Global Issues
News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2436
ENVIRONMENT: Desert Winds Stir New Hope
- Inter Press Service
With oil and gas reserves running dry, the most populous country in the Arab world is eyeing wind power as a solution to its looming energy crunch.
AFRICA: 'Have Your Own Policies, as Long as They’re Like Ours'
- Inter Press Service
The controversial conditionalities attached to World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans over the past 20 years may, from the World Bank’s point of view, no longer be necessary as African countries are of their own accord imposing similar policy restrictions on themselves.
POLITICS-US: Obama Struggles to Regain Early Momentum
- Inter Press Service
The United States Congress returns to work Tuesday after a turbulent summer recess that has raised doubts over President Barack Obama's ability to face down domestic opposition from Republicans and enforce party cohesion on issues ranging from healthcare reform to troop commitments in the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: 'Women Can Be More Than Small-Scale Farmers'
- Inter Press Service
'Government must lead in breaking down the stereotypes of women as tuck-shop owners, candle-makers, peasant farmers, teachers and nurses and create the reality in which they become hoteliers, large-scale commercial farmers, miners and proprietors of retail chains.'
POLITICS: With Pipelines, China’s Footprint in Burma Expands
- Inter Press Service
If military-ruled Burma needed a stark symbol of China’s growing dominance in the country, then it would be poised to get one soon. The Asian giant is about to start building two pipelines — for gas and oil — that will span the breadth of the South-east Asian nation.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Survival Means Anticipating and Adapting
- Inter Press Service
Imagine being able to know months in advance when and where floods or droughts may occur. That is what over 150 countries participating in the third World Climate Conference, which concluded last Friday in Geneva, pledged to achieve through the creation of a Global Framework for Climate Services.
MEXICO: Priests Targeted in Drug-Related and Other Violence
- Inter Press Service
The priesthood has joined journalism as one of the most dangerous occupations in Mexico, according to a report by the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference.
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Uganda Court Asked to Declare Bride Price Unconstitutional
- Inter Press Service
Deborah Awori could not stop her husband from selling their 14-year-old daughter away in marriage using the time-honoured tradition of asking for 'bride price'.
DEVELOPMENT-BHUTAN: ‘GDP Fuels Consumerism’
- Inter Press Service
A tiny kingdom located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered by China and India used to be one of the most isolated countries in the world until it became a full-fledged democracy in 2008.
RIGHTS-INDIA: HIV-Positive Women Get User Rights to Till Land
- Inter Press Service
Till four months back, 33-year-old Mugil hardly ventured out of her parent’s home, preferring to stay indoors and tend to the household chores.
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