Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1414
OP-ED: Where Economic and Environmental Prosperity Meet
- Inter Press Service
One of the lesser-known catalysts of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings was a global grain crop failure in 2010, caused by drought and flooding that year from Russia to Canada.
World Bank Race Heats Up
- Inter Press Service
While the U.S. candidate for World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, still has the inside track, the two non-U.S. candidates, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, have been raking in high-profile endorsements.
World's Dictators More Scared of Tweets Than Opposing Armies
- Inter Press Service
In his keynote address to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents at New York's Columbia University last week, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke of the growing power exercised by the world's younger generation in an age of high- speed technology and the information superhighway.
Guatemala — Regional Leader in Teen Pregnancies
- Inter Press Service
Teenage pregnancies are on the rise in Guatemala, along with the drop-out rate in schools, family breakdown and many other related social ills.
Trading Out of Trouble
- Inter Press Service
Azhar Karimjee (52), an exporter based in Karachi, is eyeing the 'huge market', comprised of the Indian middle class, for his Bermuda and cargo shorts and chino pants once trade links open between Pakistan and India.
After the Murder, a New Act at Freedom Theatre
- Inter Press Service
Actors, musicians, activists and friends gathered in various locations throughout Israel and the West Bank this week to commemorate the life of actor and theatre director Juliano Mer-Khamis.
Young Ivorians Fishing Big Profits out of Small Ponds
- Inter Press Service
Mathieu Djessan looks over the four-hectare expanse of fish ponds with satisfaction. The aquaculture enterprise the 29-year-old runs here near the town of Tiassalé in southern Côte d'Ivoire is quickly proving profitable.
Uzbekistan Takes Hardline Approach on Containing Turkish Soft Power
- Inter Press Service
Religion is a wedge that is driving Uzbekistan and Turkey apart.
The Battle over Development-Led Globalisation
- Inter Press Service
Industrialised countries have mounted an unprecedented campaign to stop the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development from providing policy advice to the poorest countries in Africa and across the globe.
Community Radio Tunes Into Ad Revenues in India
- Inter Press Service
Community Radio (CR) broadcasting in India, long bound by red tape, has received a fillip with the government announcing a hike in advertising tariffs and the auction of licenses.
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