News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 566
Global Network Key to Strengthening Leprosy Organisations
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Sep 07 (IPS) - Organisations of people affected by Hansen's Disease or leprosy agree that a global network of volunteer groups is key to eradicating the disease, but concrete steps need to be taken to move the idea from an often-discussed concept to a reality.
First Global Forum of Leprosy-Affected People’s Organisations Kicks off in Manila
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Sep 07 (IPS) - Being part of a platform where leprosy-affected people from all over the world can freely interact, exchange and share opinions, ideas, experiences and strategies was always something Tasfaye Tadesse dreamt of.
Zimbabwe’s ex-President Robert Mugabe Leaves a Mixed Legacy
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAY, Zimbabwe, Sep 07 (IPS) - Former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe, who died this week, aged 95, leaves a mixed and divisive legacy.
Desertification Costs World Economy up to 15 trillion dollars - U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (IPS) - Forest fires, droughts and other forms of land degradation cost the global economy as much as 15 trillion dollars every year and are deepening the climate change crisis, a top United Nations environment official said Friday.
Sri Lanka Faces Major Challenges on UN’s 2030 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 04 (IPS) - On the road to sustainable development, Sri Lanka provides an interesting case study. Having overcome a three-decade domestic conflict, Sri Lanka has begun its transformation towards a sustainable and resilient society. The extreme poverty rate ($1.90 a day) dropped to 0.8 per cent in 2016. The unemployment rate is below 5 per cent since 2010.
Ensuring Fairer International Corporate Taxation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 03 (IPS) - Large transnational corporations (TNCs) are widely believed to be paying little tax. The ease with which they avoid tax and the declining corporate tax rates over the decades have deprived developing countries of much needed revenues besides undermining public faith in the tax system.
Central Asia Has Always Been Important for Europe
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Sep 03 (IPS) - In an interview* with Peter Burian, the current EU Special Representative for Central Asia.The EU has presented a new strategy for Central Asia. The first one has been adopted in 2007 and revised in 2015. Where do you see improvements?
Why Governments Must Prioritise Sustained Tobacco Control Investment in Low- & Middle-Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Sep 02 (IPS) - Trends in global consumption of cigarettes haven't improved since the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into force, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) earlier this summer.
Is the UN’s High Seas Treaty Heading Towards Troubled Waters?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 02 (IPS) - The world's high seas, which extend beyond 200 nautical miles, are deemed "international waters" to be shared globally-- but they remain largely ungoverned.
Ugandan Students Turn Waste to Wealth
- Inter Press Service
Aug 30 (IPS) - Namugongo is a lush, forested community in central Uganda where tall trees are home to colourful birds and noisy monkeys.
The community has a tragic place in history: on 3 June 1886, 22 Ugandan Christian converts were publicly executed, on the orders of King Mwanga II of the Buganda Kingdom, in an attempt to ward off the influence of colonial powers with whom the Christians were associated.
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