Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1094
Insuring Cows and Goats Improves Kenyan Lives
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 06 (IPS) - "That is the sound I love the most in the whole world," Hussein Ahmed says as the bells tied to his cattle begin clink as they return home. Ahmed, a pastoralist in Marsabit district in arid and semi-arid northern Kenya, lost all his animals in 2011 during one of the worst droughts in the region for over 60 years.
Corruption Smothering Pacific Students
- Inter Press Service
HONIARA, Nov 06 (IPS) - External interference in the awarding of tertiary scholarships in Pacific Island nations such as the Solomon Islands is denying some of the highest achievers among the young an opportunity to contribute to the future of their country and the region.
These ‘Ghost’ Schools Are Not for Children
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 06 (IPS) - Rahmatullah Balal has spent ten years counting the schools that aren't. The particular kind of Pakistani schools that are called "ghost" schools.
The Sickest Places in the World
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 05 (IPS) - Parts of Indonesia, Argentina and Nigeria are among the top 10 most polluted places on the planet, according to a new report by U.S. and European environmental groups.
Less Food for More Hungry
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 05 (IPS) - Deep cuts in food aid for poor people in the United States are poised to bring higher demands on charities and food pantries across the country that provide food to families in need – and which are already overstretched.
South America - From Granary to Megaprojects for the World
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 05 (IPS) - South America has gone from the world's granary to the site of innumerable international infrastructure, energy and mining megaprojects. It is now facing a new dilemma: bolstering the economy with the promise of reducing inequality, in exchange for social and environmental costs that are taking their toll.
Jordan's Farmers Struggle to Weather Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Jordan, Nov 05 (IPS) - Abu Waleed isn't quite sure where to begin his litany of grievances. Bugs that chomp their way through the mint he grows, or the dry well that forces him to pump water from a half kilometre away? Or perhaps the 160 dinars he spent on spinach seeds only to see scant growth after planting.
Women Find a Green Midas Touch
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Nov 05 (IPS) - On a hot and humid day in northwestern Bangladesh, Anisa Begum sits with a group of 25 homemakers, explaining how to use natural fertilisers to increase grain yield.
Over 2,500 Deaths During Indian Clinical Trials
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Nov 05 (IPS) - More than 2,500 Indians have died in the course of clinical trials in recent years, government figures reveal.
Nuclear Called a Lesser Evil than Fossil Fuels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 04 (IPS) - Four prominent climate and energy scientists are calling on environmentalists to rethink their longstanding opposition to nuclear energy, warning that there is no "credible path to climate stabilization that does not include a substantial role for nuclear power".
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