Topic: Finance and debt
UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack
News / 19th September 2025“Underfunded, overstretched and under attack” is how the UN's top aid official has referred to the UN and the support it is providing to the humanitarian sector.
Rich countries meet only 4% of funds East Africa needs to address climate change
Report / 8th September 2025Rich countries have broken their climate finance promises to a key grouping of eight highly vulnerable African countries, according to new research from Oxfam.
How Trump weaponised the US budget bill overseas
Blog / 9th July 2025US headlines have been dominated by coverage of the many ways President Trump’s budget bill will gut healthcare programs and deepen economic inequality in the United States if it is passed into law.
Despite Pope Francis’s wishes, there’s little appetite for richer nations to help the poorest
Blog / 28th April 2025Trump’s tariffs will make it tougher for emerging economies to service loans but debt relief has fallen off the political agenda, writes Heather Stewart.
Pope Francis: A humble advocate for sharing the world’s resources
Blog / 23rd April 2025STWR were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis, one of the most vocal and humble advocates for sharing the world’s resources.
A landmark recognition of tax and human rights
Blog / 3rd March 2025The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has just issued a much-awaited and historic statement: for the first time, it explicitly recognises that states must tackle inequality and guarantee rights through fair tax policies.
2025: The year we cancel debt and choose hope
Blog / 28th January 2025This year, campaigners and activists from all over the world are coming together in the biggest global movement for debt cancellation in twenty-five years, writes Wiz Baines.
Developing countries are being choked by debt: This could be the year of breaking free
Blog / 10th January 2025The resolution of the debt crisis needs a determined and organized mass movement of people—and the movement is rising. Debt distress need not be destiny, writes Ben Phillips.
Global tax on billionaires becomes possibility as Brazil's president cements G20 agreement
News / 20th November 2024A landmark call for billionaires to be taxed at a minimum rate has been agreed to in principle at the G20 summit, as all countries present endorsed the measure.
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform
Report / 19th November 2024Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals using tax havens to underpay tax, the Tax Justice Network’s annual State of Tax Justice shows.