News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 67
Should There be a Dedicated Credit Rating Agency for Asia & the Pacific?
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 08 (IPS) - Following persistent and determined efforts, Africa has achieved a breakthrough in advancing the establishment of an African credit rating agency (ACRA), with the proposed launch scheduled for December 2024.
Water Stories: The Well Seven Families and 400 Buffaloes Rely On
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Aug 07 (IPS) - In the rural village of Khardariya in the Dang district of Nepal, access to clean water is a major issue. Villagers depend on one poorly managed well for drinking water, cleaning, and feeding livestock.
What Potential Do Gender Bonds Have For Increasing Financing For Gender Equality?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 06 (IPS) - Iceland's gender bond last month caused great excitement in the capital markets community. While gender bonds have been increasing in popularity within the private sector, Iceland is the first country to issue a sovereign gender bond. Many in the development community are however asking, are gender bonds the solution to financing for gender equality?
G20 Leaders Must Listen To Their People and Agree To Tax the Ultra-Rich
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Aug 06 (IPS) - We are living in a world of multiple crises of inequality, climate breakdown and conflict. Billions of people globally are facing huge hardship. Whole governments, too, are virtually bankrupt, with extremely high debt levels forcing them to implement brutal and deeply unpopular cuts and tax rises for ordinary people. 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest payments than on either education or health.
Nigeria: Why #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protests Gained Traction
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Aug 06 (IPS) - Thousands of Nigerians have taken to the streets to protest against bad governance, corruption, soaring inflation, and the rising cost of living, in what has been termed "10 Days of Rage" and believed to mirror Kenyan protests organized by the youth.
ECOWAS at 49: Successes in Regional Integration, Despite Emerging Challenges
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 2024 (IPS) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded in 1975 to promote economic integration in the region. Forty-nine years later, the regional bloc boasts significant successes in integration, peace and security and good governance, but also faces some challenges.
The Demise of Democracy and Human Rights Violations in Bangladesh: International Financial Institutions’ Culpability
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC, Aug 06 (IPS) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are complicit in the gross human rights violations and death of democracy in Bangladesh. They continued to supply financial blood line to the regime, well-documented for its corruptions, human rights violations – such as forced disappearances and tortures in custody – and riggings of votes, including politicization of state institutions in its slide into autocracy. This is despite their professed commitment to transparency, accountability and good governance (IMF, World Bank, ADB).
Chilean Fisherwomen Seek Visibility and Escape from Vulnerability
- Inter Press Service
PAREDONES, Chile, Aug 05 (IPS) - The number of organisations that bring together fisherwomen who seek to be recognised as workers, make their harsh reality visible and escape the vulnerability in which they live is growing in Chile.
UN’s Summit of the Future
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug 5 2024 (IPS) - Preparations are ongoing for the upcoming Summit of the Future, probably the most consequential initiative of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres so far.
The orange economy: Where creativity fuels prosperity
- UN News
What happens when you blend creativity, cultural heritage and economic growth?
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