STWR - Share The World's Resources

‘Global apartheid’ describes an international economy inherently engineered to further enrich the rich and impoverish the poor. The first step in transforming this system is for leaders in the Global South to stop thinking that without aid they cannot survive, writes Yash Tandon.

Dichotomies and over-simplification characterise the current debate over international development aid. The discussion must be radically reframed to focus on how aid is given rather than how much is necessary, says Lindsay Whitfield.

Despite billions of dollars being spent on development assistance over the past 60 years, the net effect has been a strengthening of the status quo and the forces which keep people poor. It is time to radically reform aid policies, writes Phil Vernon.

When Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo published her controversial book, Dead Aid, her critique that development aid isn’t working struck a resonant chord. But does this mean that we should scrap aid altogether for the world’s poorest countries? By the New Internationalist.

The state is back, neo-liberal policies have failed, and the liberalisation of trade should be halted. These are some of the findings and recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the poorest countries, writes Isolda Agazzi.

Many richer nations continue to use aid as an instrument of power rather than a tool for development. We need a new model of aid that prioritises self-sufficiency, promotes food security and encourages genuine empowerment of the poor, argues Tesfaye Habisso.  

The financial crisis is expected to have a severe impact on humanitarian funding, with some analysts projecting cuts in official development assistance (ODA) of up to a third or more.