News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 75

BANDA (NORTHERN INDIA), Nov 13 (IPS) - TRIBAL SACHILAL KOL WAS OVERJOYED WHEN HE LEARNT A SMALL DAM WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN CHERIYA KHURD VILLAGE IN BANDA DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH STATE, WHERE HIS EXTENDED FAMILY OWNED 7.5 HECTARES OF LAND.

MANILA, Nov 13 (IPS) - Experts can exchange ambitious talk about all kinds of arrangements for economic cooperation in the Asia- Pacific, but parts of Asia are quietly going ahead and building growth triangles that may well reshape the region's economic landscape.

LONDON, Nov 13 (IPS) - Britain's charitable sector is undergoing a role change that removes it far from the vision of Victorian philanthropy that has long endured in the public consciousness.

BRAZZAVILLE, Nov 13 (IPS) - SATISYING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) WILL BE A TOUGH TASK FOR CONGO, WHICH HAS BEEN BALKING AT IMF DEMANDS THAT IT REDUCE PUBLIC SECTOR SPENDING.

YAOUNDE, Nov 13 (IPS) - A VISITING WORLD BANK EXPERT HAS DENIED THAT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING DEVELOPING NATIONS LIKE CAMEROUN WERE DUE TO STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND BLAMED MISDIRECTED POLICIES INSTEAD.

BRUSSELS, Nov 13 (IPS) - A top European Union (EU) development official is predicting a very different look for European development policy at the turn of the century, with the changes expected to hurt African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 13 (IPS) - TATU SALUM SITS RESTLESSLY, WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS TO BUY HER FRIED FISH.

AMMAN, Nov 13 (IPS) - Delegates from 22 Middle East countries gathered at the Arab Region Preparatory Conference here this week were at pains to point out that Islam was a religion which taught openness, love and moderation in the modern world.

AMMAN, Nov 13 (IPS) - Women from the Middle East have agreed on a plan of action for the advancement of Arab women which will be presented at next year's Fourth International Conference on Women and Development in Beijing, China.

AMMAN, Nov 13 (IPS) - The participation of women in politics and decision-making throughout the Western Asian Region remains limited since the last women's world conference in 1985, delegates at the Arab Region Preparatory Meeting here in Amman heard this week.