Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1387
Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa
- Inter Press Service
Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education.
Less Politics, More Economic Development
- Inter Press Service
Economic and social growth have become the heart of the development agenda of the bloc of leading emerging economies known as IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) since it began focusing less on politics.
Argentina Faces the Dilemma of Unconventional Oil and Gas
- Inter Press Service
Vast reserves of natural gas and oil trapped underground, whose exploitation would signify major environmental impacts, will be the greatest challenge facing YPF, the Argentine oil company that recently returned to state control.
Haiti Ratifies Business-Oriented Prime Minister
- Inter Press Service
Almost three months after the seat was left vacant when the former prime minister resigned due to disagreements and political wrangling with the president, as of Monday, Haiti finally has a new prime minister.
U.S. Arms Sale Sends Wrong Signal to Bahrain, Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is sending the wrong signal to the government of Bahrain in proceeding with a partial sale of new arms to Manama, according to human rights activists and some lawmakers here.
'We Are Living As If We Had One and a Half Planets'
- Inter Press Service
The new WWF Living Planet Report warns of a significant decline in biodiversity, particularly in low-income countries, and a huge increase in the ecological footprint of high-income countries.
Guatemalan Coffee Growers Get Creative
- Inter Press Service
Overwhelmed by climate change, worried about speculation in international prices and still hurting from the effects of the crisis in 2000, coffee growers in Guatemala are trying in various ways to recover the production levels they achieved 12 years ago.
EU Backs Aid Through Budget Support
- Inter Press Service
In an unprecedented move, all 27 EU development ministers championed budget support Monday as an effective way of reducing poverty in developing countries. At the same time they gave the green light to a new ground-breaking initiative to prevent new humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.
U.S.: Occupiers Reclaim Land for Sustainable Farming
- Inter Press Service
With hoes, shovels, some 15,000 seedlings and a bolt cutter to break the locks that kept them out, students, community members and participants from nearby Occupy movements have laid claim to an undeveloped 10-acre parcel since Earth Day, Apr. 22, in Albany, California.
Native People of El Salvador Finally Recognised
- Inter Press Service
After decades of struggle, indigenous people in El Salvador will finally be recognised in the constitution — a first step towards recovering their community identity, which they have been denied by the state and by society at large.
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