Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 517
Pakistan’s Coal Rush: A Bubble Waiting to Burst
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI/NEW DELHI, Jun 01 (IPS) - Mukhtar Ali is one of the many Pakistanis who are furious at politicians and authorities for failing to provide citizens with a regular supply of electricity during the smouldering summer months.
Cell Phones and Cash Grants Can Promote Growth and Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 31 (IPS) - Mobile-finance and direct cash grants are revolutionary tools that can substitute for under-developed financial sectors and help reduce poverty and promote entrepreneurship in developing countries, according to researchers here.
Working Cambodian Women ‘Too Poor’ to Have Children
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, May 31 (IPS) - The movement for reproductive justice sees women's decision to have – or not have – children as a fundamental right. Should they choose to bear a child, women should have the right to care and provide for them; if they opt not to give birth, family planning services should be made available to enable women to space or prevent pregnancies.
UNDP Plans Lay-Offs, Salary Cuts and Demotions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), one of the largest U.N. agencies with an estimated average annual budget of more than five billion dollars, is undergoing major structural changes - triggering large-scale staff layoffs, demotions, salary reductions and downgrading and abolition of existing senior-level jobs.
Sri Lanka Waits in Vain for the Rain
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, May 30 (IPS) - Stuck in mid-day rush hour traffic, commuters packed tight into a tin-roofed bus in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, peer expectantly up at the sky that is beating a savage heat down on the city.
Small Farmers’ Loss of Land Increases World Hunger
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 29 (IPS) - The world is increasingly hungry because small farmers are losing access to farmland. Small farmers produce most of the world's food but are now squeezed onto less than 25 percent of the world's farmland, a new report reveals. Corporate and commercial farms, big biofuel operations and land speculators are pushing millions off their land.
Rural Communities Push El Salvador Towards Ban on Mining
- Inter Press Service
SAN ISIDRO, El Salvador, May 29 (IPS) - Mining is not viable in this country, say Salvador Sánchez Cerén - who will be sworn in as the new president of El Salvador on Jun. 1 - and his team of environmental advisers.
Obama Stresses Multilateralism over Militarism at West Point
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 28 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday stressed multilateralism over militarism in what was billed as a major foreign policy address and a rebuttal to an ever-louder chorus of criticism, mostly by Republicans and neo-conservatives, that his tenure has been marked by weakness and retreat.
Offsets to Cushion South African Carbon Tax
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, May 28 (IPS) - To curb greenhouse gas emissions, South Africa wants to put a tax on carbon emissions from big polluters.
Schools Reflect Segregation in Chile’s Educational System
- Inter Press Service
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