Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1110
Bringing Cameroon’s Marginalised to the Poverty Debate
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Dic 05 (IPS) - Lydia Njang, a widow and mother of five from Cameroon's North West Region, has lost her farmland three times.
Gaza Returns to Donkey Days
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Dic 05 (IPS) - The garbage trucks of Gaza city are at a standstill due to an ongoing fuel shortage affecting all aspects of daily life, including garbage collection, sewage and waste disposal and other vital services. But the local donkeys are here to help.
Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan: Cold Leaders, Warm Ties
- Inter Press Service
, Dic 04 (IPS) - Two of the most despotic leaders in the world sit atop the governments of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, according to rights groups. But in sharp contrast to the way they regard their respective peoples, Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Uzbekistan's Islam Karimov seem to treat each other with courtesy and respect when they get together.
Where Is the Global Economy Heading?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - In a passage in Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle, he condemns an egalitarian native people at the tip of South America to remain primitive.
Food Security, Trade Facilitation Clash in Bali
- Inter Press Service
BALI, Dic 04 (IPS) - The World Trade Organisation's ninth ministerial meeting at Bali, Indonesia has morphed into a fierce battle between the countries seeking social safety nets for hundreds of millions of poor people and those insisting on having advanced import-facilitation programmes in the developing countries on par with the industrialised nations.
The Asia-Africa Link Is IT
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Dic 04 (IPS) - Only 16 percent of Africa's population of over a billion is online. But as Internet and mobile phone connectivity grows rapidly, the continent wants to join forces with Asian powerhouses to change its digital landscape.
Accra’s High Rents Means Ghanaians Lose
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Dic 04 (IPS) - Across Accra, Ghana's capital city, adverts for letting property can be found all over. But for as many placards there are, you will get just as many verbal warnings from locals cautioning people to beware of swindling agents.
WTO Urged Not to Treat Water Like Widgets
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - As government representatives gather Tuesday in Indonesia for what could be final negotiations towards a global trade agreement under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), environmentalists and social justice campaigners are urging them to specify that water resources cannot be treated as commodities.
Stability Still Elusive in Post-Election Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Dic 03 (IPS) - The recent elections which were expected to strengthen the fabric of governance in Honduras failed to do so. Now the country has a president-elect with just 38.7 percent support who is facing accusations of electoral fraud, along with a fragmented parliament where the governing party will be in the minority.
Wage Hike in Haiti Doesn't Address Factory Abuses
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dic 03 (IPS) - Haiti's minimum wage will nudge up 12 percent on Jan. 1, from 4.65 to 5.23 dollars (or 200 to 225 gourdes) per day. Calculated hourly, it is up from 58 cents to 65 cents per hour, before taxes.
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