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Capital flight from Africa: How the poor finance the rich
Article / 5th March 2018A new World Bank report comparing economic growth among different regions in the world ignores key factors in addressing wealth and inequality in Africa—particularly the wealth that is stashed offshore in developed countries, says economist and author Leonce Ndikumana in an interview with The Real News Network.
Africa 'very, very far away' from meeting global target to end child malnutrition
News / 2nd March 2018No African country is expected to reach the UN target of ending childhood malnutrition by 2030, according to a new study.
Why Congress must vote on the United States’ role in Yemen
Article / 2nd March 2018Few Americans know that the U.S. military is making the crisis in Yemen worse by helping one side in the conflict bomb innocent civilians. We believe that since Congress has not authorized military force for this conflict, the U.S. government should play no role in it beyond providing desperately needed humanitarian aid, writes Mike Lee, Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy.
Demanding 'fundamental restructuring of the economy,' progressives embrace bold new agenda
News / 27th February 2018Arguing that only a positive and truly transformative economic agenda will be sufficient to overcome the Republican congressional majority and President Donald Trump, scores of progressive leaders this week endorsed a bold 11-point platform that calls for Medicare for All, tough Wall Street regulation, and a ban on corporate money in elections.
UN seeks $1.06 billion to create ‘firewall against famine'
News / 14th February 2018Ongoing conflicts and climate-related shocks have left millions of people on the brink of starvation, the United Nations agriculture agency warned on Thursday as it launched a $1.06 billion appeal to save lives and livelihoods, and tackle acute hunger in 26 countries.
Justice for people and planet
Report / 14th February 2018The report ‘Justice for People and Planet’ shows how corporate power has been used to repeatedly abuse and violate human and environmental rights, written by Greenpeace with assistance from SOMO.
Is it possible for everyone to live a good life within our planet’s limits?
Article / 14th February 2018Although wealthy nations like the US and UK satisfy the basic needs of their citizens, they do so at a level of resource use that is far beyond what is globally sustainable. If all seven billion or more people are to live well within the limits of our planet, radical changes are required based on a fairer sharing of resources, explains Daniel O'Neill.
“Market discourse has captured the development agenda to a point that may be incompatible with UN mandates”
Article / 14th February 2018CIVICUS speaks with Barbara Adams, senior policy analyst at the Global Policy Forum (GPF), on the problem of private finance within the UN development system, and the need for civil society action in response to these growing trends.
Tackling inequality talk is easy
Blog / 5th February 2018Growing inequality is not inevitable; it is created socially. If elites are at all serious about tackling the growing gap between the super rich and the rest of us, they know what they have to do - but who will act? By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram for IPS News.
Humanity uses 70% more of the global commons than the Earth can regenerate
Blog / 5th February 2018Measuring humanity’s ecological footprint is essential for keeping its demands within the planet’s biocapacity, a minimum requirement for sustainability, writes Mathis Wackernagel from the Global Footprint Network.