News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 1979
DEVELOPMENT: Chinese Step In, Efficiently
- Inter Press Service
For Jany Chen from Shanghai, concern often-raised in Europe and North America about the Chinese invasion of Africa is a lot of wasteful talk that deserves to be flushed down the toilet. Efficiently.
Caribbean Struggles to Make Complex Trade Deal with EU a Reality
- Inter Press Service
When Caribbean journalists met in Antigua in late March to discuss the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that was signed between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries in 2008, they were told that the absence of tax treaties, foreign exchange controls and language barriers were among the factors preventing the full implementation of the accord.
KENYA: Legal Lacuna Persists While Biotechnology Is Sneaked in
- Inter Press Service
Farming with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is becoming more widespread in Kenya due the promotion of biotechnology through clever schemes, exacerbated by the lack of a legal framework for the commercialisation of these controversial products.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Afeared of Its Own Tribunal
- Inter Press Service
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) faces several awkward problems at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State scheduled to being May 20-21.
SOUTH AFRICA : Women’s Issues Missing from Election Manifestoes
- Inter Press Service
Come rain or shine, single mother of five, Sylvia Mathebula,* can be found selling fruit and cigarettes at the roadside because it is the only way her family can survive.
'Since the government is not helping us with jobs, rather than work as a maid for a white person I decided to start this little business by myself,' she says lamenting the lack of opportunities for unskilled women.
GREECE: Athens Plunges Deeper Into Crisis
- Inter Press Service
The murder of Manolis Kantaris, 44, last week has initiated a vicious circle of violence in the Greek capital that deepens the existing wounds of the country and makes many wonder what the future holds for Athenians.
LDC Meet Ends, Blame Game Begins
- Inter Press Service
Mission not accomplished. This is in three words what more than 200 eminent speakers and panelists from over 70 participating countries in effect told their peers, the media and delegates who attended the U.N. Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Fourth Conference May 9-13 in Istanbul.
Uganda Stoves Saving on Fuel to Save Forests
- Inter Press Service
Carbon finance is putting new and efficient charcoal stoves into hundreds of thousands of kitchens in Uganda — reducing charcoal use and protecting forests as well as saving money for poor households.
Q&A: 'Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women Is a Violent Abuse of Power'
- Inter Press Service
Ninety to 95 percent of victims of clergy sexual exploitation are women, according to recent estimates by the Columbia Theological Seminary's Rev. Pamela Cooper White, and yet very few studies have been conducted on this issue.
BRAZIL: Amnesty Highlights 'Entrenched Inequalities'
- Inter Press Service
Despite 'considerable progress' made in reducing poverty, 'stark inequalities' remain in Brazil, as well as high levels of police and gang violence in poor urban neighbourhoods, Amnesty International warns in its annual human rights report, released as it reaches its 50th anniversary.
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