The Development Journalist

In the report, “The Cost of Inequality: How Wealth and Income Extremes Hurt Us All”, the charity states that “rapidly growing extreme wealth and inequality are harmful to human progress, and that something needs to be done.” According to Oxfam’s report, published a week before the World Economic Forum in Davos, inequality has grown dramatically … Continue reading »

The need for a greater transparency on how the aid spreads around the world has been long debated.  A new index (the pilot index was launched last year) has been developed to rank every major aid donor for their openness, on a wide set of criteria. The report published under Publish What You Fund’ umbrella … Continue reading »

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a strong message to the rich at the Clinton Global Initiative Monday, on day two of a three-day conference that aims to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. She criticized in her speech business people who don’t contribute to building their countries infrastructure, which is vital to economic … Continue reading »

  Erasmus is known as world’s most successful student exchange programme having about three million students benefiting from a study period or work placement abroad since its creation in 1987. This year Erasmus celebrates its 25th anniversary under the slogan ‘Erasmus: changing lives, opening minds for 25 years’. Erasmus Programme is for many European students … Continue reading »

Corporate Social Responsibility practices in Mexico vary from “philanthropic efforts to standards-based reporting with corporate governance practices for stronger transparency and accountability to both shareholders and the wider community.” Logsdon, Thomas and Van Buren (2006) analyze the social and political history of CSR in Mexico by questioning three myths about Mexico’s CSR that influence outsiders’ perception: CSR in … Continue reading »

A report by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) unveils that this year at least 43 journalists were killed around the world. Pakistan is this year’s deadliest nation, the same as in 2010. No less than seven journalists were killed here. Libya and Iraq were on the second place as the deadliest places for journalists, with five … Continue reading »

We read news almost every day about the high number of Romanian doctors that leave the country, unsatisfied with the lamentable way the Government treats them. Almost 2,000 doctors left Romania, this year. For the past four years more than 8,000 out of 40,000 licensed doctors decided to find work in other countries. These are numbers … Continue reading »

  ‘Only when I dance’ is a documentary that follows two young teenagers, Isabela and Irlan, as they strive to realize their dream of becoming professional ballet dancers. Their ambition is to leave Brazil to join one of the great companies in North America. The documentary’s World Premiere was at Tribeca Film Festival, in April 2009. For the … Continue reading »

You would expect people to give less in times economic and financial crisis. Yet, it seems that The Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances remained remarkably stable in the face of economic turmoil this year. Public donors cut back on foreign aid spending, but global philanthropy and other forms of private giving are expanding. According … Continue reading »