Commodities and dependency - The Facts

Commodities and dependency - The Facts

The facts and figures of commodities and our dependence on them.

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014

Housing - THE FACTS

Prices through the roof, a gaping deficit, homelessness, one billion in slums and an urban takeover.

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NI 461 - Demolition job - April, 2013
 (top) Carnival revellers celebrate, St Georges; (bottom left to right) a historic waterfront building, St Georges; Paradise Beach, Carriacou; Carriacou’s capital, Hillsborough; a local police officer.Photographs by Zoe and Gabrielle Smith

Country Profile - Grenada

Zoe Leigh Smith reports on the tiny Caribbean island's strangling debt burden.

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NI 457 - Bad medicine - November, 2012
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Goodbye welfare, hello workfare

Warren Clark is unimpressed by governments forcing citizens to 'donate' their labour to big business.

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NI 453 - Protection racket - June, 2012
Country Profile: Guatemala

Country Profile: Guatemala

The country's unequal wealth distribution and rapid population growth have made it one of the poorest in Latin America, writes Anna-Claire Bevan.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012
People join hands outside UN building in Bangkok to commemorate International Day for Eradication of Poverty.Sukree Sukplang / Reuters

Tax the richest: why are we waiting?

As the UN goes in search of more funds to eliminate poverty, David Hillman reckons he knows where they’re hiding. Top dodger: Tesco

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NI 416 - Wanted! For dodging tax justice - October, 2008

The Eighth Commandment – Lies

Lies, food & the poor by Eduardo Galeano

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NI 414 - We need to think about toilets - August, 2008

The Second Front

The New Internationalist monthly campaigning page on third world issues.

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NI 1 - World food crisis - March, 1973

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
How the war on pirates became big business September, 2013
Demolition job April, 2013
Bad medicine November, 2012
Protection racket June, 2012
Mental health May, 2012
Life beyond growth July, 2010
Wanted! For dodging tax justice October, 2008
We need to think about toilets August, 2008
World food crisis March, 1973
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