News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 875
Math Doesn't Add Up to Keep School Doors Open
- Inter Press Service
As donors meet this week to allocate funds for global education, advocates warn that diminished support has forced many poor countries to consider closing schools and sacking teachers.
LABOUR-SWAZILAND: Jobs to be Cut to Secure International Loan
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of public servants in Swaziland are due to lose their jobs in cutbacks as part of a government bid to gain approval from the International Monetary Fund for a loan. But some Swazis would rather see the budget slashed for the country’s autocratic royals.
G20: Heading Towards the End of Globalisation?
- Inter Press Service
A 'grave recession' in the world economy may lie ahead, with a profusion of new barriers to trade and capital flows, if the Group of 20 major economies (G20) fail to come up with solutions to the present crisis.
Multi-Billion-Dollar Arms Deals Could Haunt U.S.
- Inter Press Service
When the Shah of Iran, a strongly pro-U.S. ally, was ousted from power after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the stridently anti-U.S. regime of Ayatollah Khomeini that captured power also inherited a military bonanza: billions of dollars worth of state-of-the-art weapons provided by the United States.
RWANDA: Stronger Support for Children Affected by HIV
- Inter Press Service
At Kigali's Kibagabaga Hospital, 30 young people aged between 12 and 18 years old wait in a crowded holding room, waiting for their turn to see the doctor in charge of prescribing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). They are among 220,000 children affected by AIDS who are benefiting from social and medical assistance from the Rwandan government and its development partners.
IMF Criticised for 'Fancy Footwork' over Real Reforms
- Inter Press Service
In what the International Monetary Fund is calling a historic moment, the institution approved long-awaited reforms Friday that would shift some decision-making weight to emerging economies. Some NGOs, however, do not see the reform as nearly that momentous.
CHILE: Alarm Over Decline in Mackerel Stocks
- Inter Press Service
Over-exploitation of jack mackerel, the main commercial species of fish caught in Chile, has caused the decline of the Pacific ocean species and a crisis in the fishing industry. Scientists recommend halving the catch in 2011.
Canada's Parliament Buckles under Weight of Mining Industry
- Inter Press Service
The corporate clout of the mining industry trumped political ideology in Canada when members of all political parties helped to narrowly defeat a bill late last month that would have imposed standards on Canadian mining companies operating in developing countries.
ARGENTINA: Worker-run Companies Quietly Surviving
- Inter Press Service
After the late 2001 financial and political meltdown in Argentina, thousands of companies were abandoned by their owners in a sea of debt. But some of them were taken over and reopened by their employees. Today, as the economy continues to grow, these worker-run factories are still going strong.
BOLIVIA-BRAZIL: One-Sided Free Trade at the Border
- Inter Press Service
There are no toy stores or electronics shops in Brasiléia, a city in Brazil's northwestern Amazonian state of Acre. To buy toys or computer items, the city's 20,000 inhabitants have to go to neighbouring Cobija, across the border in Bolivia.
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