Politics

Why oil should not be EAC’s curse

IPN Opinion article

Author: Ibrahim Kasita

With oil and gas discoveries in Uganda and exploration throughout the region, the big bucks of energy could help open up the forthcoming EAC Common Market or they could become entangled in state meddling and cronyism.

Don’t slash spending – re-think it

IPN Opinion article

Author: Eamonn Butler

The strikes in Greece against budget cuts are a warning to all the other governments which have dug themselves into deep debt.  But the good news for some - including Obama's new National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - is that budget reform can be done: Canada did it the mid-'90s.

Green pressure groups get €66million from the EU

IPN News coverage

Author: Caroline Boin

Daniel Hannan discusses IPN's report on EU funding of eco-lobbists, Friends of the EU.

Propaganda by Proxy: How the EU funds green lobby groups

IPN 
Press release

The European Union is funding some of the most powerful environmental NGOs in Brussels – while in turn, they lobby the EU for more money and influence.

£50m of Government's international aid budget spent in the UK

IPN News coverage

The Government department responsible for sending aid to the Third World has admitted spending almost £50 million in five years on projects in Britain.

National sovereignty vs. the New Green Order

IPN Opinion article

Author: Caroline Boin

The international environment bureaucracy proposed by EU governments would be bad news for people and the planet

TUC gets millions from government foreign aid pot

IPN News coverage

New study details how the Trades Union Congress receives taxpayers’ money intended to promote economic development in poor countries

New Study - A Closer Union: The Political Abuse of Foreign Aid

IPN 
Press release

New study details how the Trades Union Congress receives taxpayers’ money intended to promote economic development in poor countries