When G8 leaders meet next week in Kananaskis, the plight of Africa will be at the top of their agenda. They are expected to unveil an action plan in response to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), a proposal for more Western development aid advanced by three prominent African leaders.
Many civil society organizations in Africa, however, disagree with the direction and strategy of the NEPAD plan. They would prefer a much greater and more generously funded effort to fight the preventable diseases that are ravaging their continent.
Inequality and poverty
(Ottawa) A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives sheds some light on the pressing issue of inequality in the global economy. The report, The Global Divide, comes as officials gather in Washington this weekend to discuss topics such as global poverty at the semi-annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
"When countless politicians and business gurus are telling us that we live in a global village," said author Marc Lee, "then we have to look at how the income pie in that village is sliced, and it is not a pretty picture."
In June 2001, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) released a policy document proposing distinct new terms for development aid. The report, called "Strengthening Aid Effectiveness," outlines a new direction for CIDA and new terms of reference for distributing aid.[1] On the one hand, it ties aid to global security, with the aim that CIDA should work together with other aid agencies to contribute to a more stable and affluent world.
In this CCPA book, Health and Wealth, economic consultant and social policy specialist Monica Townson explains why the goal of assuring maximum health for all Canadians will never be achieved unless all levels of government get serious about addressing the socioeconomic root causes of ill-health.
Ottawa--Poverty is still a women's issue - even though people no longer seem to be talking about it. Almost 19% of adult women in Canada are poor. That's the highest rate of women's poverty in two decades.
In A Report Card on Women and Poverty, prepared for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, economist Monica Townson found that, since 1980, the percentage of women living in poverty has been climbing steadily. Women remain among the poorest of the poor, says Townson. And recent government policies have contributed to the growing poverty of women, she notes.
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