Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1127
Norway Sets Example in Audit of Poor Countries’ Debts
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (IPS) - Anti-poverty campaigners are celebrating the Norwegian government's release of an external audit of all outstanding public debts it is owed by developing countries, the first time any country has undertaken such a process.
Caribbean Economies Battered by Storms
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 19 (IPS) - The Caribbean is in danger of becoming "a region of serial defaulters" with respect to international debt obligations, according to one expert, and this may partly be due to its economies suffering frequent shocks from natural disasters.
Violence Against Civilians Peaks in Central African Republic
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 (IPS) - As Michel Djotodia took his oath as the new president of the Central African Republic (CAR) on Aug. 18, Séléka, the coalition of rebel groups that he led and that helped him overthrow the government on Mar. 23, were still looting and killing civilians.
Ecological Cuban Recipes Boost Sustainable Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 19 (IPS) - Vilda Figueroa and her husband, José Lama, live in Marianao on the outskirts of Havana, where they share hundreds of recipes based on Cuban-grown foods and sun-drying, along with other ecological food preservation methods.
What Egypt Is Blind To
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 19 (IPS) - Dina Gamal, whose 10-year-old son was born blind, says it is not him but Egyptian society that lives in the dark.
Killer Smoke Blows Through Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 19 (IPS) - Governments in the Western Pacific Islands, believed to be home to a third of the world's smokers, have begun a long battle with the growing crisis of non-communicable diseases. Such diseases currently account for 75 percent of the region's fatalities.
Opponents of Fracking Seek to Thwart Shale Gas Finance
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (IPS) - Non-governmental organisations are putting pressure on multilateral financial institutions not to finance production of shale gas by hydraulic fracturing or fracking because of the high environmental costs they say are associated with this method.
‘Deserts Can Save Forests’
- Inter Press Service
KUBUQI, China, Aug 18 (IPS) - It may take development of the deserts to save forests, say experts, who stress that desert ecology needs to be preserved and enhanced.
Crossing Borders with Trade
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG/MBABANE, Aug 18 (IPS) - Experts are agreed that the key to unlocking the economic potential of the Southern African Development Community lies in easing cross-border flows of people, goods, capital and services.
When the Taliban Ran With Their Feat
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Aug 18 (IPS) - Nervousness permeates the very air of Dera Ismail Khan these days. It has been more than a fortnight since militants attacked a high security prison here in a military-like operation and released about 200 inmates, including Taliban commanders.
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