A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
World bank poverty figures: what do they mean?
Article / 15th September 2008The World Bank’s revised international poverty line of $1.25, which on many counts reveals a negligible difference in reducing poverty since 1981, raises legitimate questions about the assumed success of globalisation.
Do the poor count?
Article / 15th September 2008The World Bank’s latest poverty figures underline the fact that globalisation has been largely ineffective at either reducing the burgeoning ranks of the world’s poor, or including this vast swathe of the global population into the mainstream economy.
Share The World's Resources attends the Climate Forum, London, June 14-15th 2008
News / 18th June 2008Share The World’s Resources (STWR) attended the Climate Forum held in Camden, London, on the weekend of June 14th to host two workshops on our proposals for economic reform based upon the principle of sharing.
Food security & agriculture: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008The escalating crisis of volatile food prices and food insecurity is the result of an industrial development model based on large-scale, export-orientated agriculture tied to international competition, self interest and stock market speculation. With over a billion people going hungry each day despite a huge surplus of food production, a reorientation towards more localised, smaller scale and sustainable agriculture is urgently required.
Global conflicts and militarization: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008In 2009, countries have reached perilous new levels of conflict, tension and military spending characterised by nuclear proliferation, ideological warfare and pre-emptive invasions of sovereign nations. As news reports highlight an intensifying competition over natural resources, the international community is faced with a stark choice – to share resources and cooperate, or to continue on the path to further warfare.