Global Issues
News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 1136
In India, a Broken System Leaves a ‘Broken’ People Powerless
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 04 (IPS) - As India paid glowing tributes to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the architect of its constitution and a champion of the downtrodden, on his 122nd birth anniversary last month, public attention also swivelled to the glaring social and economic discrimination that plagues the lives of lower-caste or ‘casteless' communities – who comprise over 16 percent of the country's 1.2 billion people.
As Ebola Approaches Zero, Immunisation Gets a Boost in West Africa
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, May 04 (IPS) - As Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Liberia work to end Ebola, critical healthcare services damaged by the epidemic are beginning to be revitalised.
Q&A: “People Need to Be at the Centre of Development”
- Inter Press Service
JAKARATA, May 02 (IPS) - In a populous archipelago nation like Indonesia, where 250 million live spread across some 17,500 islands, speaking over 300 languages, the question of development is a tricky one.
Jazz as a Force for Peace and Freedom
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, May 02 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland, the fourth annual International Jazz Day was celebrated with events around the world and appeals for peace, unity and dialogue.
Unsafe Abortions Continue to Plague Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 02 (IPS) - She is just 14, but Janida avoids eye contact with others, preferring to look down at the ground and nodding her head if someone tries to engage her in conversation.
Opinion: Lack of Trade Finance a Barrier for Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 02 (IPS) - Up to 80 percent of global trade is supported by some form of financing or credit insurance. Yet in many countries there is a lack of capacity in the financial sector to support trade, and also a lack of access to the international financial system. Therefore the ability of these countries to use simple instruments such as letters of credit is limited.
The Blue Amazon, Brazil’s New Natural Resources Frontier
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 02 (IPS) - The Atlantic ocean is Brazil's last frontier to the east. But the full extent of its biodiversity is still unknown, and scientific research and conservation measures are lagging compared to the pace of exploitation of resources such as oil.
The U.N. at 70: Impressive Successes and Monumental Failures
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 01 (IPS) - The United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, protect human rights, maintain international peace and security, and uphold international law. Its 70-year history is marked with many successes, but also disappointments. We need to look at both sides so that we can make the U.N. more effective in the future.
Draconian Ban on Abortion in El Salvador Targeted by Global Campaign
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Apr 30 (IPS) - International and local human rights groups are carrying out an intense global campaign to get El Salvador to modify its draconian law that criminalises abortion and provides for prison terms for women.
Watch What Happens When Tribal Women Manage India’s Forests
- Inter Press Service
NAYAGARH, India, Apr 30 (IPS) - Kama Pradhan, a 35-year-old tribal woman, her eyes intent on the glowing screen of a hand-held GPS device, moves quickly between the trees. Ahead of her, a group of men hastens to clear away the brambles from stone pillars that stand at scattered intervals throughout this dense forest in the Nayagarh district of India's eastern Odisha state.
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