Opinion article
Aid alone will not help
IPN Opinion article
The UN and British government – egged on by NGOs and activists – has bet the house on the daft idea that if western governments transfer enough money to governments in poor countries, health systems will magically improve and medicines will get to sick kids. As far as strategies go, this is a turkey.
Bad policies, not weather, create famine
IPN Opinion article
Julian Morris & Karol Boudreaux analyse the underlying causes of famine
Pay more attention to silent killers
IPN Opinion article
HIV/AIDS is a high profile disease that has received a disproportionately high amount of funding and attention, relative to "silent killers" such as pneumonia and diarrhoea
Famine also caused by bad policies
IPN Opinion article
Some claim that East Africa's looming famine is caused by drought, population or climate change, but the real cause is government policies which hinder subsistence farmers.
Starving for Freedom
IPN Opinion article
Blame famine on trade restrictions, not on climate change or a lack of Western aid.
Healthcare's Swiss solution
IPN Opinion article
Switzerland and the Netherlands could be a source of inspiration for America's healthcare reforms.
Free Trade for the Poorest
IPN Opinion article
The leaders of the UK's Trade Out of Poverty Campaign write about what the G20 could achieve if only it would focus on removing trade barriers
Obama's dilemma: Carbon treaty or trade war
IPN Opinion article
Rather than benefiting the climate, carbon tariffs will only harm national economies
