The
Third World Network is an independent non-profit
international network of organizations and
individuals involved in issues relating to
development, the Third World and North- South issues.
Its objectives are to conduct research on economic,
social and environmental issues pertaining to the
South; to publish books and magazines; to organize
and participate in seminars; and to provide a
platform representingly broadly Southern interests
and perspectives at international fora such as the UN
conferences and processes.
Its recent and current activities include: the
publication of the daily SUNS (South - North
Develoment Monitor) bulletin from Geneva,
Switzerland, the fortnightly Third World Economics
and the monthly Third World Resurgence; the
publication of Third World Network Features; the
publication of books on environment and economic
issues; the organizing of various seminars and
workshops; and participation in international
processes such as UNCED and the World Bank - NGO
Committee. The TWN also has a collaborative
relationship with the South Centre in Geneva, and has
been invited to participate in the Non-Aligned
Movement's Expert Group on Third World debt.
The TWN's international secretariat is based in
Penang, Malaysia. It has offices in Montevideo,
Uruguay (for Latin America); Geneva and Accra, Ghana.
The Third World Network has affiliated organizations
in several Third World countries, including India,
the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Bangladesh,
Malaysia, Peru, Ethiopia, Uruguay, Mexico, Ghana,
South Africa and Senegal. It also cooperates with
several organizations in the North.
- TWN's Africa regional secretariat:
Third World Network
4th. Sakumo Link, Larterbiokoshie
P.O. Box 19452
Accra-North, Ghana
Tel: (23321) 306069 - 301064 - 302107
Fax: (23321) 311687 - 231688 - 773857
Email: isodec@ncs.com.gh
TWN Publications
'Third World
Resurgence' - a monthly magazine on
development, ecology, economics, health, alternatives
and South-North relations.
'Third World
Economics' - a bi-monthly economics
magazine focussing on the GATT/WTO, the World
Bank/IMF, etc.
'SUNS bulletin' - the
daily South-North Development bulletin published from
Geneva, Switzerland.
'TWN Features
Service' a service to the media
providing three features a week.
Books
