Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 384
Farmers Hold Keys to Ending Poverty, Hunger, FAO Says
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 05 (IPS) - With recent data showing that 793 million people still go to bed hungry, ending hunger and poverty in 15 years is the next development challenge that world leaders have set for themselves.
A Region’s Eyes Turn to Healthy Nutrition
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 05 (IPS) - After its remarkable success in reducing hunger, Europe must now rise to the challenge of making sure food assures more than survival and furnishes healthy lives. head of a global hunger-fighting organization, nothing gives me more satisfaction than to see a vast region of the world achieving food security for its people.
Is the System Broke or Broken?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 04 (IPS) - Though the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit may seem timely, it brings up many questions about the world humanitarian system; is it broke or broken?
The Waves of the Pacific Are on Chile’s Energy Horizon
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 04 (IPS) - Chile, a country with 6,435 km of Pacific Ocean coast line, could find in wave and tidal power a solution to its need to diversify its energy mix.
New Generation Aims to Plug Africa's Research Deficit
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, May 04 (IPS) - The tonnes of uncollected garbage piling up on the streets of her home in Cairo was a brain wave for Sherien Elagroudy.
The Family Garden Going Out of Style in Cuban Countryside
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, May 03 (IPS) - In the past, all rural homes in Cuba had gardens for putting fresh vegetables on the dinner table. The local term for these gardens is "conuco", a word with indigenous roots that is still used in several Caribbean nations.
Odd Situation in the "Paradise” of Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
“Together, Civil Society Has Power”
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Apr 30 (IPS) - When Tamara Adrián, a Venezuelan transgender opposition legislator, spoke at a panel on inclusion during the last session of the International Civil Society Week held in Bogotá, 12 Latin American women stood up and stormed out of the room.
Opinion: Illicit Financial Flows
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 29 (IPS) - International capital flows are now more than 60 times the value of trade flows. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is now of the view that large international financial transactions do not facilitate trade, and that excessive financial ‘elasticity' was the cause of recent financial crises.
World Farmers’ Organisation Meeting Eyes New Markets, Fresh Investment
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, Apr 29 (IPS) - ‘No Farmer, No Food' is an old slogan that the Zambia National Farmers' Union still uses. Some people consider it a cliché, but it could be regaining its place in history as agriculture is increasingly seen as the answer to a wide range of the world's critical needs such as nutrition, sustainable jobs and income for the rural poor.
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