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African countries grapple with 50 years of IMF austerity
Report / 12th October 2023ActionAid'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.
We need an Economic Bill of Rights to save American democracy
Blog / 5th October 2023The 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.
Pope Francis warns world ‘may be nearing breaking point’ with climate change
News / 5th October 2023Pope Francis has warned the world is "collapsing" due to climate change and may be "nearing breaking point".
Poverty and hunger eradication targeted to miss UN’s 2030 deadline by wide margins
Blog / 2nd October 2023When 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.
‘Gates of hell’ must be closed with ambitious action on fossil fuels, says UN chief
News / 22nd September 2023United 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.
‘Radical reorientation’ needed as half of humanity lacks basic health coverage
News / 22nd September 2023Two billion face severe financial hardships when paying out-of-pocket for necessary medical treatment, according to a joint World Health Organization-World Bank report.
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
News / 15th September 2023Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned.
‘Elephant in the Room’ campaign calls for urgent action on global food crisis at upcoming UN meetings
News / 7th September 2023Climate activists and anti-poverty campaigners are calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders on the global food crisis at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month.
Rich nations have delivered mere ‘pittance’ to help East Africa tackle climate crisis: Oxfam
Report / 5th September 2023As the first-ever Africa Climate Summit kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, an analysis by Oxfam found that rich nations have delivered just a small fraction of the aid that East African nations say they need to meet their climate goals.
Asia’s poor grew by 68 million people after pandemic, report says
News / 29th August 2023Nearly 70 million more people lived in extreme poverty in developing Asian countries last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising living costs, a Philippines-based development bank has said.