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Global governance

“Market discourse has captured the development agenda to a point that may be incompatible with UN mandates”

Article / 14th February 2018

CIVICUS speaks with Barbara Adams, senior policy analyst at the Global Policy Forum (GPF), on the problem of private finance within the UN development system, and the need for civil society action in response to these growing trends.

Justice for people and planet

Report / 14th February 2018

The report ‘Justice for People and Planet’ shows how corporate power has been used to repeatedly abuse and violate human and environmental rights, written by Greenpeace with assistance from SOMO.

Humanity uses 70% more of the global commons than the Earth can regenerate

Blog / 5th February 2018

Measuring humanity’s ecological footprint is essential for keeping its demands within the planet’s biocapacity, a minimum requirement for sustainability, writes Mathis Wackernagel from the Global Footprint Network.

53 economists write to IMF Directors on approach to social protection

News / 2nd February 2018

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was formed in 1945 to ensure the stability of the international monetary system. The letter below to IMF Directors has been signed by more than 50 prestigious economists and development specialists, concerned on IMF’s social protection and labour reforms.

53人のエコノミスト IMFの理事に社会的保護の取り組みについての手紙を送る

News / 2nd February 2018

国際通貨基金（IMF）は、国際通貨システムの安定を確保するために1945年に設立されました。 以下のIMF理事への手紙は、IMFの社会的保護と労働改革を懸念して、50人以上の著名な経済学者と開発専門家によって署名されています。

Unire il popolo del mondo

Article / 24th December 2017

È arrivata l’ora in cui dobbiamo manifestare in milioni non contro questo o quello, ma piuttosto per chi siamo

The Commons Transition Primer

Article / 22nd December 2017

A new dedicated website by the P2P Foundation explains the meaning of and relationship between the Commons and peer-to-peer (P2P) frameworks, and details how a growing movement for a commons transition is poised to reinvigorate labor, politics, production, and carework – from both an interpersonal and environmental perspective.

"American Dream is rapidly becoming American Illusion," warns UN rights expert on poverty

Report / 18th December 2017

The United States, one of the world’s richest nations and the “land of opportunity”, is fast becoming a champion of inequality, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston.

Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses

Article / 14th December 2017

At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

The WTO matters more than ever - here's what you need to know about its summit

Article / 11th December 2017

‘Latin America returns to the global economy’. That’s the message that Argentina’s right-wing President Macri wants world leaders to take away from the World Trade Organisation’s 11th Ministerial Summit in Buenos Aires.