Gazans are starvingーDon’t cut aid now
Blog / 1st March 2024To feed children, treat the wounded, and save innocent lives, the U.S. must restore UNRWA’s funding and use its leverage to compel an immediate ceasefire, writes Phyllis Bennis.
WTO is unfit for purpose in an era of multiple crises
Blog / 29th February 2024A civil society statement to the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi calls for an alternative international trade framework based on food sovereignty.
North ignores ‘perfect storm’ in global South
Blog / 22nd February 2024A gathering ‘perfect storm’ now threatens much devastation in the global South, likely to most hurt the poorest and most vulnerable, writes Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
Onerous debt making poorest poorer
Blog / 2nd February 2024Contractionary economic trends since 2008 and ‘geopolitical’ conflicts subverting international cooperation have worsened world conditions, leaving their poorest worse off, writes Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
Can the IMF and the World Bank really be changed?
Blog / 1st February 2024A geopolitical bias, outdated governance and a too market-oriented framework are only some of the structural deficits of these institutions, writes Jayati Ghosh.