Is Globalization with a Human Face Possible?
For many analysts, this kind of question is the result of the way globalisation is being implemented. As a reaction, many organizations and individuals look for globalisation with human face. They insist on the need for a new way of treating the external debts of developing countries, the promotion of access of these countries to the market of developed countries free of protectionism, and as well as access for these countries to decision-making mechanisms inside financial international organizations, such as World Bank, IMF and WTO, the reform of the entire multilateral system, which should reflect the interests of the international community as a whole, and the reinforcement of collaboration at all levels, including in the area of education, among countries with cultural, economic or geographic similarities, and finally the elimination of the digital divide. Rubens Ricupero, the Secretary General of UNCTAD, points to the need for initiatives to implement commitments made in favour of
