A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
'The time to act is now;' end children's suffering in Iraq and across the Middle East – UNICEF
News / 25th July 2017Calling for “immediate care and protection” for children caught up in violence in Iraq’s war torn Mosul and other Middle East conflicts, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today warned that the lives and futures of some 27 million across the region and parts of Africa are at risk.
Re-imagining UK aid: What a progressive strategy could look like
Report / 25th July 2017For too long aid spending has been driven by notions of charity, national self-interest, and an ideological belief that free markets and multinational business can solve the world’s problems. A new progressive vision for UK aid is urgently needed—re-focused on principles of social justice and the need to redistribute economic and political power in the world. This report lays out the key ways in which this can be achieved, by Global Justice Now.
WHO estimates cost of reaching global health targets by 2030
Report / 21st July 2017The SDG Health Price Tag, published in The Lancet Global Health, estimates the costs and benefits of progressively expanding health services in order to reach 16 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) health targets in 67 low- and middle-income countries that account for 75% of the world’s population.
Global spotlight report warns against risks of public-private partnerships
Report / 21st July 2017Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), usually portrayed as a useful tool towards sustainable development, actually “involve disproportionate risks and costs for people and the public purse”, claims a global coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions in the Spotlight Report 2017 launched earlier this week.
Inequality is not inevitable, it’s a policy choice. For proof, look at Namibia
Article / 20th July 2017Don’t despair that the huge gaps between rich and poor cannot ever be bridged. As Oxfam’s new ‘Commitment to Reducing Inequality’ index shows, government policies really can help to shape more – or less – equal societies and economies. By Max Lawson.