News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 163
Peasants Marginalized by Big Farmers
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 (IPS) - A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study shows the largest farms cultivate a high and increasing share of agricultural land in much of the world.
Agricultural Power, Waning Industry Dictate Brazil's Future
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 14 (IPS) - With its accelerated growth agriculture has emerged as a key sector of Brazil's economy, but it is failing on its own to spread prosperity and reduce poverty and inequality, with industry in decline.
ONE OCEAN SUMMIT – An Opportunity For Blue Transformation
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 14 (IPS) - The ocean covers more than 70 percent of our planet. There is no question it is critical for our health and well-being. It provides half the earth’s oxygen supply and every organism in existence depends on it to survive.
Responding to New Threats to Poverty Eradication in Asia
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 14 (IPS) - With consistent, robust economic growth, countries across Asia have made monumental strides in eradicating extreme poverty over the past 30 years. In Bangladesh, for example, the population living in extreme poverty dropped from 43% in 1991 to 10.5% in 2019. Similarly in Cambodia, poverty incidence fell from 53% in 2004 to below 10% by 2016.
An Unjustified COVID-19 Complacency -- & a 16-Billion Dollar Gap in Vaccine and Treatment Regime
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Feb 14 (IPS) - I am not sure the world will ever forgive us for worsening vaccine inequality and treatment of Africa as bad as under colonial rule.
People have become complacent about COVID-19. Our global (health) funds are fast running out of money. Vaccine inequity is getting worse.
Rebuilding Haiti: The post-earthquake path to recovery
- UN News
Six months after a devastating earthquake in south-west Haiti which caused the deaths of 2,200 people and injured 12,700 more, the international community is coming together with the Government of Haiti to raise up to $2 billion for the long-term recovery and reconstruction of the country. UN News explains why support is needed
Power of Connection & Collaborations to Fight Modern-day Slavery
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 08 (IPS) - The Covid-19 pandemic affected countries and people globally, at the same time exacerbated vulnerabilities such as modern-day slavery. There are over 40.3 million people estimated to be in modern-day slavery, and certain population groups, sectors and geographies such as children, migrant workers, women and girls that were already vulnerable, became more vulnerable to recruitment and exploitation during the pandemic. The United Nations has called the pandemic more than a health crisis, “it is an economic crisis, a humanitarian crisis, and a human rights crisis.”
‘Whole Life Cycle of Plastics’ Approach Could Reduce Pollution – WWF expert
- Inter Press Service
New York, Feb 08 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected plastic waste management, as the world saw a rise in single-use sanitary products, and many cities abandoned their recycling and waste management efforts in the first few months, Eirik Lindebjerg of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) told IPS.
Resist Inflation Phobia Coup
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 08 (IPS) - Calls, even screams, to fight inflation above all else are getting shriller. Thankfully, even The Economist (5 Feb. 2022) reminds all, Fighting inflation could put the world in a slump.
No inflation consensus International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva doubts the world faces a runaway inflation threat. She urges policymakers to carefully calibrate fiscal and monetary policies, with more “specificity”, as not ‘one size fits all’.
Spending on social protection rose nearly 270% with pandemic
- UN News
The 60th session of the Commission for Social Development kicked off on Monday, in a virtual format, with appeals to make COVID-19 a turning point for humanity, and a focus on making social protection systems universally available.
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