Publications by: Guest content
Our Future is Public: The Santiago Declaration for Public Services
Article / 19th January 2023STWR join hundreds of organisations in signing the Santiago Declaration against the commercialisation and privatisation of public services.
Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years
Report / 16th January 2023The richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today.
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.
COP15: ‘historic’ biodiversity deal has loopholes
Blog / 21st December 2022A lack of financial resources was a major sticking point at the talks, as well as vague commitments on reducing consumption and production. Report by Catherine Early for The Ecologist.
Taxing super-profits to beat inflation and defend human rights
Blog / 16th December 2022Pandemics, wars and recessions do not exempt states from human-rights commitments. They must tax multinationals and the richest more to protect the most vulnerable, writes Magdalena Sepúlveda for Social Europe.
Poor countries squeezed by 10 trillion dollars in external debts
Blog / 16th December 2022The external debt of the world’s low and middle-income countries at the end of 2021 totalled 9 trillion US dollars, more than double the amount a decade ago. Such debt is expected to increase by an additional 1.1 trillion US dollars in 2023.
One in 23 people will require humanitarian relief in 2023, UN warns
News / 6th December 2022A global relief fund of a record $51.5bn will be needed to assist 339 million people suffering because of 2022’s ‘extreme events’.
UN adopts historic decision to take on new tax leadership
Blog / 6th December 2022The UN General Assembly has adopted by unanimous consensus a resolution that mandates the UN to set course for a global tax leadership role.
What climate debt does the North owe the South?
Article / 2nd December 2022Richer countries haven't met their $100 billion promise to help poorer countries move beyond fossil fuels. Where's the money going to come from?