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LIBERIA: Men in Testing New Role as Midwives
- Inter Press Service
Henry Teh gently slides down a blue hospital sheet to expose the bare belly of a pregnant woman. As he pokes around to feel the position of the foetus, the midwife-in-training knows he is breaking tradition and changing the face of obstetric care in Liberia.
BRAZIL: Electricity Trumps Biodiversity for Xingú River
- Inter Press Service
Herculano Porto de Oliveira, of Brazil, said he felt forced 'to live in hiding on my own land, though I never fought with anyone or stole anything,' just for making a living from the biodiversity of the Amazon's Xingú River Basin, where he was born 66 years ago.
POLITICS: Ruling Party’s Woes Mean A More Inward-Looking Japan
- Inter Press Service
Worries about its political survival will hound Japan’s ruling party after its setback in the recent Upper House polls, leaving it little room to pursue policies that the country’s neighbours had been looking forward to when the Democratic Party of Japan came to power in 2009.
Haiti's Tent Camps Likely to Remain for Years
- Inter Press Service
Six months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, U.N. aid agencies say they are entering the challenging phase of replacing the tents that are home to the estimated 1.5 million people who remain displaced.
MALAWI: Women Candidates Desperate to Finance Freebies for Voters
- Inter Press Service
Mable Malinda wants to contest the local government elections but the independent candidate who is using her life savings to fund her campaign only has 500 dollars left in her bank account. She has already spent three times as much buying handouts for voters — an unofficial requirement when contesting elections in Malawi.
Is Global Poverty Reduction a Political Myth?
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations hosts a summit meeting of world leaders next September to assess the current state of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is expected to single out one of the major 'success stories' of the day: a reduction in global poverty.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
BURMA: ILO Steps into Political Minefield to Help Revive Trade Unions
- Inter Press Service
Nearly 50 years after a Burmese military regime crushed what was once a vibrant trade union movement in the South-east Asian country, hints of a revival are beginning to emerge.
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