Africa now squeezed to the bones
Blog / 27th April 2023As many as 45 African countries have been further squeezed to their bones as funding shrinks to lowest ever levels, and as a portion of the so-called aid goes back to the pockets of rich donor countries.
War costs us the Earth: Global Days of Action on Military Spending
Blog / 22nd April 2023STWR joins the call for governments to change course and focus on rapid, deep cuts to military spending that are driving an arms race and fueling war. ‘War costs the earth’, says the Global Campaign on Military Spending.
Research shows poverty is 4th leading cause of death in US
Blog / 21st April 2023New research estimates that poverty was linked to at least 183,000 deaths in the US in 2019, making inadequate income the nation’s fourth-leading mortality driver that year behind heart disease, cancer, and smoking.
Rich countries increasingly the recipients of their own aid, according to OECD DAC data
Blog / 21st April 2023Rich countries continue to be the recipients of large amounts of their own aid, according to new statistics released today by the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
What if…there was a World Tax Organisation?
Blog / 17th February 2023There is a practical, possible alternative to the enduring injustice of global inequality: an intergovernmental tax body under the auspices of the United Nations, writes Alex Cobham.