This was the year that globalisation ceased to be an academic issue and took to the streets.

The mass anti-globalisation demonstrations - which began in Seattle at the end of 1999 but intensifed at the meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington and Prague - reflected a growing disquiet over who was benefiting from the increasing integration of the world economy.

Demonstrators in Washington form a human chain
Activists surround Congress in Washington
Global leaders, from Bill Clinton to Horst Köhler, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), rushed to defend the benefits of global integration - but also acknowledged that the poor needed to be incorporated in the process.

But in practical terms, the momentum for global integration - particularly in relation to trade talks - had been slowed.

There was little enthusiasm for trying to restart a new global trade round after the fiasco of Seattle, and activitists were already organising against further more......

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Title: Globalisation And Its Discontents-Bbc Report
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