News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 872
Trans Fat Substitute May Lead to More Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (IPS) - Following growing concerns in the United States about the risks of trans fat since 1999, demand for palm oil, a cheap substitute for trans fat, more than doubled over the last decade and is expected to increase, eliciting concerns about deforestation in several Southeast Asian countries that provide 85 percent of the world's palm oil.
Opinion: No Aid, No Tax, No Development
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 05 (IPS) - The Addis Ababa Action Agenda is widely seen as a major disappointment for developing countries as well as others hoping for adequate means of implementation to realise national development ambitions and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Half a Million U.S. Women and Girls at Risk of Genital Cutting
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 05 (IPS) - Jaha Dukureh knows firsthand the barbaric effects of undergoing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Now a resident of the United States, she was mutilated as a baby in the Gambia in West Africa. Her sister bled to death after enduring the same procedure.
U.N. Taps Private Sector to Fund Development, Advocate Social Causes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 05 (IPS) - When the United Nations seeks outside financial assistance either for development needs or to advocate social causes, it invariably turns to the private sector these days.
Mexico's Anti-Poverty Programmes Are Losing the Battle
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 05 (IPS) - While most of Latin America has been reducing poverty, Mexico is moving in the other direction: new official figures reflect an increase in the number of poor in the last two years, despite the billions of dollars channeled into a broad range of programmes aimed at combating the problem.
Humanitarian Crisis Looming Over Venezuela, Says ICG
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Aug 05 (IPS) - A Brussels-based think-tank has warned Venezuela of an impending humanitarian calamity in tandem with growing political instability.
Fish Farming Now a Big Hit in Africa
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 05 (IPS) - Hillary Thompson, aged 62, throws some grains of left-over rice from his last meal, mixed with some beer dregs from his sorghum brew, into a swimming pool that he has converted into a fish pond.
Mandela Prizewinner from Namibia Still Bringing Sight to the Blind
- Inter Press Service
WINDHOEK, Aug 04 (IPS) - There was pure emotion in the face of Dr. Helena Ndume, more used to bringing sight to the blind than wiping away tears of her own.
Pakistan One of the World’s First Safe Havens for Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) - The United Nations has declared that 2015 is already "the deadliest year" for millions of migrants and asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution in their countries.
Suez Canal Reopens to Fanfare but Not Shared by All
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 03 (IPS) - Ships at sea around the world will blast their horns on Aug 6 to mark the re-opening of the world-famous centenarian waterway in Egypt, local officials there say.
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