance to Indonesia to support its drive to develop deeper, more liquid capital markets as part of ongoing financial reforms to strengthen the economy.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide India up to $700 million in loans to accelerate its rollout of infrastructure projects through public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives.

In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards [1] (PDF) on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in treatment and immediately removing from practice anyone who relapses.

The Government Accountability Office released a report [1] (PDF) today criticizing the quality of the data used to calculate how many jobs have been generated by the stimulus.

Renewable energy is a critical component of the Rudd Government'scommitment to take concrete, practical steps to tackle the threat ofclimate change.Under the Government's Renewable Energy Target, 20 per cent of Australia's electricity will come from renewable sources by 2020.

Today's 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the perfect time to revisit the idea of establishing a national Children's Commissioner, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Cathy Branson QC, said today.

The Australian Human Rights Commission has welcomed the introduction today of the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009, as a landmark piece of legislation in Australia's Human Rights protections.

The United States has considerable influence and resources at its disposal to carry out various forms of preventive action. What it lacks are effective organizational arrangements to make the most of this latent capacity and help overcome some of the

Pennsylvania is expected to see a continued rise in the number of children and adults living with autism, according to the Pennsylvania Autism Census Project Final Report released earlier this week by Governor Edward G. Rendell.

While Congress debates national health care legislation that could put new fiscal burdens on the states, the nation's governors are pushing Capitol Hill for a reprieve from another costly federal program that states have long criticized: Real ID.

Imagine being able to use your mobile phone to pay for taxis, mass transit fares, parking meters and garages; to make purchases from merchants and vending machines; to check in at airports, hotels, and schools; and to fulfill a host

The immediate task of Europe's new leaders is not to stop the traffic; it is to create a traffic system that EU leaders can use to improve their policy cooperation and coordination writes Dainel Korski.

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a loan in the amount of US$ 60 million for Additional Financing to the Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in Ukraine. The original loan for the Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in the amount of

The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Government of Dubai, has opened the second Summit on the Global Agenda. Over 700 leaders from academia, business, government and civil society have gathered for the world's biggest multistakeholder dialogue addressing some