Global Issues News Headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”

Politics: U.N. in Final Push for 2015 Development Goals

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make 'a final push' to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of 2015.

Energy-Tanzania: Charcoal A Dirty Trade-Off

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.

Nicaragua: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

Two national surveys and the latest report on perceptions of corruption by Transparency International support the view that a culture of graft continues to undermine the foundations of Nicaraguan society, in spite of efforts to fight the problem in the last few years.

Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.

Labor-Indonesia: Future Looks Bleak for Laid-Off Workers

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

Ida Farida, 33, never imagined she would lose the job that she had held for 10 years.

Cuba: Dissidents' Plight Unchanged Under Raul, Charges HRW

2009-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

While Cuban President Raul Castro has implemented some economic and administrative reforms, his three-year-old government has continued to isolate and persecute political dissidents, according to a major new report released here Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Corruption-Sierra Leone: Song Sparks Governance Debate

2009-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.

Development: To Grab, Or To Invest

2009-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

The World Food Security Summit in Rome this week opened up a dispute between what may be investment in farmland to some, but is seen as land grab by others.

India: A Famed Region’s Tripple Whammy of Environmental Bane

2009-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

The combined impact of tourism, climate change and changing lifestyle in this internationally renowned adventure haven has raised serious concerns among environmental groups.

Trade: Kenya Faces Job Losses, Collapsing Sectors in Wake of Doha

2009-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

The consequences of the Doha Round of trade talks for larger developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa could include job losses and deindustrialisation if a new study forecasting how Kenya is set to be affected is anything to go by.