Topic: Finance and debt
Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses
Article / 14th December 2017At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.
World’s richest 0.1% have boosted their wealth by as much as poorest half
Article / 14th December 2017The richest 0.1% of the world’s population have increased their combined wealth by as much as the poorest 50% – or 3.8 billion people – since 1980, according to a report detailing the widening gap between the very rich and poor.
Universal Health Coverage: Financing and the structural causes of poverty
Blog / 13th December 2017We all support the aspiration to achieve ‘Universal Health Coverage.’ Who could possibly argue against a world in which everybody has access to the high quality health services they need, without incurring financial hardship?The problem is how we can possibly turn such a lofty ambition into reality.
The WTO matters more than ever – here’s what you need to know about its summit
Article / 11th December 2017‘Latin America returns to the global economy’. That’s the message that Argentina’s right-wing President Macri wants world leaders to take away from the World Trade Organisation’s 11th Ministerial Summit in Buenos Aires.
Declaration on climate finance
Article / 7th December 2017In advance of French President Macron’s climate and finance summit, prominent economists call for an immediate end to investments in new fossil fuel production and infrastructure, and encourage a dramatic increase in investments in renewable energy.
"New gilded age" reaches new heights with world’s billionaires owning staggering $6 trillion
Blog / 30th November 2017In an analysis (pdf) published Thursday that throws into stark relief the "unjust and unsustainable" nature of what economists have termed the New Gilded Age, the Swiss financial firm UBS found that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 17 percent in 2016, bringing their combined fortune to a record $6 trillion -- more than double the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom. N
A cop out at COP23?
Blog / 30th November 2017Despite a few victories, the UN’s annual climate change conference ended without achieving its goals or injecting a sense of much needed urgency.
Activists condemn failure of COP23 to address interrelated crises of climate, energy & inequality
Article / 20th November 2017On the last day of the United Nations climate summit in Bonn, Germany, Democracy Now! get a wrap up on the proceedings from guests Dipti Bhatnagar (Friends of the Earth) and Asad Rehman (War on Want).
The real cost of the Paradise Papers is the millions of unseen victims of tax avoidance in the world’s poorest countries
Blog / 15th November 2017Tax dodgers may not be literally stealing medicines from the pockets of the poorest. But they are depriving poor countries of billions that could be invested in healthcare - and the reality of under-resourced health services is brutal, writes Rebecca Gowland.
Richest 1% own half the world’s wealth, study finds
Article / 14th November 2017The globe’s richest 1% own half the world’s wealth, according to a new report highlighting the growing gap between the super-rich and everyone else.