MESTRUM Francine

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The need for a new development paradigm
2 October 2023, by MESTRUM Francine

‘We need to put the world back on track’! The objective of the SDG-summit to be held at the UN General Assembly Meeting in September in New York is very clear. Halfway on the road to 2030, the end date for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the future looks rather bleak.
Emancipation, solidarity and universalism
13 March 2023, by MESTRUM Francine

The rise of far-right movements and parties certainly is one of the most worrying recent developments. In many of the world’s countries, they are having amazing successes. Just think of several European countries, such as Italy where a post-fascist party is now in government, a Scandinavian (…)
The right to development. Do we need it?
4 October 2021, by MESTRUM Francine

Talking about development is no longer obvious. Since “development” was replaced in the 1990s by “poverty reduction” it has become a kind of empty signifier. The big international organizations are probably the only ones that do not admit the failure of the great post-war project of the rich (…)
Whither the Washington Consensus?
30 July 2021, by MESTRUM Francine

John Williamson passed away on 21 April 2021. He was the economist who neatly outlined and named the ‘Washington Consensus’, the policies the World Bank, the IMF, the US Federal Reserve Board and the US Treasury agreed to impose on debt-ridden countries of Latin America. At that moment, 1990, these ‘structural adjustment’ policies had already been applied for a decade with disastrous social consequences. Social expenditures were lowered almost everywhere, public services were privatised, labour markets were deregulated and millions of people lost their jobs. John Williamson emphasised that the Consensus did not cover any social policies.
Declare Poverty Illegal
20 October 2020, by MESTRUM Francine

On this 17th of October, International Day for Poor People, noble and well-intentioned beautiful declarations will be made to honour people rendered and living in poverty. However, if we want to help them, we need to go and look at the winners and tax them. And change the system.

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