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Governments Using Billions of Public Funds to Subsidize Climate-Destructive Industries—Report
18 de septiembre, por Maina WaruruA report examining corporate capture of public finance is accusing industries fueling the climate crisis, including fossil fuel ones, of draining public funds in the Global South, singling them out for squeezing out of governments USD 700 billion in public subsidies each year. The report, How (…) -
Where Has Poverty Gone?
18 de septiembre, por Michelle Muschett and Sabina AlkirePolitical polarization, the climate emergency, organized crime, migration, and low economic growth currently dominate the public debate in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and rightly so. However, there is a significant structural challenge to human development and democracy itself that, (…) -
ECW Delivers Holistic Education Against All Odds, But More Funding Needed
17 de septiembre, por IPS CorrespondentEducation Cannot Wait (ECW) has delivered quality education to children in crisis “against all odds,” ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif said at the United Nations today. “And you can imagine the odds. We are seeing more armed conflict, a growth of climate-induced disasters and the biggest (…) -
Are the World’s Ongoing Conflicts in Danger of Going Nuclear?
17 de septiembre, por Thalif DeenThe constant drumbeat of nuclear threats seems never ending—emanating primarily from the Russians, Israeli right-wing politicians and North Koreans. The threats also prompt one lingering question: Can there be a World War III without the use of nuclear weapons? In a report August 27, Reuters (…) -
Odious Debts: What Can Bangladesh Learn from Ecuador?
16 de septiembre, por Anis Chowdhury and Khalilur RahmanBangladesh’s White Paper committee will review foreign loan deals signed by the fallen kleptocratic regime. We recommend that it identifies and declares the loans or portions of loans that did not benefit the nation as unpayable, because they were siphoned off the country by corrupt politically (…)