CONTENTS PAGE: Third World Economics No. 248 (1-15 January 2001)

CURRENT REPORTS

* WTO implementation package is a 'glass without water'
* South may be ensnared into new round, more obligations
* Pause in WTO processes, reform and reorientation advocated
* Corporations get bigger and bigger

ANALYSIS

* Markets, politics and globalisation: Can the global economy be civilised?

FOR THE RECORD

* Implementation-related issues and concerns: WTO General Council decision of 15 December 2000