Global Issues
News headlines for “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance”, page 29
ASIA: Civil Society Steps Up Efforts Towards Alternative Economy
- Inter Press Service
Amid worsening poverty, income inequality and a host of environmental hazards that are afflicting many countries, what does the world need today?
Q&A: Wanted: Economy at the Service of Mankind
- Inter Press Service
The outbreak of the global financial crisis that followed the collapse of the U.S.’s major financial institutions last year sent many economies into a downward spiral. Many were also forced to rethink their economic development models.
SPECIAL OP-ED: People First, Turning Words Into Action
- Inter Press Service
The promotion of women's rights at the global level should not be limited to treating the female population as a gender that is discriminated against and must be protected.
PERU: Fighting Hunger with Native Crops
- Inter Press Service
As if he were showing off a treasure, Dionicio Sarmiento holds up his seed potatoes with a smile. 'Look how nice they are, all ready to plant. It'll be a good harvest,' says the peasant farmer from Huancavelica, Peru's poorest province, where most of the population depends on subsistence farming.
SOUTH ASIA: The Ties that Bind: Artists, Writers Forge Peace
- Inter Press Service
Imagine writers, scholars and folk performers from eight South Asian countries coming together to share their common heritage and culture while promoting peace and harmony at the same time.
JAPAN: Obama Visit Hailed, But Left Crucial Questions Unanswered
- Inter Press Service
Setting foot on the Land of Cherry Blossom over the weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama waxed nostalgic, recalling his first visit to Japan as a young boy, when his mother brought him there.
JAPAN: Obama Visit Hailed, But Left Crucial Questions Unanswered
- Inter Press Service
Setting foot on the Land of Cherry Blossom over the weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama waxed nostalgic, recalling his first visit to Japan as a young boy, when his mother brought him there.
CHINA: Simmering Issues Boiling Up in Run-up to Obama Visit
- Inter Press Service
His victory speech is a smash hit on Internet sites; his image vies for popularity with those of communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong, and his book is a runway bestseller in this country’s big cities. But as China prepares to welcome him as the first black president of the United States, keen anticipation is mixed with unease.
AUSTRALIA/SRI LANKA: Untangling the Knotty Issue of Human Smuggling
- Inter Press Service
It is a story that spans three islands, across the breadth of the Indian Ocean. That is, of hundreds of boat people sailing the rough seas in unseaworthy vessels, risking life and limb in their desperate attempt at a new lease of life.
VIETNAM: Human Rights, Health: Twin Issues for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Vietnam will be one of five nations most affected by climate change. Worst-case scenarios see large parts of the low-lying and flood-prone Mekong Delta area, which produces much of the nation’s rice crop, flooded.
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