Topic: Poverty and hunger
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.
DFID's response to STWR's article: ''The Tsunami and the Brandt Report
News / 2nd February 2006A response to Mohammed Mesbahi's article 'the Tsunami, the Brandt Report' and other matters - from Christine Edwards of the Department for International Development.
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
The tsunami and the Brandt Report
Article / 1st February 2005World public opinion has shifted since the Asian tsunami. People have been so moved by the plight of the people in the devastated areas that they have begun to talk about poverty and injustice in other parts of the world, such as Africa. The time is ripe to re-examine the recommendations of the Brandt Report, writes Mohammed Mesbahi and Dr. Angela Paine.
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...