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Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger – UN
News / 22nd April 2020The coronavirus crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of starvation unless swift action is taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions, the UN and other experts have warned.
Only internationalism can beat Covid-19
Blog / 21st April 2020Tackling the coronavirus demands international action and solidarity on all fronts - not just for reasons of equity, but also practicality, writes Vanessa Baird for the New Internationalist.
G20 suspends debt payments for poorest countries
News / 16th April 2020International aid and development organisations stress that suspending debt payments during a major global economic and health emergency may not be enough to fight the crises.
The Great Pause
Blog / 12th April 2020The coronavirus has brought our economy to a standstill. But instead of rebuilding a broken system, we must explore how we can build back better, write Amanda Janoo and Gemma Bone Dodds for OpenDemocracy WellbeingEconomy.org.
Coronavirus could turn back the clock 30 years on global poverty
News / 12th April 2020The economic impact of the global shutdown could push half a billion people into privation, researchers warn.
As coronavirus spreads to poorer countries, here’s how the world can help
Blog / 6th April 2020The time has come for a massively ambitious plan to overcome the impacts of the coronavirus crisis in developing countries, and on a scale we’ve never seen before in our lifetimes. By Chema Vera from Oxfam International.
Call to the G20 to invest in healthcare instead of militarisation
Article / 2nd April 2020Sign a petition from the International Peace Bureau (IPB) calling for a dramatic reduction of military spending in favour of healthcare and meeting social needs.
Billionaire wealth just shrunk, but Coronavirus is no great leveller
Blog / 23rd March 2020While the world's richest have seen a dip in their stock holdings, those on the bottom of the wealth scale will bear the heaviest burden of the crisis, writes Max Lawson for inequality.org.
Urgent call to head off new debt crisis in developing world
News / 23rd March 2020Rapid action is needed to head off the risk of a new debt crisis in the world’s poorest countries amid evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic is raising borrowing costs and hitting commodity exports, according to a leading campaign group.
Financial markets can’t be trusted to solve pandemics
Blog / 11th March 2020If the coronavirus has any positive impact, let it prompt us to learn the limitations of the market and the urgent need for regulation, taxation and public services, says Nick Dearden for Al Jazeera.