Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 336
Sinking Island Seeks Seat in Security Council
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - The Maldives, one of the world's low-lying, small island developing states (SIDS) -- threatened with extinction because of a sea-level rise-- is shoring up its coastal defences in anticipation of the impending calamity.
Migrant Contributions to Development: Creating a “New Positive Narrative”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Despite the "undeniable" benefits of migration, barriers including public misconceptions continue to hinder positive development outcomes, participants said during a series of thematic consultations here on safe, orderly, and regular migration.
China Seeks to Export Its Green Finance Model to the World
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 26 (IPS) - Hand in hand with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the People's Bank of China (PBoC) disembarked in the Argentine capital to prompt this country to adopt and promote the agenda of so-called green finance, which supports clean or sustainable development projects and combats climate change.
Alcoholism Cannot Explain Russian Mortality Spike
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 25 (IPS) - The steep upsurge in mortality and sudden fall in life expectancy in Russia in the early 1990s were the highest ever registered anywhere in recorded human history in the absence of catastrophes, such as wars, plague or famine. The shock economic reforms in the former Soviet economies after 1991 precipitated this unprecedented increase in mortality, shortening life expectancy, especially among middle-aged males.
The G20 Needs To Go Back to its Roots
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jul 24 (IPS) - When the finance ministers of the G7 countries proposed the G20 in the late 1990s, a good sense of realism prevailed. They recognized that addressing issues of global finance required the political support from—and involvement of—emerging market economies.
The Unnoticed Demise of Democracy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 24 (IPS) - Politicians are so busy fighting for their jobs, they hardly seem to notice that they risk going out of business. Democracy is on the wane, yet the problem is nowhere in Parliaments. Common to all is a progressive loss of vision, of long term planning and solutions, with politics used just for power.
Kenya and Ethiopia Join Forces to Advance Peace, Security, Development and Hope
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 (IPS) - The Horn of Africa is often synonymous with extreme poverty, conflict, demographic pressure, environmental stress, and under-investment in basic social services such as health, education, access to clean water and infrastructure.
Prepare Now for the Next Financial Crisis
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Malaysia, Jul 22 (IPS) - The Asian financial crisis started 20 years ago and the global financial crisis and recession 9 years back. When a new global financial crisis strikes, the developing countries will be more damaged than in the last crisis as they have become less resilient and more vulnerable. They thus need to prepare from being overwhelmed.
UAE Leading the Way on Shifting to Greener Energy
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jul 20 (IPS) - Much of the world is moving away from oil for its electricity generation, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which says that globally the fossil fuel has dropped from a 25 percent share to 3.6 percent over the last four decades.
Local Farmers and Consumers Create Short Food Supply Chains in Mexican Cities
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 20 (IPS) - Víctor Rodríguez arranges lettuce, broccoli, potatoes and herbs on a shelf with care, as he does every Sunday, preparing to serve the customers who are about to arrive at the Alternative Market of Bosque de Tlalpan, in the south of the Mexican capital.
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