New Protagonists in Global Economic Governance: Brazilian Agribusiness at the WTO

The WTO and Global governance: Future Directions

Wto: from Trade Organization to Node of Global Governance

Since its foundation ten years ago, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has become the focus of debate about governance of the world economy. It has been denounced by its critics and lauded by its supporters as a standard-bearer for free trade. In practice, it has become a central battle-ground over fairness and justice in a wide range of global economic regulation issues. The current suspension...

New Global Governance and the Future of the State Institution in the Middle East

Changes in the international system, along with crises in the Middle East and the emergence of inefficient states coexisting with religious and racial groups in the region, make one wonder about the nature of the state in today’s systematic world, in general, and the nature of the state in the Middle East, in particular. The present study provides a theoretical framework based on quantum mechan...

New Directions for IT Governance in the Brazilian Government

Research made in recent years has shown that, to efficiently apply IT resources in a well-designed and responsible fashion it is important to implement an IT Governance programme in a way that it might allow the organization to maximize its actions in its business context, therefore, gaining competitive advantage (CARR, 2004). In many countries, the Government economy share might range from 20%...

Global Governance: The G20 and a Global Green New Deal

As the world recovers from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the international community should promote a mix of policies to sustain this global recovery and create jobs through reducing carbon dependency, ecological degradation and poverty. Such a Global Green New Deal (GGND) requires a long-term commitment to implementing and coordinating “green investments” by the Group o...