News headlines for “Third World Debt Undermines Development”, page 1286
CARIBBEAN: Still Fighting HIV Stigma After 30 Years
- Inter Press Service
An inescapable fact of living in societies that are as small and highly personalised as those in the Caribbean is that information travels very quickly and not always very accurately.
Restoring Ethiopia's Forest Cover
- Inter Press Service
Mesfin Mengistu has been growing trees on his two-hectare farm in Menagesha Woreda for years.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small Amounts of Cash Make a Big Difference
- Inter Press Service
After being diagnosed HIV-positive Margaret Bikyele could not even manage the simplest of household chores, let alone being able work to generate an income for her and her two sons. Since her diagnosis in 2005 and in the years that followed, the Bikyele family’s prospects in life had looked bleak. That is until Bikyele became the recipient of a social cash transfer scheme in 2007 and began receiving 10 dollars a month.
ECONOMY-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Threat of States Collapsing Looms Large
- Inter Press Service
The mooted restructuring of the revenue-sharing agreement of the world’s oldest customs union could lead to at least two of its Southern African members collapsing into 'failed states' status as well as macroeconomic crises in two of their neighbours in the sub-region.
SINGAPORE: Films Show Other Side Of Migrant Workers
- Inter Press Service
Migrant workers may be what one filmmaker calls a 'socio- political hot potato' in Singapore, but that is precisely why a film festival opted to showcase the plight of workers who often remain faceless although they are vital to the city- state’s everyday life and economy.
CAMBODIA: Methadone Scheme Steps Up Drug Treatment Efforts
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-nine-year-old Ramy shuddered as he described the years he has spent addicted to heroin. Lying to his family, stealing from friends to scrape together the money to feed his addiction — until a few months ago, that was the life he led.
WHO - Maternal Deaths Fall
- Inter Press Service
The number of women dying from pregnancy related causes around the world is falling. Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the most dangerous place for pregnant women, despite recording a 26 percent reduction in maternal mortality rates.
SOUTH AFRICA: CSOs Urge Binding Commitment on Socio-Economic Rights
- Inter Press Service
A grouping of six civil society organisations (CSOs) has called on the South African government to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Brazil Brings Scarce Good News to Anti-Poverty Summit
- Inter Press Service
When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses a meeting of world leaders next week, he is expected to proudly claim that his country has already met — and exceeded - one of the key U.N. development goals: reduce by half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and hunger.
U.S. Steps Up Mediation Efforts as Referendum Nears
- Inter Press Service
Less than four months before a scheduled referendum on independence for southern Sudan, the administration of President Barack Obama is intensifying pressure on both Khartoum and the south's leadership to establish the necessary pre-conditions for the vote and any transition that follows it.
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