by adminrise | Aug 25, 2020 | Development actors
One of the first actions taken by governments across the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic was to initiate border shutdowns. This action continues to negatively impact immigrants, refugees, and temporary workers in various ways. Yet, overlooked by many,...
by adminrise | Aug 25, 2020 | Development issues
Poor communities around the world are sending a clear, urgent and repeated message: “Hunger may kill us before coronavirus”. Combined with ongoing conflicts, spiraling inequality, and an escalating climate crisis, the pandemic has shaken an already broken food system...
by adminrise | Aug 25, 2020 | Development actors
Negotiations between the USA and China on trade and investments have become prominent on the economic agenda of the world and beyond that, have a large influence on the prospect of conflict and (in)stability in the most important region of the world. For the near...
by adminrise | Aug 22, 2020 | Development actors
Long before the COVID-induced recession slashed Canadians’ contributions to charities and the WE scandal threatened to undermine Canadians’ confidence in NGOs, there were deep-seated problems in the way that Canadian registered charities got funded. Canadian...
by adminrise | Aug 22, 2020 | Development issues
Excerpts from Walden Bello, “Global Finance, Power and instability”, in Trans National Institute, State of Power 2019, https://www.tni.org/en/stateofpower2019 In the wake of the neoliberal programme of the 1980s, the interests and focuses of capitalism turned towards...
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