Topic: Poverty and hunger
Education: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008A collection of facts, organisations, reports and further resources about education from a global perspective.
Poverty and inequality: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008https://www.actionagainsthunger.org.ukMore than 1.4 billion people live in poverty so extreme that they can barely survive, and around 25,000 people die from hunger each day whilst a new billionaire is created every second day. The call for a global safety net has never been so urgent - and compels the international community to transform economic priorities and guarantee the universal securing of basic human needs.
Land, water and energy: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008The three essential resources of land, energy and water are connected by the same crisis of inequality driven by increasing privatization and corporate control. While universal provision remains an eminently practical goal, it requires a shift in global priorities and wide-scale redistribution through a system of international sharing monitored by an effective and representative United Nations.
Land: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008A collection of facts, organisations, reports and further resources about the land crisis from a global perspective.
Energy: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008Some facts, organisations, reports and other resources about energy from a global perspective.
In search of a better world
Blog / 18th April 2008A new book by Dr Zeki Ergas, based on a collection of short essays originally published in Share The World’s Resources (STWR), explores the major threats facing humanity in the 21st century and outlines the systemic, structural and institutional changes necessary to avert a global catastrophe.
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.
Mobilising ‘world public opinion’
Article / 23rd July 2007A renewed air of questioning is being felt in the movement for global justice. Non-governmental organisations are wondering what to do next after the campaigns for more aid, less debt and better trade are proving inadequate to counter the sheer scale of mass poverty, whilst activists raising awareness of climate change have never been more prominent and yet overwhelmed by the task ahead. ...
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.