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What if Purpose Ruled the World

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 by Anna Tervahartiala

As the pandemic has stood the world on its head, one of the debates which has been thrown wide open is that of the future of the economy. This article is part of PSJP’s inquiry into how markets can be made to work for the common good and how economies can be made to serve the general interest, rather than that of the few.

Steward ownership transfers leadership of a company to the individuals operating the company. It places purpose over profit and ensures longevity, good business as well as a diversified economy. The model is gaining traction in Europe. Armin Steuernagel explains why this is an approach the world cannot afford to ignore.

Peace is made, the work begins

Posted on August 16, 2021August 17, 2021 by Andrew Milner

This is the second of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organised by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. Through these conversations, the FFP Network and their partners are creating a space to share the stories of peacebuilders who have been closest to the ground. The so-called Good…

The case for growing our own beans

Posted on June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 by Anna Tervahartiala

As the pandemic has stood the world on its head, one of the debates which has been thrown wide open is that of the future of the economy. PSJP has launched an inquiry into how markets can be made to work for the common good and how economies can be made to serve the general…

Rethinking Poverty: What needs to change?

Posted on June 9, 2021June 14, 2021 by Barry Knight

In this post Barry Knight takes a look at failed approaches to poverty in the UK, things worsening with the pandemic and ‘making life next to impossible for people towards the bottom of the income distribution, with minorities and women most affected’. He points out how politicians are ill-informed about poverty. As a result, mistakes…

Romanticising resilience: Why the struggle to survive should not become a way of life

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 by Ambika Satkunanathan

Resilient is a word frequently used by human rights activists and the development sector, to describe persons affected by war and violence. In Sri Lanka, the mothers of the disappeared are praised for their resilience when they continue their struggle for justice despite intimidation and harassment. Women headed households labouring to eke out a living…

All embracing

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Andrew Milner

This is the first of a series of blogs linked to the ‘Let’s build peace: here and now’ conversations being organised by the Foundations for Peace (FFP) Network. Through these conversations, the FFP Network and their partners want to create a space to tell the stories of peacebuilders who have been closest to the ground…

The Inherent Political Nature of Resilience – Why Resilience is a Key Strategy for Systemic Change

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Eva Rehse

Resilience has been the word on everyone’s lips over the last year. We’ve probably all felt our resilience tested or reaffirmed in different ways. For those of us who have been directly responding to the impacts of the pandemic on people and planet, resilience has been a helpful concept to frame the individual and collective…

The limits of resilience

Posted on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 by Andrew Milner

Sometime during a recent PEXForum conference, I wrote on my notepad that resilience has become the development sector’s new buzzword. Others have made the same discovery. PSJP’s new paper, Building Resilience in International Development lists a raft of references to the term in the later literature of development and it seems that multilateral organisations, foundations,…