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Issue No. 283/284 (Mar/Apr 2014)
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COVER:
The UN post-2015 development agenda
UN
to hold development summit in 2015
Actual intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development
agenda will start in September 2014, with a development summit to be
held in 2015 to adopt the agenda.
By Martin Khor
Moving
away from MDGs to development proper
The
post-2015 development agenda should focus on global systemic reform
to secure an accommodating international environment for sustainable
development.
By Yilmaz Akyuz
A
credible post-2015 development agenda requires structural transformations
in macroeconomic and financial governance
A
credible post-2015 development agenda requires the overhauling of the
inequitable and dysfunctional arrangements and structures in the international
macroeconomic and financial architectures.
By Bhumika
Muchhala
Transformative
trade policy - a missing link post-2015?
The
need for international policy space for a transformative trade agenda
is clearly vital.
By Gabriele
Koehler
A
call for equality, social security and accountability
Human
rights experts recommend that the post-2015 development agenda should
incorporate the goals of equality, social security and accountability
as key priorities.
Amplifying
the private sector in development: Concerns, questions and risks
It is an opportune moment for a reconsideration of the view that
has prevailed in recent decades that an expanded role for the private
sector is the prerequisite for economic development.
By Bhumika Muchhala
Health
in the post-2015 development agenda
It
is imperative to address the root causes of the global health crisis,
including the global economic and political architecture, as the starting
point for designing the post-2015 development agenda.
By David Legge
Sustainable
development goals for agriculture, rural development and food security
Agriculture
is a vital sector in the economies of developing countries and a key
issue in the sustainable development and post-2015 development agenda
discussions.
By Lim Li Ching
When
a promise is not a promise
An
'innovative' Dutch move may well result in the drying of official development
assistance from rich to poor countries.
By Roberto Bissio
ECOLOGY
Fukushima
crisis goes global
Massive
radioactive leaks continue from the badly damaged structures at the
Fukushima nuclear power plant as the dangerous operation of moving spent
fuel rods begins, and with still greater challenges of decommissioning
the meltdown reactors yet to come.
By Mae-Wan Ho
Feeding
the world sustainably
Findings
show that agrobiodiversity, rather than genetic engineering, offers
a more appropriate option for feeding a fast-growing global population.
By Clare Westwood
Seeds
for life
Without
their traditional seed diversity, farmers are losing the tools and resilience
to deal with challenges such as climate change.
By Michael Farrelly
HEALTH & SAFETY
A
matter of life and death
The
ability of patients to get life-saving medicines at affordable prices
may be a victim of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
By Martin Khor
Injecting
HIV into Pakistan
The
easy availability of heroin from nearby Afghanistan has put Pakistan
at grave risk of a high incidence of HIV/AIDS cases.
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
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ECONOMICS
Debt
is back
World
Bank statistics reveal a worrying trend: developing-country debt is
rising again.
By Bodo
Ellmers
Time
to end an era of disastrous development
Many
things have changed in Myanmar in recent times but land grabs and
forced displacement are still an inescapable fact of life for many.
By Aung
Zaw
America's
last throwback to Plutocracy 1.0
Bunny
Mellon, 'the last standing true American aristocrat' who died in March,
represented 'the last link between America's original plutocrats,
the gang that ushered in the Great Depression, and our contemporary
plutocrats, the crew that gave us the Great Recession.'
By Sam Pizzigati
WORLD AFFAIRS
Resolving
nuclear arms claims hinges on Iran's demand for documents
The
US has refused to allow Iran access to relevant documents to enable
it to answer the accusation of having had a covert nuclear weapons
programme in the past.
By Gareth Porter
USAID
subversion in Latin America not limited to Cuba
The
US Agency for International Development has a track record of subversion
in Latin American countries, the latest being Cuba.
By Dan Beeton
Resurgent
Chilean social movements advance cross-border solidarity
The
social coalition of student activists, trade unionists and other civil
society groups are pressurising the Chilean president to build cross-border
solidarity by allying with other leftist governments in the region.
By Emily
Achtenberg
HUMAN RIGHTS
A
new paradigm needed to support the right to food
A
new paradigm focused on well-being, resilience and sustainability
must be designed to better support the full realisation of the right
to adequate food, says the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the
right to food.
By Kanaga Raja
Saudis'
mass expulsions putting Somalis in danger
In
a brutal crackdown on undocumented foreign workers, Saudi Arabia has
been deporting such workers without regard to their human rights and
in violation of international law.
By Laetitia
Bader and Adam Coogle
WOMEN
Taking
stock
A
United Nations review of the implementation of the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action
has furnished valuable information on the current state of women's
empowerment and gender equality.
VIEWPOINT
Song
of the shirt
The
textile industry is used to illustrate ‘the epic circularity of the
dance of capital - from Bengal to Lancashire and back again to Bangladesh.’
By Jeremy Seabrook
POETRY
Because
of You
This
poem is based on the imagery of the Indonesian shadow play.
By Amir Hamzah
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