Policy Papers

Preparations for disaster and a quick initial response by local government officials and non-governmental organizations saved many lives after Cyclone Sidr struck the southern coastal areas of Ban

The world’s poor must not pay the price for the collapse of financial markets. Without immediate action, millions will suffer.

Diseases that disproportionately affect the developing world cause immense suffering and ill health.

• Medical innovation has the potential to deliver n

The recent sharp increase in food prices should have benefited millions of poor people who make their living from agriculture.

Irresponsible arms transfers are undermining many developing countries’ chances of achieving their Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets.

The humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continues (see ‘The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion’).

Despite new peace agreements, continued conflict among and between armed militias and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the last year has seen thousands

Despite the absence of a final peace settlement, a dramatic improvement in security in war-ravaged northern Uganda is allowing displaced civilians to return home and has transformed

The international community took an important step in deploying the UN and EUFOR mission to volatile and insecure eastern Chad.

In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world’s poorest people.