STWR - Share The World's Resources

Three crises - financial, poverty, and climate - underscore the inter-dependency of nations and the imbalance in spending priorities which, if continued, will come back to haunt Northern governments, says a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies.

The impact of the global financial crisis on Global North has been much analysed in the media and academic journals, however what about the developing world? The crisis could lead to debilitating macro-economic meltdown for those most in need, says a new report by the Institute for Development Studies.

The NEF makes the case that the noble goal of bringing finance back into line with the objectives of ensuring basic human rights, national development and environmental sustainability is being undermined by the hollow principles of maintaining open markets, unrestrained foreign direct investment, and the ignoring of ecological debt.

A survey of the economic and social impact of currency crises on developing countries, with an in-depth look at how the world’s biggest banks use the world financial system to speculate on currency movements that sparked economic meltdown in Russia, South East Asia and South America.

A thought provoking collection of articles that lay bare the dynamics, the interlinkages and impact of debt, financial institutions and the making of a Global South.