Money
Giving, lending, cheating. The experts consider our financial dealings with poor countries
Help or harm?
It's become an industry in its own right, as billions of pounds are directed towards poorer countries every year. Is this the best way to help the people in those nations, though? Does aid work?
Fair trade is no robbery?
Bodies exist to oversee the rules and allow smaller countries to have their voices heard, but just how fair is free trade?
Enough giving?
Crises and poverty call for a balancing interplay between charity, aid and development.
The growing hole
Joe Hanlon asks how can it be that, while charities and governments provide apparently generous aid, poorer countries end up deeper in debt.
Just don't do it
A cheeky request for a pair of shoes, a few fowarded emails, and suddenly Jonah Perretti was the trainer tamer.
Aiding a difference?
The influx of support in kind seems to be a unquestionable good - but for recipients, do aid projects make a difference?
An account in credit?
It's spent a lot of money, but has it done so wisely? Has the World Bank made a difference?
Follow the money
Crime, corruption, trade and tax - unpick the interdependence in international finance.
Your place in the world
Taking responsibility, rather than feeling guilt, can be at the heart of your power in the interdependent world.
Inconspicuous consumption
How can you persuade people to consume in an equitable way when they're not acting as consumers? It's politics in an ethical register.
Accounts due
If sustainable development is the way forward, what then for our common economic future?
Fair exchange?
It's often suggested as the solution to many of the developing world's challenges. But what is free trade?
Content last updated: 21/02/2006
