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Category - Globalisation

  • 9 Feb 2007
    Cheap loans to Africa could do more harm than good, says church agency

    UK-based international development and advocacy agency Christian Aid is backing British international development secretary Hilary Benn's criticism of the new Chinese loans policy to Africa.

  • 16 Jan 2007
    Develop a global vision, WCC tells the churches

    "It is together that we find our place in the world," the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary has told WCC member churches and ecumenical partners in a message about priorities for the years ahead - which stresses the need for Christians both to work with those of other religions and life-stances, and to develop their own distinctive Gospel-based values and perspectives.

  • 18 Dec 2006
    Mennonites bring typhoon relief to storm-hit Vietnamese

    A North American peace church aid and development organization which opposed the US war with Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, and has continued to build positive relations ever since, is providing 30,000 US dollars worth of help to communities affected by Typhoon Xangsane in the central region of the country.

  • 8 Dec 2006
    UK government asked to keep up pressure on World Bank

    The British-based international development agency Christian Aid has called on UK international development secretary Hilary Benn to continue to use his influence to lever more reform at the World Bank.

  • 31 Oct 2006
    Globalisation and Development

    Ekklesia was one of the first members of MakePovertyHistory, and has commented widely on the values and thinking behind the idea of ‘Jubilee’ and debt remission. It has also taken part in debates

  • 6 Jun 2004
    Toward the abolition of the nation state?