Jagdish Bhagwati

The out­flow of skilled peo­ple from Africa to de­vel­oped coun­tries is wor­ry­ing, but are there op­por­tu­ni­ties with­in Africa?

With­out prac­ti­cal ex­pec­ta­tions and penal­ties for coun­tries who don’t com­ply, the Con­ven­tion on Cli­mate Change will fail.

De­spite In­dia achiev­ing a high growth rate, much of its eco­nom­ic suc­cess is not reach­ing many of its poor­est.

To the detri­ment of the US, Oba­ma is no longer push­ing for mul­ti­lat­er­al free trade agree­ments.

Out­sourc­ing ben­e­fits all coun­tries by fo­cus­ing on com­pet­i­tive ad­van­tage, but many politi­cians do not un­der­stand this.

Oba­ma’s strict stance on US ex­ports may be hurt­ing the econ­o­my more than help­ing.

Free trade has an eco­nom­ic and moral case – as it pro­motes not just pros­per­i­ty, but also peace.

The World Trade Or­gan­i­sa­tion needs to move to­wards a con­clu­sive deal in or­der to im­prove glob­al com­merce.

The Doha Round and World Trade Or­gan­i­sa­tion need coun­tries to main­tain their mem­ber­ship and trade ne­go­ti­a­tions.

The pedestal Mo­hammed Yu­nis sits on while Sheikh Hasi­na is be­ing os­tra­cized abroad needs to be re-ex­am­ined.