Category - Economy

Microfinance is vital to human and social development, audit suggests

staff writers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:50:54 +0100

Oikocredit, a leading socially-committed investor in microfinance, has released the results of its social audit, looking to enhance human welfare through economic performance.

When risk gives way to superstition

Giles Fraser — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:53:35 +0100

Faith in mathematical modelling looks little more than hubris after the recent economic collapse, says Giles Fraser. The unknown cannot be so easily tamed, as any half-decent theologian would know.

Archbishop challenged on fresh approach to economics and banking

staff writers — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:45:18 +0100

Archbishop Rowan Williams says that those complicit in the financial system seem to feel no "repentance" for their excesses, and a different type of economics is needed. But C of E investments are under scrutiny too.

City and main parties unite to attack Tobin tax proposal

staff writers — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:16:44 +0100

City financiers and Britain’s three largest political parties have reacted with horror to the idea of a banking tax proposed by the head of the Financial Services Authority.

Religion and recession brings together church and academy

staff writers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:02:11 +0100

Religion, the church and the global recession is the focus of an international conference featuring economists, theologians and philosophers at the University of Nottingham.

Economic crisis is a human rights time bomb, says Amnesty

staff writers — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:13:01 +0100

As billions of people suffer from insecurity, injustice and indignity, international NGO Amnesty International is demanding that world leaders invest in human rights as strongly as they are investing in the economy.

Namibian church-backed coalition calls for basic income grant

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:10:19 +0100

Churches and civil society groups are urging the Namibian government to provide citizens with monthly basic income grants by raising taxes. They have called for a Basic Income Grant of 100 Namibian dollars (US$11) to alleviate poverty.

Government investment company neglecting poverty, says Christian Aid

agency reporter — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:01:48 +0100

Fundamental reforms are urgently needed at the British government-owned investment company, CDC Group plc, which is supposed to reduce global poverty, UK-based international development agency Christian Aid says today.

Between the budget and a green place

Ann Pettifor — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:36:37 +0100

There are positive features to the 2009 UK budget, says Ann Pettifor. But many of them look meagre compared to the scale of the problems and the missing Green New Deal.

A fresh revelation about economic meltdown

Tony Campolo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:35:37 +0100

Leading US evangelical author and speaker Tony Campolo re-examines The Revelation of St John the Divine in terms of what lies behind the current economic crisis, and discovers personal and political lessons rooted in a vision of God's coming kingdom.