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Some reflections on the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
Panelists at the session on Rethinking Pre-Distribution and Fiscal Policies to Advance Social Justice, organised by UNRISD, International Budget Partnership, the Foundation for European Progress, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, WECF and many others. More ideas.
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World Summit on Social Development
Greetings from the World Summit on Social Development. Social protection and the right to care getting good traction. Discussion piece
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The 2nd World Summit for Social Development
From November 4 to 6, 2025, the second United Nations World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) will take place in Doha, Qatar. The summit aims to bring social development back into the spotlight of international cooperation. Among other things, the goal is to revitalize global efforts to combat poverty, overcome inequalities, promote gender equality, and…
Read MoreTropenmedizin
Ein neues Handbuch zur Tropenmedizin – wobei dieser Begriff in den Aufsätzen auch hinterfragt wird – thematisiert klinische Krankheiten und Reisemedizin, aber auch Mental Health, Gesundheitsökononomie in einkommensarmen Ländern, Frauen- und Müttermedizin, Medizinanthropologie des Globalen Südens, Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Migrationsmedizin, und globale soziale Transformationen. Der Beitrag von Günter Fröschl und Gabriele Köhler behandelt Grundlagen der…
Read MoreThe Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality
The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality addresses the many forms of child poverty, economic, social and political exclusions and how to measure them https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781802200430/9781802200430.xml. See my comments here.
Global Social Policy Forum
The world is awash with money but wealth is highly concentrated while economic poverty is rampant. One way to address this social injustice is to redistribute through progressive taxation and to universalize social protection. On this, see a riveting Global Social Policy Forum on thinking afresh. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680181241290162?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles Wonderful to join Nicola Yeates, Roosa Lambin, Nabila…
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