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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...
Featured, Ideas, Money, The story of poverty

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...
How to feel good about poverty
Featured, Ideas, Money, Power, The story of poverty

The Sustainable Development Goals: A Siren and Lullaby for Our Times

September 26, 2015 by Alnoor 1 Comment
At first glance, the rhetoric of the SDGs seems irresistible. They talk about eliminating poverty “in all its forms, everywhere” by 2030, through "sustainable development" and even addressing extreme inequality. None of which we would argue with of course. But as with all half-truths, one just has to dig beneath...
Featured, Ideas, Power, The story of poverty

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.
Featured, General, Ideas

Seven Eduardo Galeano Quotes to Stir the Revolutionary in You

April 30, 2015 by Swati No Comments
Here are some iconic quotes from the great Eduardo Galeano. Be prepared for some serious revolutionary inspiration.
Extracting wealth
Debunking The Gates Foundation Narrative Project, Ideas

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.
Inequality 300 richest have as much as 3 billion poorest
Commons, Featured, Global Economic Inequality Video, Ideas, Money, Power

3 ways humans create poverty

March 12, 2015 by The Rules 19 Comments
This is a big year for anyone interested in, or caught in the teeth of, poverty and extreme inequity. It’s the year of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be agreed by heads of state in New York in September. Right now, tens of thousands of people—from NGOs, to...
Featured, General

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:...
Bill Gates, narrative project
Debunking The Gates Foundation Narrative Project, Ideas

#PovertyDiscourse: webinar 2 September 2014 – The Narrative Project

September 29, 2014 by The Rules 2 Comments
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.
Changing the poverty discourse
Debunking The Gates Foundation Narrative Project, Featured, Ideas

Orphanages, latrines & soap powder: Changing the #PovertyDiscourse

August 29, 2014 by Martin Kirk 1 Comment
We know that many people in the UK misunderstand poverty and development: there’s reams of evidence on that. But there are interesting lessons to be had when we look at what it is that they actually think. For example: the idea that Oxfam run orphanages, something that surfaced when Oxfam...
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The Illusion of Legitimacy: The predatory borrower and inequality

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4 things you probably know about poverty that Bill and Melinda Gates don’t

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