Global Inequality

To a large extent, the reality of global inequality is ignored or at best downplayed. However, this has not always been the case. Indeed, in the early 1950s, the first UN resolutions on development focused on inequality rather than poverty. Unfortunately,...

Financial crisis pushes more of world’s poor into hunger, warns UN body

The United Nations committee tasked with building alliances in the global fight against hunger has warned that the world financial crisis will aggravate malnutrition among the most vulnerable in developing countries. Share

10 per cent of Americans collecting food stamps

Over 30 million Americans – one out of 10 – received food stamps Share