Every day new figures on the impacts of the financial crisis reveal its depth and severity. Many observers concur that major reforms usually come after major catastrophes, so given the seriousness of the crisis, we may be about to witness a radical transformation of the international economic system. But, is that so? In this article especially commissioned by IslamOnline Aldo Caliari says there are more basis to side with the skeptics who forecast only cosmetic changes will be introduced (... unless the crisis gets much worse).

In a Financial Times letter to the editor, Aldo Caliari explains what are the likely reasons why the UK Government has preferred to keep rather quiet about its new guests to the Groupf of 20 Summit scheduled to take place in London, April 2 2009.

In this article, appeared in the March 2008 edition of Interaction's newsletter Monday Developments, Aldo Caliari writes about the importance and achievements of the Financing for Development Conference held in Monterrey (Mexico), 2002, and the prospects for the upcoming Doha Financing for Development Review Conference, to be held at the end of 2008 in Doha, Qatar.

This article presents an overview of the U.S. poultry industury, its impacts of global trade, women, livelihoods and the environment.

"As world leaders prepare for the July 2005 G-8 meetings in Gleneagles, Scotland, activists around the world are turning their their focus to three broad areas: debt, aid, and trade. ""The greatest hopes for positive outcomes at Gleneagles are pinned on the debt issue,"" Aldo Caliari, Director of the Center's Rethinking Bretton Woods project, writes in this article appeared in Center Focus. 

Presentation by Mariama Williams to the Enquete Commission of the German Parliament.