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KENYA: Women Hold the Key to Rural Prosperity
- Inter Press Service
John Kyalo Mulwa couldn't support his family from his six hectare farm, so he quit farming to open a bar. But he turned the land - and decision-making on it - over to his wife. Turns out she's a better farmer than he ever was.
UGANDA: Bicycles At the Heart of Empowerment Scheme for Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
The bicycle has become a symbol of hope for hundreds of women who have been trained in repairing one of life’s favorite transport modes.
ECONOMY-LATIN AMERICA: 'Multilatinas' in a Globalised World
- Inter Press Service
Economic growth in Latin America is driving the expansion of corporations from this region throughout the world — even in countries of the industrialised North that formerly seemed out-of-reach.
Q&A: 'Microfinance Is Much More Than Just Credit'
- Inter Press Service
A day after U.S. assistant secretary of state for south and central Asian affairs Robert Blake appealed to the Bangladeshi government to reconsider its dismissal of 70-year-old microfinance guru Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank, IPS spoke with the president and CEO of Women's World Banking (WWB), currently the most comprehensive network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the world.
Sugar Cane and Ethanol Boom Drives Development in Southern Brazil
- Inter Press Service
The roads are exceptionally good and numerous here, in contrast with other parts of Brazil, but the monotony of the landscape is not inviting to tourists. Sugar cane fields stretch to the horizon along a 400-km stretch of highway to the north of São Paulo.
TRADE: African NGOs Oppose Human Rights Clause in EPAs
- Inter Press Service
Part of the delay in the finalisation of the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) is due to the so-called non-execution clause that gives the EU the power to take steps against its African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) trading partners if they violate human rights, democracy and good governance principles.
Q&A: 'Women Must Be Part of the Peace Equation'
- Inter Press Service
Eleven years ago, 192 countries — all the United Nations member states — agreed to step up the integration of women in international peacebuilding and security processes, a promise that has remained largely unmet.
U.N. Water Conference Focuses on Cities
- Inter Press Service
As a U.N. conference on water opens in South Africa today, the country's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has repeated warnings that the country faces a water supply crisis. Experts attending the three-day conference will consider the challenges posed by growing demands, migration and water resources potentially limited by careless use and climate change.
BRAZIL-US: Libya Attack Sours Obama-Rousseff Meeting
- Inter Press Service
The first black president of the United States visited the first woman president of Brazil: their meeting resulted in modest progress in bilateral relations, but a bitter taste could not be avoided over the announcement, in Brazil, of the U.S.-led air attack on Libya.
Manufacturing in Africa Can be Profitable — And Developmental
- Inter Press Service
Investing in beneficiation of raw materials is crucial for the development of the African continent. Some foreign entrepreneurs have created food-processing businesses in Africa and are making good money, despite an occasionally difficult business environment.
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