Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 408
G20 Finance Ministers Committed to Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Sep 09 (IPS) - Finance ministers and central bank governors of the world's 20 major economies, accounting for 66 percent of world population, have pledged to "promote an enabling global economic environment for developing countries as they pursue their sustainable development agendas".
Young Cubans Look Forward to Greater Openness to Technology
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 09 (IPS) - Young people in Cuba are anxiously awaiting an acceleration of the informatisation of society, which is apparently moving ahead at the same pace as the current reform process, "without haste, but without pause," according to the authorities.
Opinion: A Call for Public Participation in National Budget Processes
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Sep 09 (IPS) - After forming governments, authorising them to tax us and to spend on our collective needs, do we remain watchful about our money? No, we don't. Not even when we know governments borrow from money markets on the strength of the tax fund created, often beyond our means to repay. Why?
Opinion: From Inequality to Inclusion
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 08 (IPS) - Recent years have seen a remarkable resurgence of interest in economic inequality, thanks primarily to growing recognition of some of its economic, social, cultural and political consequences in the wake of Western economic stagnation.
Opinion: Women’s Major Role in Culture of Peace - Part Two
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (IPS) - Another reality that emerges very distinctly in culture of peace is that we should never forget when women – half of world's seven billion plus people - are marginalised and their equality is not established in all spheres of human activity, there is no chance for our world to get sustainable peace in the real sense.
Women Revolutionise Waste Management on Nicaraguan Island
- Inter Press Service
ALTAGRACIA, Nicaragua, Sep 07 (IPS) - A group of poor women from Ometepe, a beautiful tropical island in the centre of Lake Nicaragua, decided to dedicate themselves to recycling garbage as part of an initiative that did not bring the hoped-for economic results but inspired the entire community to keep this biosphere reserve clean.
World Running Out of Time to Save Oceans
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (IPS) - The United Nations is posting a new environmental warning: the world is running out of time to prevent the gradual degradation of the world's oceans and the widespread destruction of marine life.
Opinion: Short-Term Goals are the Key to an Effective Climate Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Q&A: “We Must Put Everything Aside and Just Focus on Water”
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 04 (IPS) - Globally, more than 748 million people do not have access to safe drinking water. That is more than double the population of the entire United States.
Crisis in Brazil Hampers Infrastructure under Construction
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 04 (IPS) - Besides suffering from macroeconomic imbalances, like a drop in GDP, a high inflation rate and a large public deficit, Brazil is experiencing heavy losses as many oil industry and logistical works grind to a halt.
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