News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 859
Fiscal Austerity May Jeopardize Brazil’s Poverty Alleviation Programme
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Latin America's largest economy, Brazil, has succeeded in lifting 36 million people out of extreme poverty over the past 12 years. But it has still a long way to go towards promoting inclusive and sustainable growth.
Opinion: Farming the Way Out of Poverty in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Sep 24 (IPS) - For Honduran farmer Salomón Lorenzo Vázquez, Tuesday has become the most important day of the week. As he tends his lettuce, cauliflower, and broccoli on the farm he has maintained for 20 years, he waits for his weekly visit from the USAID-ACCESO field officer, the man who has helped double his income.
Opinion: Food Loss & Waste Has Got to Do a Lot with Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 24 (IPS) - More than 150 world leaders will meet in New York this weekend to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of global targets intended to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and curb climate change. The SDGs will help set the global development agenda for the next 15 years, focusing attention on the opportunities that will allow for more a sustainable future.
Latin America to Adopt SDGs, Still Lagging on Some MDGs
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Sep 24 (IPS) - In the last 15 years, Latin America and the Caribbean have met several key targets included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), such as reducing extreme poverty, hunger and child mortality, incorporating more girls in the educational system, and expanding access to clean water.
Opinion: Kenya Cannot Rise If Its Women Are Left Behind
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 23 (IPS) - Consider this. A young girl called Amina Mohamed who is the 8th of 9 children, from a modest Muslim home in Kakamega County in Kenya was encouraged by her parents to complete her education and pursue her dreams.
Opinion: Fifteen Years and Forever
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 23 (IPS) - The next 15 years will be decisive for our planet's future.
During this period we will face some of the 21st Century's greatest challenges, amidst an ongoing and profound transition in the global economy.
Chile’s Altiplano Region Seeks Sustainable Tourism
- Inter Press Service
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, Chile, Sep 22 (IPS) - Chile's altiplano or high plateau region, pounded by the sun of the Atacama desert, the driest place in the world, is home to dozens of indigenous communities struggling for subsistence by means of sustainable tourism initiatives that are not always that far removed from out-of-control capitalism.
Opinion: South-South Cooperation Crucial for Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - World leaders will meet at the United Nations summit from Sep. 25 to 27 in New York at a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. This year's summit is special in many respects.
Report Accuses Sudan’s ‘Merciless Men’ Going on a Rampage in Darfur
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese government force formed in mid-2013 and aimed at fighting rebel factions across Sudan, has allegedly not only committed war crimes, but serious crimes against humanity in Darfur.
How to Fix Environmental Woes in Buenos Aires Shantytown
- Inter Press Service
AVELLANEDA, Argentina, Sep 18 (IPS) - Children have been poisoned by lead in Villa Inflamable, a shantytown on the south side of the capital of Argentina. Resettling their families involves a socioenvironmental process as complex as the sanitation works in one of the most polluted river basins in the world.
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