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Articles and opinion

The global fight for food: a battle of narratives

Article / 16th September 2008

The inability of world leaders to face up to the root causes or policy contradictions of a food crisis is nothing new, but the resultant crisis of faith in neoliberal economic orthodoxy is a sign that the world direction is changing course, writes Adam Parsons.

Do the poor count?

Article / 15th September 2008

The World Bank's latest poverty figures underline the fact that globalisation has been largely ineffective at either reducing the burgeoning ranks of the world's poor, or including this vast swathe of the global population into the mainstream economy.

World bank poverty figures: what do they mean?

Article / 15th September 2008

The World Bank's revised international poverty line of $1.25, which on many counts reveals a negligible difference in reducing poverty since 1981, raises legitimate questions about the assumed success of globalisation.

Africa: key facts and resources

Article / 19th May 2008

A collection of facts and further resources about economic development in Africa, including organisations, reports and articles.