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    Equity: the unaddressed agenda
    Praful Bidwai

    India's Finance Minister's first budget has failed to seize an opportunity to raise social spending and reduce In­dia’s obscene rich-poor, inter-sectoral and geographical inequalities.

    Global governance priorities in an interdependent world - balancing the economic and the environmental crisis
    Susan George

    The current crisis has exacerbated the effects of neoliberalism and hugely increased inequality, with money going from labour to capital.

     

    Haiti, Again?
    Phyllis Bennis

    The marginalisation of the UN and the militarisation of the US aid effort in Haiti reflect how humanitarian needs take a back seat to the Pentagon's priorities.

    Where has all the money gone?
    Susan George
     Armin Thurnher

    People have been literally robbed over the last thirty years as money has moved up from labour to capital. And as people have less money to spend, we are constantly in a crisis of overproduction.

    Default in Europe
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The Euro zone crisis cannot be staved off. A building with the bad foundation cannot be durable.

    How the myth of unlimited growth is destroying the planet
    Edgardo Lander

    Economic growth and continued expansion are a vital requirement for the current pattern of civilisation. We need to change this if we are to solve the climate crisis.

    25 years of shame
    Praful Bidwai

    The government’s deplorable response to the Bhopal gas disaster and its attempt to shield the polluter constitute a blot on India's democracy.

    Corruption in Afghanistan - Blame and shame
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    If the international community is serious about dealing with corruption in Afghanistan, they need to revise their own dubious practices.

    Australian Overseas Development Assistance and the Rural Poor
    Dianto Bachriadi

    Australian overseas development assistance is not simply driven by a desire to assist poorer countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The fundamental premise of Australian aid is, first and foremost, its own national interest.

    Land Reform Policies in Belgian Official Development Assistance
    Jonas Vanreusel

    For the most part of its history, the Belgian Official Development Assistance (ODA) focused on narrow agricultural productivity issues. With the slow but steady insertion of Belgian ODA into the
    international development community’s priorities, instruments and methods, Belgium started to...

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