Fairooz thinks that it s actually the authorities who would lose more if Alwefaq was banned.

For starters, it would lose access to Afghanistan via Iran, which has served as a conduit for the substantial flow of Indian aid to Kabul.

The important effects are on agriculture and tourism, where nations will lose, on average, about 0.5 of GDP from each sector.

But developing countries have little to gain and much to lose by signing these agreements, which almost never deliver the promised benefits.

Those experiencing rising and now double digit inflation will have to raise interest rates, while other high inflation countries will lose export competitiveness.

Will developing countries lose or gain from trade liberalization in important sectors, the development of which contributes to poverty reduction?

In this case, Ban needs to spend time in China s capital, making the case for the notion that governments have a responsibility to protect their citizens, and that when they fail to do so (as Sudan s government clearly is), they forfeit some of the advantages that normally are associated with sovereignty.