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The world’s poor stand to lose the most
The urgency shown by rich countries to tackle the financial meltdown is in stark contrast to their foot dragging and broken promises over aid and poverty alleviation, human rights and climate change.
It is too soon to predict exactly how badly the poorest countries will fare in the financial crisis and resultant economic downturn. But it [...]
The Real Dubai
Great and disturbing article at The Guardian, talking about ridiculously low labour standards that are helping to build the ridiculous (and impressive) sky-scrapers in Dubai. From the article:
“All of these men are part of a huge scam that is helping the construction boom in the Gulf. Like hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, they each [...]