STWR - Share The World's Resources

Debt campaigners welcomed Gordon Brown's announcement today of a "modern Marshall Plan" for Africa, but expressed concerns that the initiative was deficient and fraught with problems for poor countries.

The UN called for urgent action today to avert "disaster" in Africa as it outlined the human cost of a business-as-usual approach to development in the world's poorest continent.

As Blair and Bush close in on deal over debt, UN report reveals human cost

A new "scramble for Africa" is taking place among the world's big powers, who are tapping into the continent for its oil and diamonds.

The UK and EU are keeping the poorer nations exactly where they want them: beholden to their patrons

The yawning wealth gap in 'booming' China is badly hampering foreign attempts to help the country's have-nots

We can deal with climate change only with the help of governments. So far, however, when confronted with a choice between the two sacred commodities - market freedom and human life - the one they have chosen to preserve is market freedom, writes George Monbiot.

The world's most developed nations have reaffirmed the need to provide debt relief to poor countries.

The world's richest countries are failing to provide the funds needed for education in the developing world, the Global Campaign for Education has said.