Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1056
USAID Unveils Five-Year Plan in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (IPS) - Even as most international military forces are slated to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, USAID, the foreign aid arm of the U.S. government, is emphasising its sustained commitment to developing Afghanistan's economy after the withdrawal.
Obama’s Arms Sales Policy: Promotion or Restraint?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (IPS) - The United States is the world's leading arms trafficking nation, with $60 billion in arms transfer agreements last year alone. In 2011, U.S. companies and the U.S. government controlled over three-quarters of the international weapons trade.
OECD in “Game-Changing” Move to Halt Tax Evasion
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (IPS) - A major grouping of rich countries has unveiled a new model for the automatic exchange of certain individual financial information between countries, aimed at significantly cutting down on offshore tax evasion.
Waiting for Justice for Mali’s Missing Soldiers
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Feb 13 (IPS) - Aminata Diarra last saw her brother, Malamine, a member of the Malian Red Berets, special forces loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure, alive on national television almost two years ago.
OP-ED: We Need Everyone to Build a More Sustainable World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, an annual event that deals with a subject that is very close to my heart. The summit gathered together amazing people: Nobel Prize winners, thought leaders, heads of state, corporate innovators, and academicians to deal with the paramount challenges of the 21st Century all focused on three pressing dimensions of sustainability: food, water and energy.
After War Comes Peace, Not Prosperity
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Feb 12 (IPS) - Sri Lanka's war-battered Northern Province had reason to celebrate when the results of a countrywide exam were announced last December. Of the 16,604 students from the province who sat for the exam, 63.8 percent secured the required marks for entry into prestigious national universities.
Plugging South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Leaks
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (IPS) - The South African government's earnest rush to provide water to millions of people post-apartheid may have jeopardised its attempts to provide services to the country in the long run.
U.S. Leans Toward Restoring Voting Rights for Felons
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (IPS) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and several key Republican and Democrat senators agree on the need for criminal justice reform, and some are now even seeking to restore voting rights to former felons.
Floridians Lead U.S. in Favouring Normalisation with Cuba
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (IPS) - If President Barack Obama wants to move more quickly to normalise ties with Cuba, it appears he has gained the political space to do so, according to analyses of a major new bipartisan public-opinion poll released here Tuesday by the Atlantic Council.
An Iran in Flux Marks 35th Anniversary of Revolution
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (IPS) - Thirty-five years ago today, millions of Iranians embraced a religious leader promising freedom from a corrupt monarchy and national independence. Now many want a better standard of living and improved civil rights.
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