Global Issues News Headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”

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).

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.

Finance: Icelanders Question IMF Loan

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

After eight months of waiting, Iceland is finally back on the agenda of the IMF. The second instalment of the IMF loan was agreed at the end of last month and has now been transferred to Iceland.

Corruption: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index

2009-11-17T00:00:00-08:00

Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world's most corrupt nations, according to the latest edition of Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

Pakistan: Soup Kitchens Spring Up to Stave Off Growing Hunger

2009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

Until meagre resources began dwindling to almost nothing, 43-year-old Firdaus Begum had not ventured into the Khana Ghar (Food House), which serves up inexpensive but filling meals.