The biggest story in Uganda right now is at once a terrifying demonstration of self-serving politics and also a striking display of solidarity by the people in support of fair and just taxation.An...
A 2016 statement by the joint inequality alliance noted that:The world faces an inequality crisis that is spiraling out of control. Across the world we are seeing the gap between the...
The billionaire class is out of control. Unless we rein them in very soon, we will never be able to end global poverty or meet the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the key finding of a report...
Karma, a Palestinian village located 11km to the southwest of Hebron City. It is inhabited by around 1400 people (2007 census). Similar to other Palestinian communities, Karma is being choked by...
Education in Ghana was informal before contact with the Europeans, in the informal setting people served as apprentices and understudied their masters. With time, they gained the relevant knowledge...
With at least 600,000 children currently out of school in Malawi, and our education services struggling, it is shocking to think that many wealthy global companies doing business in my country may...
This week, the Development Committee of the European Parliament declared its position on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a big Public-Private Partnership launched by the G8 in 2012...
Brazil is currently experiencing huge political instability with an ongoing impeachment process being taken against the President of the nation. This process is leading to a very serious situation...
So far the Panama Papers have succeeded in ousting a sitting head of government, began a much needed debate about whether countries like New Zealand should count as tax havens, and have again...
The inaugural Africa Development Week is being jointly hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) from 31 March to 5th April.The Development Week is an annual...
It’s a frustratingly familiar story. NGOs campaign for years to reform some aspect of international business which is causing problems for poor countries in particular. Eventually, grudgingly,...
Coming to Guatemala, I am once again struck by amazing stories of change that are underway in a country still in transition towards justice. One of them is the incredible case of the women of Sepur...
ActionAid’s new report explores how industrialisation can drive the creation of more and better jobs. The report comes at a crucial time, when policy makers around the world are coming to realise...
The cover page of the recently released progress report on the New Alliance for food security and nutrition, features an African woman driving a tractor made by a US company. At first sight, a...
If the foreign labour market were an auction house, the Philippine Government would be among the first to put its citizens up for auction. Every year, the government teaches thousands of Filipinos...
