News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 853
BALKANS: Rising Anti-EU Sentiment
- Inter Press Service
Anti-European Union (EU) sentiment is growing across the Balkan countries that have proclaimed membership in the European family of nations as their highest political goal during the past decade. It is caused by prolonged economic hardships that still bite hard, failure of authorities to fight widespread corruption and political deadlock in creating stable governments.
ENERGY-MALAWI: Rise in Paraffin Prices Leaves Traders in Darkness
- Inter Press Service
Increasing energy prices have caused anxiety for many small-scale Malawian traders, especially those in rural areas and peri-urban areas who rely on paraffin for lighting their business premises.
Bill Would Aid Afghan Women Caught in U.S.-led War
- Inter Press Service
As conflict continues to rage in Afghanistan, the U.S. Congress is gearing up to debate a bill that could support the country's long-oppressed women in their struggle to achieve gender equality, even in the years after the U.S. military occupation ends.
Q&A: Responsible Practices Can Have Tremendous Ripple Effects
- Inter Press Service
As concerns mount about environmental degradation and rising inequalities, many development experts and corporate executives alike are asking whether a business as usual attitude is sustainable in a world of increasingly scarce natural resources.
TRADE: South Africa Losing Interest in Survival of Customs Union
- Inter Press Service
A schism about the division of revenues in the world’s oldest customs union threatens to derail the process of regional economic integration in Southern Africa.
KENYA: Flower Industry Still Not Back in Full Bloom
- Inter Press Service
Kenya’s flower exporters are cautiously optimistic that the prospects for their industry will improve during 2011 after disaster struck in the form of volcanic ash and adverse winter weather conditions in 2010. But prices will be lower as the global economic recession still weighs heavily on their primary market, the European Union.
Men Slowly Evolving from Breadwinners to Bakers
- Inter Press Service
The domestic role played by half of the world's population has long been overlooked by policy-makers, with research and reports on gender roles focusing almost entirely on women.
CHINA: Men Becoming More Suicide-Prone
- Inter Press Service
While new research indicates that China’s overall suicide rate has been in decline for the last two decades, some segments of the population — including urban males and the elderly — are increasingly likely to take their own lives, the result of breakneck social change in the world’s most populous country.
Egypt Takes a Step Back From IMF Ways
- Inter Press Service
Egypt could soon be looking for a new economic model — one that will be different from the traditional system that has been promoted for years by international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the reign of ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
MEXICO: China Is Hiring; Only Professionals Need Apply
- Inter Press Service
Mexican pilot Armando Arauz is preparing the thick pile of documents and exams he needs to work for an airline in China.
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