STWR - Share The World's Resources

Globalisation is not a convincing excuse for accepting inequality. But is equality and generosity sustainable in the context of the world market? As the example of Scandinavian countries shows us, the irrefutable answer is yes, says Göran Therborn.

As news of the global economic slump becomes more dire by the day, the latest World Bank statistics suggest that 53 million more people could fall into $2 a day poverty in 2009 as a direct result of the financial crisis - or up to 100 million more people according to the UN Millennium Campaign. 

One billion people will go hungry around the globe next year for the first time in human history, as the international financial crisis deepens, according to the United Nations. Reported by Geoffrey Lean.

The U.S Department of Agriculture has released figures on the increase of hunger in the U.S, revealing how the current economic downturn has contributed to painting a dire picture of the health and nutrition of many Americans, writes David Walsh.

A senior United Nations humanitarian official has called on the world to rescue people from poverty and war, and not just banks from financial collapse.

The global financial downturn is certain to put even more strain on the poorer nations of the globe, placing more responsibility on the global north to maintain its support for the MDGs - promises that are being monitored by a growing global anti-poverty movement, says Anita Sharma.

The hope that at least extreme poverty can be eradicated by the end of 2015, as stipulated in the UN's Millennium Development Goals, seems as unrealistic as ever, not due to lack of resources but a lack of true concern for the world's poor, writes Ramzy Baroud.