Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 570
OP-ED: Grenada's IMF Sunday School
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - As the International Monetary Fund shares initial proposals for Grenada's debt restructuring during the Washington DC meetings this week, the Caribbean island could gain a reputation for more than nutmeg, calypso, beaches and the 2012 gold medal sprinter Kirani James.
Zimbabweans Head Out for a Better Life
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Oct 11 (IPS) - Admire Gumbo, 26, from Harare's Mabvuku high density-suburb, is loathe to leave Zimbabwe to return to Botswana. However, he feels he has no choice but to return to the neighbouring country where he worked for three years as a manual labourer.
400 Million Children Mired in Extreme Poverty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - Four hundred million children under 13 years of age are living in extreme poverty worldwide, according to a new study released by the World Bank here Thursday.
Energy Hits New Rocks in Mongolia
- Inter Press Service
TOV PROVINCE, Mongolia, Oct 10 (IPS) - Mongolia, 90 percent dependent on fuel imports from Russia and vulnerable to price hikes, is seeking to develop its oil shale deposits of at least 800 billion tons.
Ethiopian Government Choking Muslim Unrest
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 10 (IPS) - The refusal by the Ethiopian government to redress grievances harboured by the Muslim community here, which comprises about 34 percent of the country's 91 million people makes this Horn of African nation vulnerable to extremism.
World Bank Mulls First Strategic Overhaul in Two Decades
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - World Bank President Jim Kim has formally put forward a major new proposal to refocus both the bank's priorities and how it pursues those aims.
Building a Better World, One Block at a Time
- Inter Press Service
NANTES, France, Oct 08 (IPS) - One evening in the small village of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, England, someone started a conversation about climate change and energy at the local pub. It was 2005. Two years later, residents had cut their carbon dioxide emissions and energy costs by 20 percent.
Chile’s Mining Industry Turns to Sunlight to Ease Energy Shortage
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 08 (IPS) - The mining industry in the north of Chile, the world's leading producer of copper, is trying to partially satisfy its insatiable appetite for energy with a renewable, ever-available source: the sun.
Pacific Pact – a Minefield for Health Care
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 08 (IPS) - The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), the negotiation of which is set to conclude this year, could drive research into new drugs and improve access to medicines. Except – it won't.
Risk Management Can Ease Poverty, World Bank Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 07 (IPS) - Successful risk management can be a powerful tool for development, the World Bank said Monday in its annual World Development Report (WDR).
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