October 7, 2008-- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Today, World Growth Mongolia (www.worldgrowth.org) announces a new grassroots partnership that brings together Mongolia’s leading small and medium-sized business owners and local community leaders to advocate for sound solutions to strengthen Mongolia’s economy.  The initiative – The Aimag Partnership Project – is a nation-wide network of small and medium-sized business owners, community leaders and former government officials.  The network will also serve to advise World Growth Mongolia on the challenges and opportunities facing Mongolia, especially in the rural areas of the country.

September 24, 2008-- (The Australian) THERE has been a disturbing inclination in Canberra in recent months to default to policy alchemy. Take the easy assertions by officials that the Australian economy can be restructured to utilise nonexistent, low-emission technologies and remain globally competitive.

August 13, 2008-- (Sydney Morning Herald) - Alan Oxley, from trade consultants ITS Global, told the ABC Australia's case was weak and would probably be defeated. "It may have been that the previous government who set this process in train decided it was going to be easier to be overruled by the WTO to demonstrate that its case couldn't stand, rather than take the decision itself," he said.

July 31, 2008-- (The Australian) - Trade analyst Alan Oxley says the danger is that everyone will think that because the deal was 90 per cent concluded and collapsed over a minor issue, further efforts will be wasted in trying to revive a model that has been shown not to work.