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Sharing the world’s water
Article / 26th February 2006The world needs to share its common resources, not compete over them. As long as nations – and the corporations that feed them – perceive resources as something within their ownership, then economic and political resources will continue to be channelled into gaining military as opposed to environmental security, writes Louise Edwards.
Reforming International Trade
Report / 25th February 2006This brief presents an analysis the free trade regime and it’s negative impact on the least developed countries, and proposes more equitable alternatives for allocating essential goods and regulating international trade.
DFID's response to STWR's article: ''The Tsunami and the Brandt Report
News / 2nd February 2006A response to Mohammed Mesbahi’s article ‘the Tsunami, the Brandt Report’ and other matters – from Christine Edwards of the Department for International Development.
The global commons: our shared resources
Article / 1st February 2006An overview of the issues surrounding the global commons, in relation to globalization, economic justice and the need to create a more sustainable world.
The Brandt Report: A Summary
Report / 31st January 2006Arguably the most comprehensive and solutions-oriented analysis of critical global economic issues to date was a report by the Independent Commission on International Development Issues, chaired by Willy Brandt (former Chancellor of West Germany) in 1980 – widely referred to as the ‘Brandt Report’.