Remittances outpace foreign aid and investment in much of the world, but transfer companies can skim a significant percentage.
Posts Tagged: development
Where does Africa’s stolen wealth end up? Among other places, Trump Tower.
In the fight for the future of the Democratic Party, progressives must not let their critique of the status quo end at the nation’s borders.
Free trade is simply a euphemism for the corporate capture of international trade.
U.S. policies helped create the refugee crisis in Central America. Better ones can help resolve it.
Chinese investment may come with strings attached, but Africa deserves an alternative to U.S.-led neoliberalism and militarization.
Corporate malfeasance saps the African continent of billions in badly needed funds each year — and the U.S. is a top destination.
Don't wait for the next massacre to start calling out the more insidious violence Palestinians suffer every day.
With development assistance slashed, the face of U.S. diplomacy in the region will more often be wearing a uniform.
The solution to the global economic and environmental crisis lies in China's past.