News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 475
Growing Resilient Food Systems Post Covid Is Key for Africa
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Nov 06 (IPS) - When it comes to food security, the challenge is not always about producing more - it's also about quality: producing food that is wholesome and preserved safely.
South Africa has Failed to Harness the Digital Revolution: How It Can Fix the Problem
- Inter Press Service
Nov 05 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a migration from physical work spaces in many sectors of the economy to online, digital services, supported by staff working from home. Parts of the economy such as mining, manufacturing and hospitality still require workers to be physically present. But other sectors have discovered that virtual platforms are effective substitutes for offices.
Solving the Challenge of Food Security Key to Peacebuilding in the Sahel
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Nov 03 (IPS) - In 2013, when Jamila Ben Baba started her company, the first privately owned slaughterhouse in Mali, she did so in the midst of a civil war as Tuareg rebels grouped together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad.
Africa Must not Assume a ‘Business as Usual’ Approach to COVID-19 Recovery
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 03 (IPS) - The corona virus pandemic is impacting Africa's population in quite differentiated ways and is significantly entrenching inequality. At the greatest risk are lives and livelihoods of the poor.
Driving Climate Change from the Top in the Dominican Republic
- Inter Press Service
SANTO DOMINGO, Nov 02 (IPS) - When President Luis Abinader arrived at his inauguration in an electrically driven car as a symbolic gesture of his Government's intentions to make sustainable development one of its main objectives – he signalled the start of addressing climate change commitments in the country.
The Rape of India's Dalit Women: It’s All about Power & Subordination
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Nov 02 (IPS) - Shabnam*, a young woman from Northern India's Haryana state, is two years away from becoming a law graduate. She sees parallels between her own rape and that of the 19-year-old Maha Dalit woman whose brutal rape and torture by a group of men from a "dominant" or "higher" caste in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh triggered nationwide protests.
Economic Trends and What’s Important in Life
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 02 (IPS) - US third quarter GDP numbers released two weeks ago delighted stock markets and President Trump. Output had picked up by 7.4%, annualised as 33.1%, the largest quarterly economic growth on record, almost double the old record of 3.9% (annualised as 16.7%) in the first quarter of 1950, seven decades ago.
Q&A: COVID-19 has Pushed Women Peacebuilders from Key Leadership Roles
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) - Women need to be given roles as negotiators, not just offered representation through advisory groups, Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos from the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) told IPS.
In the Face of a Pandemic, the World Turns to Trade
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO, Oct 29 (IPS) - Greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, international trade can play a key role in the economic recovery, but must overcome obstacles, such as protectionism and commercial disputes, especially between United States and China.
Crisis alla Turca II ‒ From Currency Crisis to Debt Crisis?
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 29 (IPS) - The meltdown of the Turkish currency that began in 2018 has continued unabated with the decline reaching unprecedented proportions in recent days. The causes of that turmoil including underlying financial fragilities and political shocks were discussed in a previous piece by this author. Since then the economy has become even more vulnerable in these respects.
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