Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 334
Partnerships Key to Implementing 2030 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 24 (IPS) - The UN's 2030 Agenda highlights the strong commitment to ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including by eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. It also emphasizes the determination to end hunger and to achieve food security as a matter of priority and to end all forms of malnutrition.
Quantitative Easing for Wealth Redistribution
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (IPS) - Following the 2007-2008 global financial crisis and the Great Recession in its wake, the ‘new normal' in monetary policy has been abnormal. At the heart of the unconventional monetary policies adopted have been ‘asset purchase' or ‘quantitative easing' (QE) programmes. Ostensibly needed for economic revival, QE has redistributed wealth – regressively, in favour of the rich.
Union Conflict Rages on in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
RUSTENBURG, South Africa, Aug 21 (IPS) - It was two thirty at night. Inside his home, the telephone rang. Sibongile Nota's brother's life drew nearer its end. A few minutes passed, the telephone rang again. His brother was now dead.
Women Slowly Break Barriers in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Aug 18 (IPS) - When one thinks of Bangladesh, its political leadership naturally comes to mind as the leaders of the country's major parties are women, including the Prime Minister, the Opposition Leader and the Speaker of the National Parliament.
Soy Changes Map of Brazil, Set to Become World’s Leading Producer
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (IPS) - "Our wealth lies in the climate, not in the land," said Antonio Galván, president of the Rural Union of Sinop, a municipality created just 37 years ago, which has prospered due to the continued expansion of soy in Brazil.
When Policies Speak the Same Language, Africa’s Trade and Investment Will Listen
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Aug 17 (IPS) - The rising Maputo-Catembe Bridge is a hard-to-miss addition to Mozambique's shoreline.
What Does “Climate-Smart Agriculture” Really Mean? New Tool Breaks It Down
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 14 (IPS) - A Trinidadian scientist has developed a mechanism for determining the degree of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) compliance with respect to projects, processes and products.
Will Renewable Energies Finally Get Their Chance in Argentina?
- Inter Press Service
Women Build Rural Infrastructure in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Aug 13 (IPS) - Breaking all the social barriers and taboos, poor women in Bangladesh are now engaged in rural development works across the country as labourers.
Promise or Peril? Africa’s 830 Million Young People by 2050
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana / NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 11 (IPS) - Last month, Spanish charity workers rescued 167 migrants arriving from Africa aboard a small boat.
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