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global poverty

February 16, 2009

Christian Aid lobbies for tax justice in anti-poverty struggle

UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is urging supporters to recruit their local MPs in a bid to pressurise the British government to bring tax justice to economically impoverished countries.
February 13, 2009

Global economy hits poorest hardest, archbishop tells Synod

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has told the General Synod of the Church of England that the real significance of the world financial crisis and economic downturn is its impact on the poor and vulnerable.
February 5, 2009

Aid agencies support British campaign on corporate tax avoidance

Two major UK-based international development agencies have welcomed a British newspaper's campaign on corporate tax avoidance, which they point out is unjust and hits the world's poor badly.
December 15, 2008

Peru highlights West's global warming action challenge

A front-line worker tackling poverty in Peru has warned that without stronger climate change action from the West ‘millions of poor people will be abandoned to the escalating ravages of an unpredictable climate.’
December 3, 2008

Doha is a 'lost opportunity', say development agencies

A high level United Nations conference in Doha has proved a lost opportunity for instituting reforms to the global financial system to help poor countries, say leading development agencies Christian Aid and ActionAid.
December 2, 2008

Call for deeper aid commitment from British government

Progressio has welcomed the British government’s repeated promise to deliver 0.7% of GNP in development aid to the world's poorest countries, but says it must follow through on long-term commitments to developing nations.
November 30, 2008

Christian Aid asks PM to act now on tax justice for the poorest

Christian Aid says poor countries should be able to use their own wealth and resources to help them overcome poverty, and is urging people to pressure PM Gordon Brown to end tax loopholes that undermine this possibility.
November 24, 2008

Investing creatively in impoverished communities
October 3, 2008

Religious leaders say finance crunch must not derail anti-poverty action

The global financial crisis should not derail progress on fighting poverty worldwide, religious leaders have said, adding that the current financial market turmoil makes attempts to tackle deprivation all the more urgent.
October 3, 2008

Time to invest practically in social change

The current global financial crisis is not a counsel of despair, says Patrick Hynes. It is an opportunity to review our priorities and invest practically for change through agencies like Oikocredit.