Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1487
Aid Dependency on the Decline
- Inter Press Service
Poor countries have depended on rich nations to supplement their sector budget without which millions of people would have continued to live in abject poverty. Have the years of funding made these countries any less dependent?
Forest-Dependent Communities Lobby for End of REDD+
- Inter Press Service
Organisations working with indigenous peoples living in forests say the United Nations programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is just another way for big corporates to reap huge profits.
Lessons from the Andes on Budgeting to Close the Gender Gap
- Inter Press Service
Three countries in South America's Andean region, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, have a great deal to teach and share with those meeting in Busan, South Korean this week to discuss, among other things, how to make sure that development aid incorporates a gender focus in order to be effective.
‘Nothing at Busan for African Women, Children’
- Inter Press Service
Although there has been considerable progress towards reducing maternal and infant mortality, millions of women and children in Africa are still in need of better health services, food and sanitation.
SPAIN: Self-Financed Communities 'A Tool for Building Trust'
- Inter Press Service
On the first Sunday of every month, Abdoulaye Fall, from Senegal, meets a group of people in Barcelona, to contribute money to a common fund or to take out a loan. This is one of 60 self-financed communities in Spain, an alternative to traditional banking systems that is having a powerful social effect.
‘Accountability Vital in Improving Aid Effectiveness’
- Inter Press Service
Key actors meeting in Busan on Tuesday, the first day of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), lay emphasis on inclusive ownership, mutual accountability and the platform of the groundbreaking 2005 Paris Declaration.
Reclaiming a Waste Land Called Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
Ukrainian authorities are launching a massive nationwide project to transform the country’s dangerous and inefficient waste disposal network as officials admit the former Soviet state is facing an 'ecological catastrophe'.
Sweden Runs Into South Sudanese Oilgate
- Inter Press Service
Civil society leaders in South Sudan are closely watching a legal battle unfolding in Sweden, as prosecutors investigate an oil company accused of involvement in massive human rights abuses here.
'God Wants Us to Live in a Garden, Not a Desert'
- Inter Press Service
The European Union plan to save the Kyoto Protocol may meet its greatest obstacle in the developing world.
Q&A: 'Gender Budgets Help You Think About People'
- Inter Press Service
Gender responsive budgeting (GRB), a U.N. Women tool to curb inequality, 'helps you think about people…and to use resources in a more effective manner,' says Lorena Barba.
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