Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1015
Anti-Poverty Activists Welcome G7’S Renewed ‘Commitment’
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 06 (IPS) - Activists working to alleviate poverty worldwide gave a guarded welcome to the renewed commitment to development that G7 leaders made during their meeting in Brussels this week.
Ethiopia Shoots for the Stars and Galaxies as it Aims to Become Space Science Hub
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jun 06 (IPS) - High up in the eucalyptus-strewn Entoto Mountains, which overlook the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, work is nearly complete on the country's first observatory. Studying the stars and the galaxies will be vital for this Horn of Africa nation's development and will hopefully also go a long way to developing brotherly love, say scientists who are part of the project.
Carbon Neutral Tourism Falters in Tobago
- Inter Press Service
SCARBOROUGH, Jun 05 (IPS) - An initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of Tobago's tourism sector may be stymied by "bread-and-butter issues" and the failure of government authorities to vigorously pursue the initiative.
Triple Summit in Singapore Puts Urban Planning on the Map
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Jun 05 (IPS) - With over 20,000 international participants, a triple summit currently underway in Singapore is generating an abundance of ideas on sustainable cities.
U.S. Education System Not Helping Immigrant Parents
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 05 (IPS) - Immigrant parents in the United States face serious challenges accessing early elementary programmes for their children, advocates here are warning.
Rich Getting Richer as the Poor Crawl Slowly Out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Jun 04 (IPS) -
The very contemporary medieval novels of Welsh author Ken Follett transport readers to a time when the rich had everything - and the poor didn't even own themselves.
How Climate Legislation Can Help to Enable a Global Climate Deal in 2015
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Jun 04 (IPS) - With leading politicians meeting next month for the World Summit of Legislators in Mexico City, it is clear that a new global climate deal is needed. Each year, the world is seeing signs of climate change's accelerating impacts, from longer, more intense droughts to stronger storms and rising seas.
Wheat Smugglers Bring High Prices, and Hunger
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 04 (IPS) - With its lush valleys and well-watered plains, Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province produces plenty of food for the local population, including 10 million tons of wheat every year. So why are the people of this bountiful mountainous region going hungry?
Venezuelans Thirsty in a Land of Abundant Water
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jun 04 (IPS) - Although Venezuela has 520 long rivers, taps often run dry, many poor neighbourhoods depend on tanker trucks, water rationing remains a reality, and in some areas water quality is very poor.
Côte d’Ivoire Rides the Fast Track to Public Transport Development
- Inter Press Service
ABDIJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Jun 04 (IPS) - Two years ago, it would have taken Catherine Adjoua almost an hour to travel from M'Badon, the isolated fishing area where she lives that has no asphalt roads, to reach her workplace some 13 kilometres away in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's economic capital.
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