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Bridge(town) over troubled waters
ALAN SIMPSON looks to ‘tomorrow’s economics today,’ as found in a new initiative pioneered by Barbados which allows the poorest access to low-cost finance for climate investment programmes
General views of Cantref Reservoir in Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, where water levels are low, September 8, 2022
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
SOMETIMES you have to look for inspiration elsewhere if you want to get out of a mess. Right now, Barbados would not be a bad place to start.
Its Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has successfully persuaded global leaders that it’s time to overhaul the archaic rules governing access to global finance.
Dubbed the Bridgetown Initiative, it would reverse the regulatory bias under which the poor have to pay more — sometimes three times more — than the rich for access to climate finance.
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