Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 417
Latin America Tackles Informal Labour among the Young
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 23 (IPS) - The 56 million young people who form part of Latin America's labour force suffer from high unemployment, and many of those who work do so in the informal sector. Governments in the region have begun to adopt more innovative policies to address a problem that undermines the future of the new generations.
Obama Offers Help to Track Billions in Stolen Nigerian Assets
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 22 (IPS) - With a dangerous insurgency spreading within his borders, the visit to Washington this week by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was certainly going to touch on increased military support against Boko Haram.
Tribal Priestesses Become Guardians of Seeds in Eastern India
- Inter Press Service
NIYAMGIRI, India, Jul 22 (IPS) - As the rhythmic thumping of dancing feet reaches a crescendo, the women offer a song to their forest god for a bountiful harvest.
Opinion: Third FfD Conference Fails to Finance Development - Part One
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 22 (IPS) - The third Financing for Development (FfD) conference in Addis Ababa concluded last Thursday, July 16, in bad faith as developed countries rejected a proposal for a global tax body and dismissed developing countries' compromise proposal to strengthen the existing U.N. committee of tax experts.
Goats Take the Bite Out of Climate Change in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jul 22 (IPS) - With unusually hot and dry weather beating down on this Southern African nation, climate change and the accompanying drought have cost farmers much of their cattle herds. In response, many ranchers are turning to goats to preserve their livestock assets.
Opinion: A BRICS Bank to Challenge the Bretton Woods System?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 22 (IPS) - The formal opening of the BRICS Bank in Shanghai on Jul. 21 following the seventh summit of the world's five leading emerging economies held recently in the Russian city of Ufa, demonstrates the speed with which an alternative global financial architecture is emerging.
Calls Mount for "Bold" Climate Deal in Paris
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 21 (IPS) - A diverse coalition of 24 leading British scientific institutions has issued a communique urging strong and immediate government action at the U.N. climate change conference set for Paris in December.
Caribbean Seeks Funding for Renewable Energy Mix
- Inter Press Service
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, Jul 21 (IPS) - A leading geothermal expert warns that the small island states in the Caribbean face "a ticking time bomb" due to the effects of global warming and suggests a shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is the only way to defuse it.
Museums Taking Stand for Human Rights, Rejecting ‘Neutrality’
- Inter Press Service
LIVERPOOL, England, Jul 21 (IPS) - An exhibition on modern-day slavery at the International Slavery Museum in this northern English town is just one example of a museum choosing to focus on human rights, and being "upfront" about it.
Papua New Guinea’s Unemployed Youth Say the Future They Want Begins With Them
- Inter Press Service
MADANG, Papua New Guinea, Jul 20 (IPS) - Zibie Wari, a former teacher and founder of the Tropical Gems grassroots youth group in the town of Madang on the north coast of Papua New Guinea, has seen the hopes of many young people for a decent future quashed by the impacts of corruption and unfulfilled promises of development.
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