Topic: Poverty and hunger
Rich countries increasingly the recipients of their own aid, according to OECD DAC data
Blog / 21st April 2023Rich countries continue to be the recipients of large amounts of their own aid, according to new statistics released today by the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
New report highlights deep harms of IMF ‘austerity drive’ in poor nations
Report / 17th April 2023"For every $1 the IMF encouraged a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut four times more through austerity measures," says Oxfam.
Most African governments (3 in 4) spend more on arms than feeding their people
Article / 16th March 2023The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms.
Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally
Report / 3rd March 2023The number of children without access to social protection is increasing year-on-year, leaving them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, according to a new report released by the ILO and UNICEF.
‘Ticking time bombs’ for the world’s most vulnerable children
Article / 23rd February 2023Today, there are more children in need of desperate humanitarian assistance than at any other time since World War II. By Baher Kamal for IPS News.
In the sixth largest economy a fifth of us are in poverty
Blog / 17th February 2023New figures this week from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that 13.4m people, or one in five of the population, were left in poverty during the first year of the pandemic over 2020 to 2021.
The scramble to help Ukraine shows the need for more, better aid
Blog / 9th February 2023There is no shortage of money - only a shortage of political will to create a fairer world where prosperity is better shared, writes Gabriela Bucher.
Human rights in the UK are in crisis, says new report
Report / 1st February 2023A new report concludes that human rights in the UK – including everyday rights such as to food, housing, social security, work, trade unions, health and education – are in a state of crisis.
Five million children worldwide die before fifth birthday, says UN
News / 12th January 2023Five million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday in 2021, with almost half (47%) dying during their first month, according to new UN figures.
Ending the austerity pandemic
Blog / 3rd January 2023Unless austerity is reversed, people in developing countries will lose social protections and public services just when they are most needed. And it doesn't have to be this way, write Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins for Project Syndicate.