News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 124
The Year of Inflation Exposes Dogma and Class Bias
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 17 (IPS) - Inflation worries topped Ipsos’s What Worries the World survey in 2022 overtaking COVID concerns. The return of inflation caught major central banks, e.g., the US Federal Reserve (Fed), Bank of England, European Central Bank “off guard”. The persistence of inflation also surprised the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The return of inflation and its persistence exposed the poverty of the economics profession, unable to agree on its causes and required policy responses. It also exposed the profession’s anti-working class biases.
Africa's Vast Arable Land Underutilized for Both Cash and Food Crops
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 16 (IPS) - Concerns are rife that while Africa is growing more crops, these are not for food and that on the current trajectory, present food import costs into Africa, now estimated at 55 billion US dollars a year, could double by 2030.
Economic slowdown may force workers into ‘lower quality’ jobs
- UN News
Finding a decent and well-paid job is likely to beharder this year, thanks to the continuing global economic downturn, the UN labour agency said on Monday.
More Austerity in 2023 Will Fuel Protests
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 13 (IPS) - This week world leaders meet in Davos to discuss cooperation to address multiple crises, from COVID-19 and escalating inflation to slowing economic growth, debt distress and climate shocks.
Security Policy is more than Defence with Weapons
- Inter Press Service
DUISBURG, Germany, Jan 11 (IPS) - If our societies are to become resilient and sustainable, our priorities must change towards de-escalation, including in diplomacy and economy.
Why U.S.-Africa Relations and Africa Matter More Now Than Ever
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 10 (IPS) - President Biden and leaders of 49 invited African countries and the African Union met in Washington last month for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit — a meeting that all parties hope will launch a strengthened partnership to deliver benefits for the peoples of both the U.S. and Africa.
Greening the City Gets Community Treatment in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
Jan 10 (IPS) - It's a typical story in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city. With the failure to provide services such as refuse collection by the local municipality, township residents dump garbage wherever they fancy, and with time, dumpsites become "official."
World Bank: sharp, long-lasting slowdown to hit developing countries hard
- UN News
Growth in emerging market and developing economies will be hit hard over the next two years, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report.
Sunshine, sea, and sustainable tourism: Indonesian women entrepreneurs adapt to a changing world
- UN News
Sustainable tourism is proving to be a viable career option for women in the picturesque North Sulawesi region of Indonesia, where they are making the most of skills training provided by the UN.
Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report
- UN News
Flexible working hours can advance economies and businesses while helping employees and families achieve a better work-life balance, according to a new report launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Friday.
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