Global Social Justice
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See the YouTube film and sign the petition to stop financial secrecy: Global Financial Integrity
WEED's analysis of the Communication of the European Commission on an FTT: more a political compromise than a sober economic analysis ... Read
IMF Changing Position on financial sector taxation? After the IMF's initial dismissal of a FTT, its opposition lately seems to have softened ... Read
Extreme poverty between a 'zero draft' and a 'draft outcome document' - Francine Mestrum compares the two preparatory documents for the UN MDG summit. Read ...
Sometimes interesting things happen at formal UN summits. Like a French president asking for global taxes ... Francine Mestrum reports.
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism ... a short review of the newest book of Ha-Joon Chang. Read ...
Combating Poverty or Promoting Development?
Why is poverty such a persistent problem? What are its root causes? And why will the MDGs not be met? At the presentation event of a new UNRISD research, a clear analysis was made in favor of universal and transformative social policies. There is a growing convergence between different UN organisations. Read the article of Francine Mestrum
The European Commission's arguments against a Financial Transaction Tax
Read the Factsheet of Weed Germany
Global Poverty Reduction Policies
Francine Mestrum examines the failing poverty reduction policies of the UN. The first millennium development goal, to halve extreme poverty in 2015, may have been met, but extreme poverty in Africa has doubled ... Read...
Raising Revenue
A Report for Health Poverty Action and Stamp Out Poverty. The report shows that financial transaction taxes are commonplace and have been introduced in at least 40 developed and developing countries ... Read the report
A Financial Transaction Tax - New revenue to sweeten the pill of economic recovery
An article of Paul Rasmussen, president of the Party of European Socialists. Read ...
Redressing the Unconscionable Health Gap
An article of Lawrence O. Gostin with a Global Plan for Justice in the Health sector - Published in 'Georgetown Law', Faculty Publications
An interesting blog on the World Bank and its shortcomings ...
An alternative to austerity ...
From the website of Share the World's Resources, an article of Tim Bending on the importance of income redistribution.
The UN summit on the MDGs in September 2010
Pelican Web's Journal of Sustainable Development starts with an article of its editor, Luis Gutierrez, on the state of the MDGs and the possible outcomes of the summit.
Necessary reforms for the financial sector
Read the interesting article of Robert Kuttner on the necessary reforms for the financial sector (published by Social Europe Journal on June 3 2010)
Regulating Speculation in Food Commodities - a WDM Study (II)by Thomas Lines
Speculation in Food Commodity Markets - a WDM study by Thomas Lines
Stephan Schulmeister, expert from the Austrian Institute of Economic Research wrote a first analysis for ENOFAD - European Network on Finance and Development - on the EC and IMF proposals concerning bank levies and an Financial Transaction Tax
Stop Development Assistance ... Globalize Social Protection
Gorik Ooms, researcher at the Antwerp Institute for Tropical medicine, examines the possibilities of a globalized social protection. This article was published in the Yale Journal for International Affairs.
From Aid to Global Justice
Reacting to and enlarging the debate which started with the publication of the Dutch report on development and development cooperation, by Francine Mestrum .
A new vision on development and cooperation
The Dutch scientific council published its long awaited report on development cooperation.
Protecting Mother Earth? In Harmony with Nature?
Read ... reflections by Francine Mestrum
Should ODA be discontinued?
Justin Frewen gives his arguments for maintaining development aid in the name of global ethics.
Factsheet on a Financial Transaction Tax
De-growth or Other Growth?
The idea of 'de-growth' is far from new. With the current debates on climate change it has received a new impetus. However, what exactly is meant by it? Can one speak in general terms about the need to 'de-grow'? This article puts some clear questions to the advocates of 'de-growth' and asks them to reflect more on the reduction of our ecological footprint and on other economic theories.
What does 'development' mean?
The concept of development is constantly changing its meaning. In the 60s it clearly referred to economic development and the reducing of the gap between poor and rich. It then became 'poverty reduction' and 'growth', and is now evolving towards 'wellbeing' and 'happiness'... while in the meantime security policies are taking over. We have to oppose this constant downgrading of the ambitions and the militarization of development cooperation.
Globalization, Tax and Development
This text is a contribution of Francine Mestrum to a Tax Justice Symposium in the Senate in The Netherlands.
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Global Hunger and Poverty
Justin Frewen looks at the links between a global agricultural system, hunger and poverty.
The Debt Crisis
Justin Frewen looks at the origin of the debt crisis, odious debt and the urgent need for reducing the debt burden.
Why we have to fight global income inequality...
This analysis is the first chapter of the book edited by Matti Kohonen and Francine Mestrum: 'Tax Justice. Putting Global Inequality on the Agenda', published by Pluto Press in December 2008.
Beyond Poverty Reduction ...
Everywhere, welfare states are under pressure or have already been dismantled. In third world countries, poverty reduction policies took their place, whereas in rich countries serious reforms are under way. In this article, some international discourses on new types of social protection are being analysed.
European Parliament
Beginning of December 2009 the Comittee of Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament organized a hearing on the Financial Transaction Tax. It reflects the ideological composition of the Commitee...
Ten Years of World Social Forum
Porto Alegre celebrated ten years of 'World Social Forum with an interesting series of seminars. An assessment was made of the past ten years, new analysis were presented, many debates took place. 'Capitalism is unsustainable' could become the new slogan ...
TRIPS
Justin Frewen explains how TRIPS - Trade related International Property Rights made their way into the WTO and into developing countries ...
TRIPS Plus and intellectual property rights
Second Part of Justin Frewen's contribution on the WTO, Trips and intellectual property rights.
Haiti's tortured history
Justin Frewen explains why the earthquake in Haiti had such disastrous consequences: a history of debt, a present situaton with even the militarisation of humanitarian aid ...
MDGs: A Brief Evaluation
Justin Frewen's analysis of the Millennium Development Goals, a pale version of what 'development' once was ...
Global Inequality
Justin Frewen shows that 80 % of global citizens live in states with rising income differentials, against a mere 4 % where they are contracting. The world's bounty is increasingly being consumed by an ever smaller proportion of our planet's inhabitants.
Social Forum of the Human Rights Council
From August 31st to September 2nd 2009, the UN Human Rights Council organized a Social Forum with civil society. Dr Francine Mestrum was invited to speak on the negative impact of the crisis on the efforts to combat poverty. She mentioned the potential of social protection and income support measures, as well as a human rights approach to illegal practices on financial markets and the need to re-think global solidarity.
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