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The rise of Asia and the polarisation of Global Forces: Western...

(Read Part I) G7 and E7, OLDEFOS and NEFOS Those forecasts reveal interesting points, at least two for the purpose of this essay: 1) The grouping of...

The rise of Asia and the polarisation of Global Forces: Western...

A sketch of ideas for a global future PART 1 “That Asia has ‘risen' in the world economy since at least 1960, and especially since 2000,...

Deadly US policy on Covid-19 will split the world in two...

By John Ross 12 May, 2020 The Donald Trump administration’s failure to take the coronavirus seriously won’t only cause thousands of unnecessary deaths, it could change...

Deux Textes d’ Afrique

La commémoration du 1er Mai 2020 intervient dans un contexte de crise économique, consécutive à la pandémie Covid -19, qui s'est déclenchée en Chine,...

A debt jubilee to tackle the Covid-19 health and economic crisis

Over 200 networks and organisations have signed a statement calling for cancellation of debt payments in 2020. The statement is available here in English La déclaration est...

Planetary boundaries

Planetary boundaries is a concept involving Earth system processes which contain environmental boundaries, proposed in 2009 by a group of Earth system and environmental...

World Food Programme warns: COVID-19 pandemic will cause “famines of biblical...

By Jean Shaoul 23 April 2020 The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday that without urgent action and funding, hundreds of millions of...

Cancel debts to let world tackle the virus

West told to ensure that no country faces choice between paying for pandemic response and making loan repayments By Ceren Sagir April 15, 2020 CAMPAIGNERS and...

IMF: Global economy faces worst recession since the Great Depression –...

By Graeme Wearden and Jasper Jolly Tue 14 Apr 2020 Closing summary: World economy braces for depression The International Monetary Fund today warned that the world...

Un humain sur deux menacé de pauvreté: retrouvez tout notre dossier...

Jeudi 9 Avril 2020 Un rapport choc d'Oxfam estime qu'un demi-milliard de personnes supplémentaires pourraient basculer dans le dénuement. Pour éviter ce scénario catastrophe, l'ONG propose...