Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1043
U.S. Joins Global Transparency Tide in Extractives Sector
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (IPS) - An unusual combination of industry, government, investors and civil society here is celebrating the United States' initial acceptance into a prominent global initiative aimed at strengthening transparency and accountability in the extractives industry.
Women Seek Stand-Alone Goal for Gender in Post-2015 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 24 (IPS) - The 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its annual 10-day session Saturday with several key pronouncements, including on reproductive health, women's rights, sexual violence, female genital mutilation (FGM) and the role of women in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Putting Climate Polluters in the Dock
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 24 (IPS) - Can Caribbean governments take legal action against other countries that they believe are warming the planet with devastating consequences?
Zimbabwe Traverses a Rugged Political Terrain
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 24 (IPS) - Leroy Muzamani from Zimbabwe's low income suburb, Highfield, sits with his chin resting on his hands.
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 24 (IPS) - The United Nations' Post-2015 Development Agenda should not simply extend the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), or reformulate the goals, but focus instead on global systemic reforms and secure an accommodating international environment for sustainable development.
Sri Lanka Prepares for Geneva Showdown
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Mar 24 (IPS) - As Sri Lanka steadfastly refuses any external inquiry into human rights abuses allegedly committed when the government pushed a military victory over Tamil rebels in its decades-long sectarian conflict, right groups say the global community is left with no option but to push for an international investigation.
Injecting HIV Into Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Mar 22 (IPS) - Pakistan may have low prevalence of HIV/AIDS, with only about 9,000 officially confirmed cases, but the country is at high risk, particularly due to a growing number of injecting drug users (IDUs), say experts.
Port Development Brings Progress to Brazil – At a Price
- Inter Press Service
SÃO LUIS, Brazil, Mar 21 (IPS) - "We are victims of progress,"complained Osmar Santos Coelho, known as Santico. His fishing community has disappeared, displaced to make way for a port complex on São Marcos bay, to the west of São Luis, the capital of the state of Maranhão in Brazil's northeast.
Egypt Gets Muscular Over Nile Dam
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Mar 21 (IPS) - When Egypt's then-president Mohamed Morsi said in June 2013 that "all options" including military intervention, were on the table if Ethiopia continued to develop dams on the Nile River, many dismissed it as posturing. But experts claim Cairo is deadly serious about defending its historic water allotment, and if Ethiopia proceeds with construction of what is set to become Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, a military strike is not out of the question.
World Bank Clears Congo’s Controversial Dam Project
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - The World Bank Thursday approved a 73.1-million-dollar grant in support of a controversial giant dam project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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