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Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries

January 18, 2017 by Jason 1 Comment

The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations of the global south, to help them eradicate poverty and push them up the development ladder. This story is so widely propagated by the aid industry and the governments of the...

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With a little help from Bill Gates, the World Bank creates a new aid conditionality

April 27, 2016 by Guest 1 Comment

With $43.5 billion in assets, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is a major player in the field of international aid. Seated next to the World Bank President, Bill Gates, the former CEO of Microsoft, outlined three game-changers to ensure development. First, donors need to be constant in their...

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It’s time to move beyond growth for growth’s sake

December 5, 2015 by Martin Kirk 2 Comments

Growth for growth’s sake is the poison in the well; the fatal flaw that is leading us over the cliff of environmental and social catastrophe. Given how central this problem is to the future, it amounts to a dereliction of duty by those responsible. It is now up to the...

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Enough of aid – let’s talk reparations

December 3, 2015 by Jason No Comments

In the mainstream narrative of international development peddled by institutions from the World Bank to the UK’s Department of International Development, the history of colonialism is routinely erased

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Mass poverty and inequality are created

August 28, 2015 by The Rules No Comments

If we can spread the idea that poverty is created, we can help expose the causes of poverty and inequality, and create awareness that we need to change the rules of neoliberal capitalism, not just provide a little bit of palliative care.

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The SDGs and the problem with saving the world

August 12, 2015 by Jason 3 Comments

The UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals aim to save the world without transforming it.

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Sustainable Development Goals – Articles to Spread

April 17, 2015 by James North No Comments

As we counter the story the establishment is telling about the sustainable development process, here are articles that support tell the true story of poverty and development.

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The death of international development

March 11, 2015 by Jason Hickel 9 Comments

‘Development’ has failed to deliver. The reason, Jason Hickel argues, is that development organisations have failed to address the structural drivers of poverty

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Strip away the sound & fury and there’s a very simple reason we’re not solving big problems

January 30, 2015 by Martin Kirk 5 Comments

I used to work in the aid business. For about ten years. I loved it for most of that time. But I gradually lost faith with the basic premise; that aid and charity are anything like solutions to all the problems the big aid agencies say they want to solve:...

Inequality 300 richest have as much as 3 billion poorest

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Inequality and Poverty are no Accident: They are Man-made

October 16, 2014 by The Rules No Comments

Almost every day there is a news story that tells us that economic inequality has reached an all time high. The wealth gap is becoming a chasm. How did we get here? What is it that has made our world so unequal?

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Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries

With a little help from Bill Gates, the World Bank creates a new aid conditionality

It’s time to move beyond growth for growth’s sake

Enough of aid – let’s talk reparations

Mass poverty and inequality are created

The SDGs and the problem with saving the world

Sustainable Development Goals – Articles to Spread

The death of international development

Strip away the sound & fury and there’s a very simple reason we’re not solving big problems

Inequality and Poverty are no Accident: They are Man-made

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