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A Latin America With Opportunity for All
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - Latin America has had a good decade. Over the last 10 years, economic growth averaged 4.2 percent, and 70 million people escaped poverty. Macroeconomic stability, open trade policies and pro-business investment climates have supported and will continue to support strong growth in the years to come.
What’s Good for Brazil Is Good for Africa
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 02 (IPS) - As Africa transforms its economy, it will need modern jobs and increased productivity to fight hunger on the continent, African leaders agreed at a two-day summit.
Donations Sound the New Note
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Jul 02 (IPS) - The global economic crisis has not hit Serbia for the first time, but this year it has bitten into Serbian culture. State subsidies for theatres, festivals, films and exhibitions have almost hit the bottom. State support for films is down to zero.
Q&A: Generating Global Governance to End Hunger
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 02 (IPS) - Sub-Saharan Africa may be home to six of the world's 10-fastest growing economies, but it also has a majority of the countries that are suffering from a food crisis.
Sudan Hits Hard at Female Activists
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Jul 02 (IPS) - More and more of Sudan's female politicians and rights activists are being arrested and detained in the government's clampdown on opposition political parties.
U.S. Weighing Increase in Herbicide Levels in Food Supply
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - Environmental safety groups are stepping up efforts to prevent a reportedly dangerous yet widely used herbicide from being sold in the United States, even as the country's primary environmental regulator is considering increasing the amount of the herbicide allowed in the U.S. food supply.
Obama Plan to Electrify Africa Offers a “New Model” of Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - During an eight-day trip to Africa, President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious plan to improve access to electricity across the continent, a move the White House says is designed to lift Sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty and help the region develop a stable middle class.
Obama Announces New U.S. Focus on Wildlife Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - President Barack Obama on Monday announced a series of new initiatives to combat spiking levels of international poaching and draft a new national plan on wildlife trafficking, an industry that has grown so significantly in recent years that the president now calls it an "international crisis".
Obama Calls for Compromise in Egyptian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called for both the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and opposition forces to compromise in the fast-developing political crisis.
Q&A: World Needs a Plan for Expected Waves of Climate Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 01 (IPS) - Untold thousands dead and thousands more stranded or missing - these are the latest figures from various reports on the devastation caused by flash floods in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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