Development

Troubling Signs: Can The G8 Be Trusted to Deliver on Their Promises?

Josh Lozman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Development, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Aids Research, The Giving Life, Africa, Africa Foreign Aid, Development, G8 Nations, Politics News

Despite great progress, there are still nearly 5 million people on the continent that are in need of AIDS treatment in order to stay alive. No wonder the G8 wants to hide from their earlier promises.

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Gender Apartheid

Amy Coen | Posted 06.25.2008 | Life

Read More: Corruption, Foreign Aid, Women's Rights, Fgm, Apartheid, Foreign Assistance, Ethiopia, Violation, Prenatal, Conflict, Prevention, Africa, Aids, Racism, Female, Development, Developing Countries, Public Health, Hiv, Gender, Ngo, Contraceptives, Female Genital Mutilation, Health, Sex, Health Programs, Hospitals, Communities, Sexual Education, Condoms, Life News

Boge explained her biggest challenge decades earlier was to convince the first mother that her 'uncut' daughter would have a good life; she would be an acceptable wife, bear children and be healthy.

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Global Poverty: More Big Business is Not the Solution

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Poverty, Global Poverty, Development, Ceos, Corporations, Tax Avoidance, Business News

By most accounts, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is genuinely passionate about reducing global poverty. But he is not willing to challenge corporations and structures that generate that poverty.

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Defeating the Taliban by Treating the World's Sick: A New Approach to the Afghan Poppy Trade

Lisa Gans | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palliative Care, Aghan Poppy Crop, Taliban, Afghanistan, War on Drugs, World Health Organization, Development, Narcotics, International Narcotics Control Board, Opium, Afghanistan Drugs, Taliban Poppy, Afghanistan Poppy, Opiates, Poppy, Drugs, Poppy Crop, Politics News

The U.S. policy of poppy eradication in Afghanistan is futile, unimaginative and fails to take into account the economic needs of the Afghan population.

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U.S. Must Quit Bush's Chicken Little Politics in Pakistan, Cold Turkey

Lisa Gans | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Pervez Musharraf, Elections, Coercive Diplomacy, Bush Administration Diplomacy, Pakistan, The War on Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Development, Politics News

Rather than continue its prominent role in supporting one person within the Pakistani government, the U.S. should now assume a low profile as the new-elected order establishes itself.

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Eminent Domain Abuse: The Fight Goes On

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Atlantic Yards Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Development, Ratner Development, Eminent Domain, Supreme Court Kelo, Kelo, Bloomberg President, Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Real Estate, NYC Real Estate, NYC Real Estate Development, George Pataki, Governor Pataki, Politics News

In the two years since the alarming and legendary Supreme Court Kelo decision, an astounding 42 states have taken measures to curb the abuse of eminen...

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A Bank of Their Own

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Imf, Development, Latin America, Bank of the South, Politics News

This column was published by Alternet on October 31, 2007. "Developing nations must create their own mechanisms of finance instead of suffering under...

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For the IMF, Failure is Impossible . . . To See

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Imf, Developing World, World Bank, Development, International, Politics News

A version of this column appeared in the International Herald Tribune on October 19, 2007. In the Spring and Fall of each year the International Mone...

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