News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 869
DR CONGO: Vaccinations: Forewarned Is Forearmed But For Lack of Funds
- Inter Press Service
Health officials' fears that insecurity and a lack of resources could lead to fresh outbreaks of preventable diseases are being proved painfully accurate in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Polio - thought to have been eradicated in DRC five years ago - has made a frightening reappearance in Central Africa.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Juggling Carbon Consumption and Social Gains
- Inter Press Service
The economies of Latin America are caught on the horns of a dilemma: how to reduce their carbon consumption without sacrificing economic and social development. Subsidies for the development of renewable energies and for learning new technologies need to be increased urgently, experts say.
30 Million Job Losses Drag Down Global Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
The global economic recovery is being stymied by a hefty rise in unemployment in industrial economies, including the United States, Japan and Western Europe, according a new U.N. report released here.
Q&A: Universal Basic Income Would Combat Inequality
- Inter Press Service
Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay and even Brazil are close to being able to provide a universal basic income to all citizens, which is the way to make cash transfers an effective tool in fighting inequality, according to Martín Hopenhayn.
LAOS: World Bank-backed Dam Powers Ahead, Despite Social Cost
- Inter Press Service
As the World Bank returns to the big dam business with the inauguration of Laos’ largest hydropower project, it is coming under the scrutiny of familiar adversaries: green groups and grassroots activists.
CHINA: More Growth Lies Ahead, But Hurdles Too
- Inter Press Service
As China’s economy continues to soar, many experts here remain only cautiously optimistic about the country’s future growth, confident that its fundamentals remain strong but concerned that a real estate bubble and rising inflation could slow economic growth.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Straining Gnats and Swallowing Camels
- Inter Press Service
What some people view as modest but real progress in the climate change talks, now in their second week in this southeastern Mexican resort city, others see as no more than smokescreens or 'false solutions.'
MIDEAST: Labour Rights Slow to Catch on for Domestic Workers
- Inter Press Service
Recent revelations of domestic worker abuse may be grotesque and horrifying, but they are only the most visible aspect of the many difficulties faced by these predominantly female workers, activists say.
SOUTH AFRICA: Violence, Exploitation Fail to Dissuade Female Migrants
- Inter Press Service
Since arriving in Cape Town five years ago, Erina Manyene (not her real name) has eked out a meagre living picking up shifts doing laundry and cleaning other people’s homes in the city’s leafy southern suburbs.
PAKISTAN: Too Many Nets, Too Little Fish
- Inter Press Service
The last time Moazzam Khan saw sawfish in the Arabian Sea was in 1984. 'At one time, salted and dried fish formed a large part of our exports,' recalls Khan, director general of the Karachi Fisheries Department. 'In the last 30 years, there may be other marine life that may have vanished of which we may not be aware.'
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