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A Mexican electronics sector worker, sacked for speaking publicly about poor working conditions [Marcella Haddad]

People, goods, money and ideas are moved around the world faster and cheaper than ever before. This can be a force for good, but the poor are losing out

Thanks to better transport, communication and technology, everyone is increasingly connected. But rising inequality means the poor receive less benefit from this growth.

International bodies can place checks on the ambition of powerful nations and corporations, but this is failing to happen.

Lack of transparency

The World Trade Organisation (WTO), the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been criticised for a lack of transparency and accountability - they need reforming.

The EU and US preach free trade, but often fail to practise it. For example, the EU dumps its subsidised produce in developing countries' markets, destroying local farmers.

Palestinians ride on a carriage past a Hamas government building damaged in an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 7, 2009 [REUTERS/Mohammed Salem, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

EU-Israel agreements must be suspended

The EU must suspend further enhancement of relations with Israel until it agrees a comprehensive ceasefire and provides unimpeded humanitarian access in Gaza

Bishop Theotonius Gomes of Bangladesh speaks out for climate justice at the UN climate change talks in Poznan, Poland [CAFOD]

Poznan: Global leaders should be ashamed

CAFOD congratulates developing countries for leading the way at the UN climate change talks in Poznan - and tells industrialised nations "shame on you" for their stalling tactics

Banner at the UN climate change conference in Poznan, Poland - December 2008 [CIDSE]

Poznan: Turn up the pressure

Citizens of the world must unite for climate justice after the UN climate change conference closes with only the bare minimum having been achieved

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The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]

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Published on 23/02/2006, last updated on 01/03/2008

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