Global Issues
News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2402
ZAMBIA: Give Us Our Constitution
- Inter Press Service
Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizen’s views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues.
CANADA: Ontario Aggressively Woos Green Power Investors
- Inter Press Service
A 'feed-in tariff' offering guaranteed premium prices for electricity from wind, solar, biomass and other green sources promises to attract large-scale international investors and developers, especially those aiming to erect wind turbines, to Canada's most populous province.
DEVELOPMENT: Scandinavia Leads World in Pro-Poor Policies
- Inter Press Service
Scandinavian countries pursue policies that are most effective in promoting development in poor nations, according to the latest edition of the annual 'Commitment to Development Index' released by the Washington-based Centre for Global Development (CGD).
CAMBODIA: Global Crisis Mostly Bypassing the Young — For Now
- Inter Press Service
Mey Chamnan has learned the hard way about the global economic crisis. Both she and her husband were fired from their 50 U.S.-dollar a month jobs in a local garment factory after declining overseas orders caused huge job losses across Cambodia’s garment industry.
SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
- Inter Press Service
In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Forests Much More Than Carbon Storage
- Inter Press Service
The world's forests and jungles are much more than carbon storage sites and compensation for greenhouse emissions, experts and activists point out to governments that are negotiating a new global climate change treaty.
AFGHANISTAN: Poll Finds Optimism, Amid Political Disenchantment
- Inter Press Service
As debate continues in Washington over what its next steps should be in Afghanistan and as the total of NATO-led coalition deaths in the country approaches 70 for the fourth straight month, a new survey says Afghans are slightly more optimistic about the future of their country than in years past.
ECONOMY-AFRICA: Pros and Cons to Huge Chinese Investment in DRC
- Inter Press Service
Concerns abound about a nine billion dollar Chinese investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially around environmental consequences and transparency. And, on the Chinese side, investors complain not only about the lack of security in the DRC but about their own government not providing enough support.
PHILIPPINES: Women's Rights Laws in Place
- Inter Press Service
Although the enacting in August of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) - a major law aiming to end discrimination against women across the archipelago - was well-received here, there remain concerns about whether the legislation will be fully implemented.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Colliding with the Fourth Estate
- Inter Press Service
Charles Odobo Bichachi, editor of the Independent Newspaper has in a span of a year, been summoned to the police several times accused of publishing seditious statements. And just last month, Bichachi fell into trouble again: this time over a cartoon.
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