News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 491
Lack of Human Capital is Holding Back Latin America’s Growth
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (IPS) - In 1990, Latin America's average GDP per capita was a little over a quarter of the United States' income level, while emerging and developing Asian countries' GDP per capita was only 5 percent. In 2019, Asian countries had grown fourfold, but Latin America was still at the same level.
Call for Urgent Action by 300 World Leaders on Global Education Emergency In Face of Covid19
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (IPS) - We write to call for urgent action to address the global education emergency triggered by COVID-19. With over 1 billion children still out of school because of the lockdown, there is now a real and present danger that the public health crisis will create a COVID generation who lose out on schooling and whose opportunities are permanently damaged.
While the more fortunate have had access to alternatives, the world's poorest children have been locked out of learning, denied internet access, and with the loss of free school meals - once a lifeline for 300 million boys and girls - hunger has grown.
ISDS Enables Making More Money from Losses
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 18 (IPS) - With the Covid-19 contagion from late 2019 spreading internationally this year, governments have responded, often in desperation. Meanwhile, predatory international law firms are encouraging multimillion-dollar investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits citing Covid-19 containment, relief and recovery measures.
We Must Prioritize Local Solutions to Global Problems
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug 18 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day is the perfect time to refresh our push to localize humanitarian aid for COVID-19 and all the challenges we face. Celebrating #RealLifeHeroes!
Beating Anger into Empathy: the Need of the Hour in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Aug 17 (IPS) - The murder of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, an icon of the Oromo people in Ethiopia was a tragic loss for all who struggle for rights in systems that fail to accommodate them.
Q&A: Family Farming in Latin America & the Caribbean Hard Hit by COVID-19 Restrictions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) - With limited transport options to carry their goods to the market, lack of protective gear, and limited financial resources, family farmers across Latin America are facing grave consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enough Is Not Enough - A Call for an Urgent Change of the Mexican Economic Policy
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 14 (IPS) - A group composed by women and men, called Nuevo Curso de Desarrollo (New Course for Development) based at the National University of Mexico recently published a document to propose a set of measures to change the current economic policy in Mexico.
This proposal responds to a diagnosis of the current situation: at this point of the year, the serious social damage inflicted by the health and economic crisis can already be observed.
No More Lost Generations: Global Fund Provides Education for Children in Crisis
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Aug 14 (IPS) - 15-year-old Humaira* sits on the mud floor of her hut in Ukhiya camp, Cox's Bazar, listening as the rain beats down on the tarpaulin roof.
Young South Africans are Shut Out From Work: They Need a Chance to Get Digital Skills
- Inter Press Service
Aug 13 (IPS) - Most young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa continue to be denied access to information and communications technology because of poor infrastructure and the digital divide.
Keeping Education within the Grasp of Refugee Children
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Aug 13 (IPS) - "Not being able to go to school is not something I'd wish on any child in this world," said 21-year-old Nujeen Mustafa, a young advocate for refugees who fled the Syrian war with her sister. Mustafa, who now lives in Germany, is also the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) high profile supporter.
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