News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 775
Adaptation Funding a Must for Africa
- Inter Press Service
MARRAKECH, Nov 13 (IPS) - The Paris Agreement hammered out at the summit on climate change in the French capital last year committed all parties to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies. The big question at the follow-up meeting here in Marrakech is how that deal will be implemented, especially for the developing nations of Africa.
Opposition to Oil Pipeline in U.S. Serves as Example for Indigenous Struggles in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 11 (IPS) - Canadian activist Clayton Thomas-Muller crossed the border between his country and the United States to join the Native American movement against the construction of an oil pipeline, which has become a model to follow in struggles by indigenous people against megaprojects, that share many common elements.
Release of Chibok Girls Rekindles Pressure to Free Last 196
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nov 11 (IPS) - The Nigerian military announced the rescue of a missing Chibok schoolgirl Saturday, bringing to 23 the number freed since Boko Haram seized 219 girls from a secondary school in the country's northeast in April 2014.
Changing Determinants of Global Income Inequality
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 10 (IPS) - Global income inequality among different regions began to increase about five centuries ago, before accelerating two centuries ago. The data suggest a brief reversal during the Golden Age quarter century after the Second World War, and in the last decade, with higher primary commodity prices once again, and protracted stagnation in much of the North following the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
Will Free Expression Equal Terrorism in Zimbabwe?
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Nov 09 (IPS) - Four years ago, a faceless writer using the nom de guerre Baba Jukwa set Facebook agog with detailed exposes of machinations within the ruling Zimbabwe National People's Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF).
Options Lacking to Help Developing Countries Avoid Debt Crises
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) - Despite many developing countries facing a very real risk of falling into debt crisis - the current options available to assist countries to manage their debts are surprisingly lacking.
Peace Fails to Bring Prosperity in Eastern Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
KATANKUDDI, Nov 07 (IPS) - It is a Tuesday afternoon and only a handful of devotees have flocked to the Meera Grand Mosque in Katankuddi, about 300 kms east of the capital Colombo.
Did You Try Out Rosemary’s Ceci or Makhlouta with Banana Bread?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 07 (IPS) - The original inhabitants of Planet Earth already knew—and still know how to eat healthy. Modern, urbanised and industrialised people mostly not. Anyway, life can be made easier than one may think. Just see what a world leading specialised body in the field of food and nutrition advises on what to eat and even how to cook it.
Beyond Calais: A Perspective on Migration, Agriculture and Rural Development
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 07 (IPS) - Migration is part of the process of development. It is not a problem in itself, and could, in fact, offer a solution to a number of matters. Migrants can make a positive and profound contribution to the economic and social development of their countries of origin, transit and destination alike. To quote the New York Declaration, adopted at the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants on 19 September, "migrants can help to respond to demographic trends, labour shortages and other challenges in host societies, and add fresh skills and dynamism to the latter's economies".
The Perils of Writing about Toilets in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 06 (IPS) - Journalist Stella Paul was midway through an interview about toilets when she found herself, and the women she was speaking to, under attack from four angry men.
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