Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 530
World Bank to Double Lending to Middle-Income Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - The World Bank is aiming to double its lending to middle-income countries over the coming decade, in addition to expanding its overall commitments to some 70 billion dollars a year.
Donors Repeatedly Postpone Major Aid Effectiveness Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - Major foreign assistance donors have once again delayed the release of a report meant to measure transparency, accountability and cooperation of aid effectiveness.
Russia Expelled From G8, but G20? Not So Fast
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) - When Western powers, led by the United States, decided to throw Russia out of the Group of 8 (G8) industrial nations, it was aimed at punishing and "isolating" President Vladimir Putin for his intervention in Ukraine and "annexation" of Crimea.
With U.S. Taking Off, Kyrgyzstan Mulls Selling Airports to Russia
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 01 (IPS) - Russia's state-run oil giant Rosneft wants to purchase a majority stake in the state-controlled company that owns all of Kyrgyzstan's civilian airports.
For Guyana, Energy Plus Efficiency Equals Common Sense Development
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 01 (IPS) - Guyana is shaping up to set a gold standard for the Caribbean in implementing a national energy efficiency strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.
What Nepal Doesn’t Know About Water
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Apr 01 (IPS) - Water is a critical resource in Nepal's economic development as agriculture, industry, household use and even power generation depends on it. The good news is the Himalayan nation has plenty of water. The bad news - water abundance is seasonal, related to the monsoon months from June to September.
Wanted: Foreign Investment in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Apr 01 (IPS) - A new law opening Cuba up to foreign investment and a shift in the country's relations with the European Union are aimed at seeking outside support to overcome the chronic crisis plaguing the country since the early 1990s.
IPCC Climate Report Warns of “Growing Adaptation Deficit”
- Inter Press Service
Somali Diaspora Not Ready to Buy One-Way Tickets Home Yet
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Mar 31 (IPS) - On a Friday afternoon men wearing long kamis — long white traditional robes — climb the steps to Somcity Travel, a small family business and travel agency in Kisenyi slum, in Uganda's capital, Kampala. The agency boasts that they "fly all over the world" but to one destination in particular — Somalia.
Commonwealth Works to Raise Climate Resiliance on Global Agenda
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar 31 (IPS) - As they fine-tune preparations for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Samoa and the United Nations post-2015 development framework meeting in September, Commonwealth states are focusing on getting the international community to pay more attention to the challenges they face.
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