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  The Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Low-Income Countries

  The global financial crisis is expected to have a major impact on low-income countries (LICs), especially in sub-Saharan Africa—and urgent action is required by LIC policymakers and the international community. The crisis is projected to increase the financing needs of LICs by at least US$25 ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 8 months ago

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  Food for Everyone :: Resource Guide

  People across the country and throughout the world are realizing that to confront the climate crisis and create secure and healthy communities, we’ll need vibrant regional food systems. Interested in growing a local food revolution in your kitchen or community? Here are some helpful resources ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago

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  Porto Alegre's Participatory Budget Of, By, and For the People

  How would you like to distribute 200 million dollars to your fellow citizens? That’s the amount of money the city of Porto Alegre spends in an average year for construction and services—money not committed to fixed expenses like debt service and pensions.

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  Sold Out: How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America

  The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation and other policy decisions that led directly to the current financial collapse, according to a 231-page report issued today by ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago

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  The Transformation of the World System: Some Insights from the Work of Karl Polanyi

  The principle thesis of this book was that the economic and social upheavals and political tensions resulting from the utopian attempt to restore the 19th century liberal economic order after the First World War were the essential cause of the world economic crisis and of the demise of democracy ...

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