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It’s a poverty emergency and we must act

Blog / 20th October 2023

Lives cut short by poverty and low-wealth is a moral indictment of a society that is abandoning millions amid abundance. This crisis requires an emergency response, writes Rev. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theoharis for Common Dreams.

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A new eco-social contract: The social security for all campaign

Article / 19th October 2023

Ahead of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, STWR joined the new campaign for 'Social Security for all' from the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors. 

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Marrakesh declaration to end austerity

Article / 13th October 2023

More than 300 civil society organisations call upon governments, Ministries of Finance and International Financial Institutions to #EndAusterity and implement financing alternatives at the annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Marrakesh. 

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African countries grapple with 50 years of IMF austerity

Report / 12th October 2023

ActionAid's latest report, 'Fifty Years of Failure: the IMF, Debt, and Austerity in Africa,' sheds light on the ongoing challenges African countries face due to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) austerity policies, writes Winston Mwale. 

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Faced with crushing debts, world’s poorest nations to slash public spending by over 229 billion dollars

Blog / 12th October 2023

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are returning to Africa, for the first time in decades, with the “same old failed message”.

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Pope Francis warns world ‘may be nearing breaking point’ with climate change

News / 5th October 2023

Pope Francis has warned the world is "collapsing" due to climate change and may be "nearing breaking point".

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We need an Economic Bill of Rights to save American democracy

Blog / 5th October 2023

The time has come for a grand progressive coalition that will press the Democratic Party to redeem FDR’s 1944 call for a second Bill of Rights - guaranteeing economic security for all, write Harvey J. Kaye and Alan Minsky for Common Dreams.

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Poverty and hunger eradication targeted to miss UN’s 2030 deadline by wide margins

Blog / 2nd October 2023

When the UN’s 193 member states reviewed the current status of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030, the verdict was mostly failures—and with little or no successes.

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‘Radical reorientation’ needed as half of humanity lacks basic health coverage

News / 22nd September 2023

Two billion face severe financial hardships when paying out-of-pocket for necessary medical treatment, according to a joint World Health Organization-World Bank report.

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‘Gates of hell’ must be closed with ambitious action on fossil fuels, says UN chief

News / 22nd September 2023

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres kicked off his one-day Climate Ambition Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City this week with a simple, clear, and resounding message for world leaders: do more.

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