News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 870
LATIN AMERICA: More Education and Cash Transfers Needed to Fight Inequality
- Inter Press Service
As the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean get back on track with the economic growth and poverty reduction they were achieving prior to the global economic crisis, improvements in education and cash transfers to households with children are emerging as key tools to begin to defeat inequality.
ECUADOR: Oil Shake-Up Means Flat Fees for Foreign Companies
- Inter Press Service
As the dust settles following contract negotiations with foreign oil companies, Ecuador is looking at a new map for its petroleum industry and trying to determine what it will mean in economic terms for this OPEC-member nation.
DEVELOPMENT-MOZAMBIQUE: Hunger Stalks 55 Percent of Adults
- Inter Press Service
Baptista Macule is sitting on a sack of groundnuts in a dusty side-alley near the sprawling, makeshift Malanga market on the outskirts of Maputo. He squints into the sun as he tries to explain the extent of poverty in his country.
Brazil Keeps a Grip on Bolivia's Natural Gas Industry
- Inter Press Service
Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobrás maintains a solid and vigorous presence in natural gas production within Bolivian territory, even with the nationalisation of petroleum and gas in 2006 led by Bolivia's left-wing President Evo Morales.
UGANDA: Carbon Finance May Not Benefit Forest Communities
- Inter Press Service
Uganda has lost more than two million hectares of forest since 1990, mostly converted to farmland by a growing population of smallholders. Carbon finance through the REDD programme is often presented as one way to arrest this destruction, but only if the benefits clearly translate to the grassroots.
U.S.: Federal Reserve Conjures - and Redefines - Money
- Inter Press Service
The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, essentially subsidising the federal deficit for the year.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Big Steps Forward for Nascent Recycling Industry
- Inter Press Service
Waste recycling as a way to save money, create jobs and take care of the environment is finding footing in Central America, where hundreds of tonnes of paper, plastic, tyres and other products are now being marketed through innovative initiatives.
Zambia Must Fulfill Promises to Children Living With AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Less than one in four Zambian children who should be on life-saving anti-retroviral drugs is receiving them. The country planned to increase the number of children on ARVs from the present 20,000 to 120,000, but inadequate facilities pose a major stumbling block.
India Bleeding Through Illegal Transfers
- Inter Press Service
A new report suggesting that illegal transfers of funds into accounts abroad by India’s corrupt politicians, officials and businessmen average 19.3 billion dollars a year could turn out to be a 'gross underestimate', watchdogs warn.
Migrant Population on Track to Hit 400 Million
- Inter Press Service
The population of migrants worldwide could rise above 400 million by 2050 if present rates of growth continue, says a report by the International Organisation for Migration released Monday.
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