Aid

The founding editor of the New Internationalist, Peter Adamson, looks at how the world has changed since the magazine started – and argues for a new push against inequality.

Filed in: Development (Aid)

Steps forward, steps back - what effect have 40 years of development had?

Filed in: Development (Aid)

The magazine’s longest serving co-editor discusses world progress and whether the concepts of development and economic growth are out of date.

Filed in: Development (Aid) Media Poverty

Saleyha Ahsan on the grassroots NGOs providing humanitarian care in Syria, despite lack of support from major development agencies.

Filed in: Conflict Development Development (Aid) NGOs Refugees Syria United Kingdom

As he remembers the 1999 Freetown massacre, Seray Bangura looks to a bright future for the country formally known as ‘war torn.’

Filed in: Democracy Development (Aid) Sierra Leone Violence

Computers are a growing part of our lives but do they give us more freedom or reduce our civil liberties?

Filed in: Development (Aid) Human Rights Internet Technology

Jessica Cantos on the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals and the need to put people before profit.

Filed in: Development (Aid) Philippines Politics Poverty UN

Computer programmers and campaigners have teamed up to ‘hack’ for justice, reports Transparency International’s Milena Marin.

Filed in: Development (Aid) Politics Technology

With corporates swarming all over the trade justice brand, David Ransom says Fair Trade must stick to its founding ideals or throw in the towel.

Filed in: Corporations Development (Aid) Economics Fair Trade United States

Ashley Jackson explains how the agendas of Western governments have turned relief work into a lethal occupation.

Filed in: Conflict Development Development (Aid)

Poor people need aid but it needs to be targeted and the structures that perpetuate global inequality must also be tackled, says Natasha Adams.

Filed in: Africa Development (Aid) Food Hunger NGOs Poverty United Kingdom