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Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:52 GMT

Stories by Abid Aslam

A veteran IPS reporter and editor, Abid Aslam covers international trade, finance and development issues from our Washington bureau, with a special focus on powerful multilateral institutions like the IMF and World Bank.

LABOUR
World Bank in About-Face on Worker Rights
by Abid Aslam
The World Bank is dropping an index scored for undermining worker rights from its flagship effort to promote business-led economic growth in emerging, developing, and former Soviet countries.

ECONOMY
Struggle to Solve Crisis Moves to IMF, World Bank
Analysis by Abid Aslam
Efforts to pull the global economy out of its nosedive enter a new phase this weekend amid warnings the decline is steeper than previously thought and signs the cockpit crew continue to jostle for the joystick.

ECONOMY
High Stakes, Modest Outlook for G20
Analysis by Abid Aslam
Talks on the global economic crisis, to be held Thursday, could prove a timely reminder of the perils of hype.

ECONOMY-US
Past Crises Could Inform or Haunt Team Obama
by Abid Aslam
Faced with the worst crisis since the Great Depression, President-elect Barack Obama ditched tradition this week, naming his economic team before anointing a secretary of state -- by custom the first and senior-most cabinet appointment.

TRADE
Report Sees Bonanza for U.S., Iran if Sanctions Scrapped
by Abid Aslam
Think of it as a stimulus package without deficit spending: Were the United States to normalise trade relations with Iran and were the Islamic Republic to liberalise its economy, Washington could cut its fuel costs and add tens of billions of dollars to its economy, say U.S. exporters.

FINANCE
China Takes Lead on Green Investing
by Abid Aslam
China's efforts to green its financial sector have earned a thumbs-up from U.S. environmentalists, who say regulators here could learn from Beijing's recent success in stimulating investments that don't despoil the planet.

ECONOMY
Scepticism Greets G20 Attempt to Make History
by Abid Aslam
Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies emerged from weekend crisis talks with an apparent sense of historical accomplishment but key audiences seemed sceptical.

ECONOMY
Crisis Talks to Confront Dueling Demands
by Abid Aslam
Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies will confront dueling demands for action when they gather here Saturday in the highest-level acknowledgement so far that the global economy is in crisis.

ECONOMY
Calls for Change Mount at IMF, World Bank Meet
by Abid Aslam
Gone are the mobs in the street. Faced with a global recession, those demanding change from the rulers of the global economy appear to be on the inside as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank hold annual talks.

ECONOMY-US
Activists Target Corporate Chiefs' Tax Subsidies
by Abid Aslam
U.S. taxpayers shell out 20 billion dollars a year to pad business chiefs' earnings and to prop up the world's most lopsided corporate pay scales, say activists seeking to highlight inequality in this election year.

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