Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1038
Hard-Hit CDM Carbon Market Seeks New Buyers
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 06 (IPS) - Since they first emerged as a result of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, carbon offset markets have been a key part of international emissions reductions agreements, allowing rich countries in the North to invest in "emissions-saving projects" in the South while they continue to emit CO2.
Biofortified Beans to Fight ‘Hidden Hunger’ in Rwanda
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 06 (IPS) - Joane Nkuliye considers herself an activist. She is part of a select group of farmers producing biofortified crops on a commercial scale in Rwanda.
Political Web Spun for ‘Youngistan’
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Apr 06 (IPS) - As India votes in its 16th general election Apr. 7-May 12, the youth, comprising nearly half the country's 814 million voters, could prove decisive. And the internet is being used increasingly to target youth in the world's largest democratic exercise.
Chile Graduates in Earthquake Preparedness
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 05 (IPS) - Chile appears to have learned a few lessons from the 2010 earthquake and tsunami, and it successfully drew on them the night of Apr. 1, when another quake struck, this time in the extreme north of the country.
Italian Doctors Abort a Law
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 05 (IPS) - Two out of three doctors in Italy are ‘conscientious objectors' to abortion, according to new data. The Italian Ministry of Health reveals that in 2011, 69.3 percent of doctors refused to carry out abortions, with peaks of over 85 percent in some regions.
Economic Growth and Wellbeing “Not Equal”, Study Finds
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 04 (IPS) - The United States ranks among the highest in the world in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, but only 16th among 132 countries in terms of social progress and environmental performance, according to a new index released Wednesday.
Brazilian Dams Accused of Aggravating Floods in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Apr 04 (IPS) - Unusually heavy rainfall, climate change, deforestation and two dams across the border in Brazil were cited by sources who spoke to IPS as the causes of the heaviest flooding in Bolivia's Amazon region since records have been kept.
Getting into CAR, When so Many Want to Get Out
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 04 (IPS) - In a country suffering from what the U.N. has called "ethno-religious cleansing", a "disappeared" state structure and "unacceptable sectarian brutality," gaining access to the population of the Central African Republic has proven a difficult and sometimes deadly task for humanitarian workers.
Tanzania’s Farming Cooperatives Struggle to Bear Fruit
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Apr 04 (IPS) - John Daffi climbs to the top of a hill overlooking a scenic Rift Valley wall and the Ngorongoro forest, where wildlife migrates between the world famous Ngorongoro crater and Tanzania's Lake Manyara. Daffi, 59, looks down upon his family's farm below and reminisces about the time his father first brought him here as a boy.
Misgivings Rise Over Afghan Poll
- Inter Press Service
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Apr 04 (IPS) - "If Abdullah will become president, the will of Afghan people will be respected. Otherwise – especially if Zalmai Rassoul will be indicated as the winner – a new conflict will start and our country will become more insecure." The remark by Abdullah Abdullah supporter Qazi Sadullah Abu Aman is typical of uncertainties and accusations rising as election day draws close on Saturday.
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