News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 71
A Tax on the Super-Rich to Fight Hunger Gains Ground
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jun 27 (IPS) - A global agreement could levy a small tax on the world's 3,000 richest people, with fortunes in excess of US$ 1 billion, and use the money to fight world hunger, a study by the Brazilian government and the European Union's Tax Observatory has shown.
Fiscal Reform Can Help Dominican Republic Attract Greater Investment
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 27 (IPS) - The Dominican Republic leads Latin America in GDP growth, with an average annual rate of around 5 percent per year since the 1970s. The Caribbean nation has made great strides in reducing poverty and improving living standards.
Finance Healthcare, Not Insurance Premia
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 26 (IPS) - Comparative research on healthcare financing options shows revenue-financed healthcare to be the most cost-effective, efficient, and equitable, while all health insurance imposes avoidable additional costs.
EUROPE: ‘The Future of the Eu as We Know Cannot Be Taken for Granted’
- Inter Press Service
The recent European elections saw significant advances by far-right parties in some but all European Union (EU) countries. They made gains in countries including Austria, Germany and France, where an early parliamentary election has been called as a consequence. In other countries, however, far-right parties stood still or lost support, while green and left-wing parties made gains. Overall, the EU’s mainstream conservative bloc held its leading position, but the results raise questions about the direction of EU policy on issues such as climate and migration.
The World Bank Must Double Its Fund for the Poorest Nations like Mine to Tackle Hunger Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Malawi, Jun 21 (IPS) - After El Niño-induced floods and devastating drought, roughly two in five people in Malawi – a country of some 20 million people – are now facing the looming prospect of acute hunger by the end of the year.
New Caledonia: Time to Talk about Decolonisation
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 20 (IPS) - The violence that rocked New Caledonia last month has subsided. French President Emmanuel Macron has recently announced the suspension of changes to voting rights in the Pacific island nation, annexed by his country in 1853. His attempt to introduce these changes sparked weeks of violence.
Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports
- UN News
Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by two per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2023 amid global economic slowdown and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.
Government Debt Is Symptom, Not Cause
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 (IPS) - Developing country governments are being blamed for irresponsibly borrowing too much. The resulting debt stress has blocked investments and growth in this unequal and unfair world economic order.
Fiscal Policy Can Help Broaden the Gains of Artificial Intelligence to Humanity
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 19 (IPS) - New generative-AI technologies hold immense potential for boosting productivity and improving the delivery of public services, but the sheer speed and scale of the transformation also raise concerns about job losses and greater inequality. Given uncertainty over the future of AI, governments should take an agile approach that prepares them for highly disruptive scenarios.
Transforming African Food Systems from the Ground Up
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, Jun 18 (IPS) - All news is local, they say. The same is true of innovations—those many new technologies, policies, and practices that steadily stream from research to enhance our lives.
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