The page also includes materials on multinational corporations, financial markets and other private institutions that affect global well being. Global Protests Other Global Social and Economic Issues Social and Economic Policy at the United Nations Covers UN programs and policies on social and economic issues, including materials on the UN Conference on Trade and Development as well as the UN and Business . The World Bank , the IMF and the WTO enforce deregulation, privatization and neoliberal reform. Some insist on social development vs. economic development. AIDS deepens the crisis, especially in poverty-stricken Africa.
Campaigns demand debt relief for the poorest countries.
Financing for Development Information and resources on this complex issue. In 2002, the UN will convene an intergovernmental conference to discuss ways to generate the necessay financial means for equitable, international development. Global Injustice and Inequality Many problems and issues result from globalization. These include growing wealth and income inequality , gender inequality and a crisis of labour and workplace rights . Transnational Corporations Information on the increasing importance of TNCs in the global economy and their influence on international policy-making.