This article offers the first comprehensive account of the challenges Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) face in implementing the Wall Street Consensus, a fi...

As the world prepares for the 4th UN Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, I wanted to share a few reflections I brought into recent discussions on Belgium’s positioning. We kn…

This chapter critically evaluates the geopolitical and financialized dynamics of EU-Africa relations, centring on the reformed European Financial Architecture

The ethical anxiety of (self-)care

In 2023, the global financial system witnessed a striking reversal. For the first time in over a decade, lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experienced negative net financial flows on external debt, amounting to -$7 billion. The reversal of financial flows from lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to developed countries, is a moment of reckoning for global development finance. (Source image: …

Five lessons from the new World Bank debt statistics READ THE NOTE The latest International Debt Statistics have been released last month and provide a

De ceo’s van grote ondernemingen zullen woensdag evenveel verdiend hebben als de modale werknemer in een jaar.

If you're involved in the labour movement, a social movement, a co-operative, or any form of community organising, you can use this form to describe your organising wins. Your submissions will contr...

As we enter 2025, and Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians in Gaza continues to increase in both scale and intensity, Al-Haq publishes a new report. 'How to Hide...

Wat is er nog meer nodig voor de VUB om over te gaan tot een academische boycot, vragen 64 VUB-academici zich af.

Vinden de besturen van de Vlaamse universiteiten mensenrechtenschendingen tegen Oekraïners erger dan die tegen Palestijnen, vragen tientallen academici zich af.