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The ghosts of user fees past: Accountability for victims of a 30-year economic policy mistake
On May 21st, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim’s speech at the World Health Assembly in Geneva was notable for his sharp condemnation of health user fees as “both unjust and unnecessary” and for noting that “Anyone who has provided health care to poor people knows that even tiny out-of-pocket charges can drastically reduce … Continue reading
Participants at a recent event in Washington, D.C. addressed the impact of IMF-recommended economic policies, including austerity measures, on human rights in the Middle East. The event, held on the occasion of the Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, at the World Bank Headquarters, was organized by Arab NGO Network … Continue reading
A new joint statement, endorsed by 19 leading human rights organizations so far, calls for human rights be placed at the core of the new development agenda. This statement remains open for new sign-ons until Monday May 13th. (to endorse click here) Human Rights for All Post-2015 May 2013 Human rights have surged to the … Continue reading
Rightingfinance contributed a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Drinking Water and Sanitation’s 2013 Annual Report. This report will address, as announced by the Special Rapporteur, “sustainability and non-retrogression in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation.” “Respect for human rights, human dignity, the environment and livelihoods of peoples … Continue reading
The Millennium Development Goals, those ambitious anti-poverty targets in eight separate categories approved by the UN in 2000, still have two years to go before a final analysis can be made of their overall achievements. While much progress has been made (poverty is down as a percentage of the populations in poor countries as well … Continue reading
A new policy brief published February 2013 by the Tax Justice Network Germany is focused on the relationship between taxes and human rights and whether nations are using the “maximum available resources” to protect the human rights of its citizens. The brief begins by speaking generally on the relationship between taxes and human rights, arguing … Continue reading
Four years after the fall of Lehman Brothers, the world economy continues to face the aftershocks of the crisis. Some indicators are the acuteness of the Eurozone sovereign debt and the banking crisis. The European Union has just entered into what is technically a recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth) and the United States is … Continue reading
