Topic: Inequality
Annual Report – January 2008
News / 5th January 20082007 was STWR’s most progressive year to date. Particular progress was made in terms of organisation, structure, networking and raising our profile.
Another false dawn for overseas aid
Article / 6th April 2007The latest overseas aid figures will be no suprise to the developing world. Broken promises will continue to make newspaper headlines until the deeper contradictions and biases of the current economic approach are addressed.
The end of economic growth
Article / 4th April 2007The pursuit of economic growth as a sole measure of national success is not, despite the dogmas of the World Bank, a foregone conclusion or an inevitable assumption. A paradigm shift in thinking is required if our obsession with outmoded orthodox economics is ever to be overcome, writes Adam Parsons.
Neoliberalism and economic globalization
Article / 23rd November 2006The goal of neoliberal economic globalization is the removal of all barriers to commerce, and the privatization of all available resources and services. In this scenario, public life will be at the mercy of market forces, as the extracted profits benefit the few.
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'.
The Brandt Report
Article / 2nd January 2006In the early 1980s Willy Brandt created an Independent Commission to study world poverty. Brandt was concerned that the prevailing economic system was the cause of immense poverty, suffering and degradation. ...
Bruce Kent: Sharing the World's Resources
News / 21st July 2005A letter from one of the UK's leading politcal activists Bruce Kent, endorsing the principle of sharing and the activities of STWR.
Dr Jack Preger MBE: On Sharing
News / 1st July 2005A letter from Dr. Jack Preger MBE, founder of the humanitarian NGO, Calcutta Rescue, endorsing the work of STWR
Asian tsunami highlights ongoing challenge for donor countries
Article / 15th January 2005The Asian tsunami has required international cooperation in coordinating a large scale and complex emergency relief program, the likes of which have not been seen before. However, the extent of the devastation has greatly dampened the relief efforts...
Consuming the world’s fossil fuels
Article / 24th November 2004The greatest threat to the environment is climate change. We need to recognise that the burning of fossil fuels damage the environment and that petroleum is too valuable as a starting material to be merely consumed as a fuel. We must promote the formation of an International Renewable Energy Agency, argues Mohammed Mesbahi.