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Development policy

The climate crisis must not undermine development

In a position paper, Alliance Sud presents the links between climate justice and development cooperation and calls for Switzerland to fulfil its financial responsibility and the Paris Agreement.

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Noble intentions, short-sighted view

Three development economists were joint recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics. Their approach and research methods are controversial, however.

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After the elections...

Much has already been written about the 2019 parliamentary election results. One searched the media in vain for an assessment of their implications for Switzerland‘s development policy approaches or its foreign policy.

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Switzerland at the heart of SDG financialization?

According to the UN, there's a funding gap of 2,500 billion $ per year to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Raising this money will require private sector involvement – this is the current political consensus. Switzerland's financial centre positions itself.

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Switzerland first? No, thanks!

250 institutions, organizations and associations took part in the first ever public consultation on international cooperation. The verdict: Federal Councillors Cassis and Parmelin must go back to the drawing board.

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Who really stands to gain from the World Bank?

By providing large-scale loans and consultancy services, the World Bank exerts enormous influence on international development policy. Switzerland too is now being asked to participate in capital increases.

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Turn out and vote for change!

The election of the new Parliament that will set the direction of Swiss politics for the next four years is now only days away. After a Legislature variously judged on either side as lost, messed up or wasted, there are new signs of hope.

Jai Jagat 2020

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Genuine development leaves no one behind

Development? Climate change? Equal rights? Human rights? Civil society everywhere is demanding to have a say. Rajagopal P.V. and Jill Carr-Harris aim to channel and network this movement worldwide. An interview.

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"Equality and social justice belong together"

Switzerland's highest ranking woman visited Rwanda on the 25th anniversary of that country’s genocide, then Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries. The President of the National Council Marina Carobbio was interviewed by Alliance Sud.