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The Coming Global Food Fight - John Cavanagh and Robin Broad G8 declaration won't work without effective development aid Botswana: Mounting tension must end says South African civil society coalition Aid Policy: What the numbers don't tell you Are you part of positive change in the Arab world? The 12th AWID International Forum On Women's Rights And Development: Submission deadline extended Civil Society vacancies and other opportunities Read this issue free online and subscribe to get future issues by email

Corporate unaccountability continues as civil society sidelined

In the culmination of an intensive six-year process to devise a widely-accepted framework to govern the relationship between businesses and human rights, United Nations Special Representative Professor John Ruggie presented his Final Report on 30 May.

The Coming Global Food Fight

As food prices force millions more under the threshold of absolute poverty into hunger, with predictable consequences even as aid promises are reneged upon, John Cavanagh and Robin Broad outline a route beyond food security to food sovereignty through rooted communities in this week's guest editorial.

Inaction at Least Developed Countries summit hurting global development

It's time for a new international development paradigm for Least Developed Countries, writes David Kode, Policy Officer at CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation World Leaders and policy makers have a remarkable capacity to emulate progress without actually achieving anything.

No Silver Lining to the IMF Cloud

Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General CIVICUS European powers appear set on perpetuating their arbitrary "entitlement" to the position of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in the wake of the controversy that precipitated the resignation earlier this month of Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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