A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
Only inequality-busting aid will help end poverty
Blog / 11th April 2019The amount of aid matters, but so does how and where it is spent. Development aid must be focused on reducing the inequality that drives poverty, writes Julie Seghers.
The importance of equity and finance for more climate ambition
Article / 11th April 2019Finance has always been a contentious issue at climate change talks, but developing countries will only dare commit themselves to greater emission cuts when they are assured that the monies pledged will come through, writes Prerna Bomzan for Third World Resurgence.
Debt crisis warning as poorest countries' repayment bills soar
News / 3rd April 2019Debt repayments by the world’s poorest countries have doubled since 2010 to reach their highest level since just before the internationally organised write-off in 2005, campaigners have warned.
Global Report on Food Crises: acute hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide
News / 2nd April 2019A joint report presented by the European Union and United Nations finds that that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017.
An economy that serves the people: new UN guidance to anchor policy-making to human rights
Blog / 22nd March 2019In the face of evidence of how austerity is contributing to rising income inequality and political instability, we must persuade governments to support the UN’s new Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of economic reforms, writes Mark Perera for Eurodad.