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Interview: Up close & personal with Martin KhorJanuary 2010 The Star Online (Malaysia) THERE is a certain small-town charm about Martin Khor that has stuck with him all these years. He is most comfortable in his trademark batik shirt although he has to be properly suited up these days as he interacts with policy-makers and world leaders on the global stage. And home is still where the heart is. “I am based in Geneva but due to my job, which is to understand and be involved in global issues, I travel a lot, to many parts of the world. Fortunately I am able to come back to Penang and Malaysia at least twice a year. It is very important for me to touch base with home and my home country,” he says...
December 2009 The depletion in international financial flows has created an abysmal deficit in the developing countries. According to Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre, rich countries should mobilize the funds needed to support the innocent peoples suffering from the financial crisis. Interview with Jane-Lise Schneeberger. April 5, 2009 Although the G20 Summit in London was publicised as providing $1 trillion for developing countries, in fact the extra funds are much less. Moreover, the IMF is to get more resources but without undergoing the necessary reforms. March 30, 2009 In the column Global Trends in the Malaysian newspaper The Star (dated 30 March 2009), the South Centre's Executive Director Martin Khor writes on the G20 Summit taking place this week in London. Hopes that the G20 Summit will make decisions adequate to address the global economic crisis are fading. The danger is that the leaders will give more resources to the IMF, while not reforming the IMF. Meanwhile the UN has just held a special dialogue on the crisis, with Prof. Stiglitz presenting a summary of the report of the UN Commission. At the African Union's Trade Ministers' conference in Addis Ababa in mid-March, there was great anxiety about the growing effects of the global recession. In particular, African countries are worried about the Economic Partnership Agreements being negotiated with the European Union. March 23, 2009 This article was written by Dr. Martin Khor, the Executive Director of the South Centre. In this paper, he analysed that Global Economic Crisis had severely effects for developing countries through both the financial route and trade route, then proposed developing countries National, Regional and International resolutions to counter the crisis. 'The sources of the global financial crisis lie in the financial and other policies in the developed countries, especially the United States. Developing countries were not responsible, but they are now being affected by the crisis. In some developing countries, the effects have been much more severe than in the developed countries. The developing countries are being affected through various transmission routes, mainly finance and trade. This has affected the trade balance, balance of payments and foreign reserves of some countries, and a few are already facing a new debt crisis. The output, jobs and social development of many countries are also affected. Although much of the global news of the crisis has focused on the West, it is the developing countries which are suffering more'... |
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