Diplomati og internationale organisationer

Verdensbanken har fået ny præsident. Det blev Dr. Jim Yong Kim, læge og ekspert i sundhedsarbejde i udviklingslande. Verdensbankens indsats på sundhedsområdet vil formentlig blive styrket, men der er til gengæld grund til alvorlig bekymring for, at Verdensbankens udviklingsøkonomiske indsats vil blive svækket.

It is neither legitimate nor effective in regulating the world economy

Forhandlingerne i WTO's Doha-runde er på vej ind i slutfasen. Sandsynligvis kan der kun opnås enighed på områder af interesse for de mindst udviklede lande (LDC'er). Hvad bør en sådan aftale centrere sig om?

The World Bank fails to respond seriously to multipolarity, a DIIS Report on The World Bank and the emerging world order demonstrates. A year ago, World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced that fundamental reforms in the balance of power in the Bank were under way. In fact, very little happened. Voting power reform remains urgently necessary. Without such reform, deliberation and decision making will most likely gradually move to other more informal and exclusive fora - to the detriment of multilateralism

The World Bank fails to respond seriously to multipolarity, a DIIS Report on The World Bank and the emerging world order demonstrates. A year ago, World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced that fundamental reforms in the balance of power in the Bank were under way. In fact, very little happened. Voting power reform remains urgently necessary. Without such reform, deliberation and decision making will most likely gradually move to other more informal and exclusive fora - to the detriment of multilateralism

IMF ønsker fremover at være sikkerhedsnet for alle verdens økonomier. Projektet forudsætter global tillid. Men IMF er godt i gang med at tabe slaget om tilliden, fordi man sidder uhjælpeligt fast i fortidens fejltagelser og dobbelt-moral.

The G20 claims that its "economic weight and broad membership gives it a high degree of legitimacy". However, in a setting where the great majority of countries have no voice and influence, any claim to 'representational' legitimacy is less than convincing.

Topmødeerklæringer er en genre for sig. Det eneste, man kan være sikker på, er, at de lyder bedre end virkeligheden. Men der er ikke brug for erklæringer, som parterne bagefter løber fra. Der er brug for bindende aftaler og et forpligtende, legitimt samarbejde om verdensøkonomien

The Annual Meeting of the IMF unfolding in Washington DC this week is likely to sanction the biggest changes in decades in how the organization is governed, possibly reducing Europe’s influence