News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 874
China has New Wind in its Sails
- Inter Press Service
The poppy argument between Chinese and UK politicians this week may not have escalated into a serious problem to derail British Prime Minister David Cameron's first official visit to Beijing but it was symbolic of how 150 years after the Opium wars the two powers are still talking across each other.
Vaccines Make Gradual Headway Against Child Pneumonia
- Inter Press Service
It had seemed her kids had the flu or a cold. But when it got worse, she took little Abigail to hospital. It was already too late; Abigail died in her mother's arms.
G-20: Summit Shows Power Shift for Developing Economies
- Inter Press Service
Currency and trade tensions may have grabbed the headlines from the two-day summit of the Group of 20 advanced and developed economies, but the bigger story is how the tables have turned and given developing countries a much stronger voice at the international negotiating table.
TIMOR-LESTE: Snipping Away at Youth Unemployment
- Inter Press Service
In a small city where most of the 22,000 inhabitants rely on subsistence farming to put food on the table, one young woman has gone against the grain with a business venture that embodies the changing times in Timor-Leste, South-east Asia's newest and poorest nation.
PERU: Mining Firms Alarmed at Election of Leftist Governor
- Inter Press Service
The triumph of a left-wing candidate, Gregorio Santos, as governor of the region of Cajamarca, one of Peru's richest mining areas, has raised concern among mining companies operating there in a climate of tension and conflicts with local communities.
RIGHTS-CHINA: Stagnant Wages, Inflation Point to More Labour Unrest
- Inter Press Service
Labour unrest appears to be far from over in southern China, although striking workers at the Japanese-owned Ricoh Elemex factory in Bao’an district in this city were recently forced back to work by local officials accompanied by around 400 armed police officers.
ZAMBIA: Debate Over Windfall Tax
- Inter Press Service
The Zambian government has been accused of embracing poverty as the debate over a windfall tax on the mining industry heats up.
CUBA: Socialist System Charts Economic Future
- Inter Press Service
Cuba will develop its socialist economy relying on integration with friendly countries, accepting foreign capital as a complement to national investment, using its human capital efficiently and increasing high added value production, according to draft guidelines to be discussed by society at large.
HAITI: 'Cash-for-Work' Seen as a Double-Edged Sword
- Inter Press Service
All across Haiti, United Nations, bilateral and non- governmental agencies are running scores of 'cash-for-work' programmes. But are they 'working'?
ETHIOPIA: First Carbon Finance Spreads Green Over Highland
- Inter Press Service
It has been decades since the people of the Humbo Woreda have been self-sufficient in food. A Clean Development Mechanism project - Ethiopia's first - centred on the reforestation of the plateau at the heart of the district, is restoring the local environment - and sustainable livelihoods along with it.
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