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		<title>A tale of betrayal: Driving the juggernaut of trade barriers against poor countries</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/11/15/a-tale-of-betrayal-driving-the-juggernaut-of-trade-barriers-against-poor-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several readers have expressed surprise and disappointment on reading in last Sunday’s column that the G20, which includes so many former champions of poor countries ...]]></description>
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		<title>All that glitters is not gold: Harvesting the broken pledges of the G20</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/11/08/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-harvesting-the-broken-pledges-of-the-g20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/11/08/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-harvesting-the-broken-pledges-of-the-g20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In last Sunday’s column I had described the many pledges made in the past by rich countries to come to the aid and support of ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Fool’s Gold of Global Economic Diplomacy: Pledges Made by Rich Countries to Poor Ones</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/11/01/the-fool%e2%80%99s-gold-of-global-economic-diplomacy-pledges-made-by-rich-countries-to-poor-ones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/11/01/the-fool%e2%80%99s-gold-of-global-economic-diplomacy-pledges-made-by-rich-countries-to-poor-ones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world
CARICOM and the G20
Dr. Clive Thomas
In my column last week I was at pains to acknowledge the astounding rise of the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pledging trade policy reform to cope with the global crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/25/pledging-trade-policy-reform-to-cope-with-the-global-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/25/pledging-trade-policy-reform-to-cope-with-the-global-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recap 
Last week’s column responded to three queries readers had raised in regard to my earlier discussion on trade. One of these was to explain ...]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to Some Readers Queries</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/sunday/10/18/responding-to-some-readers-queries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/sunday/10/18/responding-to-some-readers-queries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Clive Thomas
Guyana and the wider world
Last week I indicated that I would respond to three queries which readers have raised, before turning to evaluate ...]]></description>
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		<title>Staring at the Abyss of Global Trade Collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/11/staring-at-the-abyss-of-global-trade-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/11/staring-at-the-abyss-of-global-trade-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Trade Matters
At times of global economic and financial crisis keeping trade open matters in this the new age of explosive globalisation. As I pointed ...]]></description>
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		<title>Coping with crisis: trade matters</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/04/coping-with-crisis-trade-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/04/coping-with-crisis-trade-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the coming weeks I shall seek to establish why it is I believe that trade policy, at the global and national levels, represents the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Global recovery and downside risks</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/09/27/global-recovery-and-downside-risks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/09/27/global-recovery-and-downside-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world Optimism 
The current state of the global economic crisis, one year after the financial meltdown of last September (2008), provides ...]]></description>
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		<title>Political will and consensus: Making conditional cash transfers work</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/09/20/political-will-and-consensus-making-conditional-cash-transfers-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/09/20/political-will-and-consensus-making-conditional-cash-transfers-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four concerns
In last week’s consideration of the pros and cons of conditional cash transfers as a policy tool for fighting the increased poverty and economic ...]]></description>
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		<title>Using cash to manage risk  for the poorest of the poor</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/09/13/using-cash-to-manage-risk-for-the-poorest-of-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/09/13/using-cash-to-manage-risk-for-the-poorest-of-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world
Within the international economic community there is a growing consensus that the worst is over. It is expected that the global ...]]></description>
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		<title>Making stimulus packages work</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/08/30/making-stimulus-packages-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/08/30/making-stimulus-packages-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world Expansionary impact
Expansionary impact
We saw last week that despite the high level of recognition readers have for stimulus packages as an ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson #1: Stimulus packages: Facts and fables</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/sunday/08/23/lesson-1-stimulus-packages-facts-and-fables/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/sunday/08/23/lesson-1-stimulus-packages-facts-and-fables/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the Wider World
E &#8211; mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy
Readers requests
Eight years ago the then SN editor-in-chief, David de Caires, ask-ed me to contribute a regular ...]]></description>
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		<title>Economic recovery: A long way to go for the poor</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/08/16/economic-recovery-a-long-way-to-go-for-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/08/16/economic-recovery-a-long-way-to-go-for-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pain and suffering
Over the past year, the full-blown effects of the global financial and economic crisis, have led to unprecedented pain and suffering across the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Poor countries and the United Nations role in the Global Economic Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/08/02/poor-countries-and-the-united-nations-role-in-the-global-economic-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/08/02/poor-countries-and-the-united-nations-role-in-the-global-economic-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world
In last week’s column (July 26) I had urged the importance of the symbolism for developing countries, which the United Nations ...]]></description>
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		<title>Halting the runaway IMF and World Bank express!</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/26/halting-the-runaway-imf-and-world-bank-express/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/26/halting-the-runaway-imf-and-world-bank-express/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world
I have been arguing for weeks now that the present global economic crisis coming on top of the food and fuel ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guyana and the wider world</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/19/guyana-and-the-wider-world-82/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/19/guyana-and-the-wider-world-82/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wanted: A United Nations Economic Security Council
G20 – leading the charge
In last week’s column I argued that the global economic crisis had become very complex, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The global crisis requires global solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/12/the-global-crisis-requires-global-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/12/the-global-crisis-requires-global-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the Wider World
E &#8211; Mail address cythomas@guyana.net.gy
Observations 
Last week’s column sought to make three major observations about the ongoing global economic crisis. First, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guyana and the wider world</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/05/guyana-and-the-wider-world-81/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/07/05/guyana-and-the-wider-world-81/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global economy: Economic recovery or more misery
Last week’s column diverted to treat with the recent disclosures about the CL Financial and Stanford International Groups. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Cesspools of financial chicanery and political intrigue</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/06/28/cesspools-of-financial-chicanery-and-political-intrigue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/06/28/cesspools-of-financial-chicanery-and-political-intrigue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana and the wider world 
Because of spectacular developments in the ongoing scandals surrounding the CL Financial (Trinidad) and Stanford International (Antigua) Groups and the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guyana and the wider world</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/06/21/guyana-and-the-wider-world-80/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/06/21/guyana-and-the-wider-world-80/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the global economy recovering?
Today the issue which seems to concern the international development community most (especially governments and international organisations) is whether it can ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guyana and the wider world</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/06/07/guyana-and-the-wider-world-79/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/06/07/guyana-and-the-wider-world-79/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiccups on the road to economic recovery!
Last week’s column referred to two important ongoing debates concerning the future course of the global economic crisis. One ...]]></description>
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		<title>Political spin or reality: ‘Signs of economic recovery around the corner’</title>
		<link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/05/31/political-spin-or-reality-%e2%80%98signs-of-economic-recovery-around-the-corner%e2%80%99/</link>
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By Dr Clive Thomas (E-mail address: cythomas@guyana.net.gy)
One of the most hotly debated issues pertaining to the prevailing global economic crisis is ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 09:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global economic crisis: A tipping point in regional integration
As I have tried to show in recent columns the meltdown of the CL Financial and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Caricom at sea: Coping with financial contagion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 09:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator>
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Next in importance to the damaging effects of the global economic crisis on Caricom’s exports of goods and services, and possibly ...]]></description>
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