Micah Challenge Aotearoa New Zealand

'Getting Back on the Rails: The Private Sector and Development'
comes in the wake of the G20 finance ministers meeting in London, which
observers say has failed to address some of the key systemic issues
behind the global economic crisis - and in particular its impact on the
world's poor.
The summit did make one significan...t inroad, demanding tougher
regulation of the banking industry in recognition of the key role that
the lack of oversight in that sector played in the worldwide financial
meltdown.Read More

"A major Faith Leaders Summit will precede the G20 Summit of world
leaders in Pittsburgh, United States, setting out a priority agenda for
tackling poverty and environmental damage.
Organized by Bread for the World, the Alliance to End Hunger, and
other partners, more than 25 national religious leaders representing
the Chr...istian, Muslim and Jewish faiths will attend from 22-23
September 2009.
Together, the religious leaders will press for actions — not just
words — that will help hungry and poor people to lift themselves out of
poverty."Read More