Development

Water covers nearly three-quarters of the earth’s surface and the poor represent a similar percentage of the world’s population (To set the record straight, I do not use the term …

The vertiginous global process of concentration of assets and income, and the resulting growth in social inequality, is one of the main factors that account for systemic instability affecting global …

Some maintain that sustained growth is the best strategy to ensure general well-being and reduce inequity and poverty. This insistently repeated claim hides half-truths and other critical issues: the point …

How can the low-income population take advantage of sustainable economic activities? How can the excluded and unemployed join promising activities? How can the involvement of socially and environmentally responsible players …

The economic troubles in several European countries are addressed, once again, with formulas that seek to “calm down” financial markets. They are aimed at putting public accounts back in shape …