The annual public letter from Bill and Melinda Gates has become a much-celebrated event in the global development calendar. But lost in the excitement around this year’s letter is the fact that it uses 6,000 words to paint a picture that is so selective in its use of facts that...

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.

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.

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

Bill and Melinda Gates just released their annual letter, "Our Big Bet for the Future," with their thoughts on the current state of global poverty and the suite of projects they are funding to tackle it. While their hopeful tone and a good deal of what they are proposing is...

Inequality is not just real, it is a rampant and at the root of what is wrong with our world today. Figures of inequality presented by organisations like Oxfam and Credit Suisse give us sufficient proof that we have a problem as big than the wealth gap.

This webinar will examine and invite debate on the evidence behind concerns about the approach being taken to “fix” public attitudes to development by The Narrative Project and, particularly, the Gates Foundation.