New Social Watch Report launched

On Friday 17 September the international NGO network Social Watch released its critical report: “After the Fall: Time for a New Deal” at the United Nations in New York, ahead of the Millennium Development Goals Review Summit on 20-22 September. The report shows how most countries are a long way from achieving the MDGs in time for the 2015 deadline and calls for a radical policy overhaul.

“The less privileged in both rich and poor countries are not only suffering the direct consequences of the crisis in that they are losing their jobs, savings and even their homes, they are also being made to pay for the economic rescue and stimulus packages in the form of higher taxes and reduced wages and social benefits,” observes Roberto Bissio, Social Watch coordinator. “In this context, to issue a call for ‘more of the same’ is not the solution.”