World Development Movement UNCTAD conference blog

UNCTAD or the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development meets every four years and will be taking place in Accra, Ghana 17-25 April 2008. Civil society will be holding its own forum and then trade ministers from around the world will gather for the official events. The World Development Movement will be there, to launch a new report on trade policy and to meet activists from around the world who are campaigning for a sustainable and pro-poor approach to trade. Hot topics are likely to include the food price crisis, the debate over biofuels and Europe’s aggressive new trade policy. Catch up with regular blogs from WDM’s director Benedict Southworth and policy officer Vicky Cann as they report from Accra.