Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 503
Social Protection Needed to Reduce Africa's Inequalities
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jul 24 (IPS) - For the last 13 years, Michael Ndah, 37, has worked for three road construction companies in Cameroon, but it is only in the last two years that his current employer has managed to register him with the National Social Insurance Fund (CNPS).
Human Development Report Finds South Asia’s Poor on a Knife’s Edge
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 24 (IPS) - Millions still live in poverty and even those who have gained the security of the middle-income bracket could relapse into poverty due to sudden changes to their economic fortunes in South Asia, the latest annual Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) revealed.
OPINION: Tackling Human Vulnerabilities, Changing Investment, Policies and Social Norms
- Inter Press Service
Cameroon’s Rising Sea Drowns Tourism
- Inter Press Service
KRIBI, Cameroon, Jul 24 (IPS) - Pierre Zambo is a hotel manager in Kribi, a sea resort town in Cameroon's South Region. In the past his hotel would have "more than 100 tourists each week. But today if I manage to have 50 people registered into my hotel weekly, then it's good business."
Forest Rights Offer Major Opportunity to Counter Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 24 (IPS) - The international community is failing to take advantage of a potent opportunity to counter climate change by strengthening local land tenure rights and laws worldwide, new data suggests.
Touaregs Seek Secular and Democratic Multi-Ethnic State
- Inter Press Service
LEKORNE, France, Jul 23 (IPS) - The government of Mali and Touareg rebels representing Azawad, a territory in northern Mali which declared unilateral independence in 2012 after a Touareg rebellion drove out the Malian army, resumed peace talks in Algiers last week, intended to end decades of conflict.
BRICS – The End of Western Dominance of the Global Financial and Economic Order
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 23 (IPS) - The sixth BRICS Summit which has just ended in Brazil marks the transition of a grouping based hitherto on shared concerns to one based on shared interests.
Stunting: The Cruel Curse of Malnutrition in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
RASUWA, Nepal, Jul 22 (IPS) - Durga Ghimire had her first child at the age of 18 and the second at 21. As a young mother, Durga didn't really understand the importance of taking care of her own health during pregnancy.
Food Insecurity a New Threat for Lebanon’s Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jul 22 (IPS) - A declining economy and a severe drought have raised concerns in Lebanon over food security as the country faces one of its worst refugee crises, resulting from the nearby Syria war, and it is these refugees and impoverished Lebanese border populations that are most vulnerable to this new threat.
From Havana to Bali, Third World Gets the Trade Crumbs
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 22 (IPS) - The world of today is considerably different from the one at the end of the Second World War; there are no more any colonies, though there are still some 'dependent' territories.
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