Policy Papers

Diseases that disproportionately affect the developing world cause immense suffering and ill health.

• Medical innovation has the potential to deliver n

The recent sharp increase in food prices should have benefited millions of poor people who make their living from agriculture.

Irresponsible arms transfers are undermining many developing countries’ chances of achieving their Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets.

The humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continues (see ‘The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion’).

Despite new peace agreements, continued conflict among and between armed militias and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the last year has seen thousands

Despite the absence of a final peace settlement, a dramatic improvement in security in war-ravaged northern Uganda is allowing displaced civilians to return home and has transformed

The international community took an important step in deploying the UN and EUFOR mission to volatile and insecure eastern Chad.

In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world’s poorest people.

Climate change is having a destructive impact on many groups around the world.

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves.

When trade ministers from 35 countries gather in Geneva at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for what is being billed yet again as a last-ditch attempt to forge a Doha trade deal, t

Biofuels are presented in rich countries as a solution to two crises: the climate crisis and the oil crisis.

The devastating impact of armed violence around the world is well known.

The year 2008 is halfway to the deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Despite some progress, they will not be achieved if current trends continue.

Global food prices are up 83 per cent compared with three years ago.

Some donors and governments propose that health insurance mechanisms can close health financing gaps and benefit poor people.

Developing-country governments desperately need more long-term and predictable aid, given through their budgets, to finance the expansion of health care, education, and other vital s

Food prices are going up. Prices of rice, corn, and wheat have all reached record highs. This is a big threat to poor people in developing countries, but it may also be an opportunity.

Europe is negotiating new trade deals with African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.

Increasing insecurity and criminality is jeopardizing progress in Afghanistan.