News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 895
INDIA: Handicrafts Give Rural Women A Helping Hand
- Inter Press Service
With her arms loaded with flowers and leaves, Mohini Indrawan negotiates the dusty village track leading up to her house in this northern Indian state, pausing now and then to exchange pleasantries with a passing acquaintance. Her spending a few hours away from home each day was once labelled 'immoral', but Indrawan is now hailed as a role model for other women.
SOUTH ASIA: Fishers’ Release A Good Catch for India-Pakistan Ties
- Inter Press Service
It took almost two hours before Jeenti Deva, 16, could board the bus that would bring him home to India, but the long wait did not stop him from smiling.
LATIN AMERICA: Ties with China Based on Commodity Exports, Manufactured Imports
- Inter Press Service
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow again this year, driven largely by demand from China. But the high proportion of commodities may increase dependency on China, and Asia as a region, warns a new report by ECLAC, the regional United Nations agency.
LATIN AMERICA: Ties with China Based on Commodity Exports, Manufactured Imports
- Inter Press Service
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow again this year, driven largely by demand from China. But the high proportion of commodities may increase dependency on China, and Asia as a region, warns a new report by ECLAC, the regional United Nations agency.
CHINA: Bigger Bite Needed into Appetite for Shark Fin Soup
- Inter Press Service
Campaigns featuring some of China’s biggest celebrities, including basketball star Yao Ming and actor Jackie Chan, have persuaded some Chinese to think twice about eating shark fin soup. But changing attitudes about the centuries-old delicacy, a large contributor to decimated shark populations, continues to be a challenge.
ASIA: Japan Watches As China Passes It By
- Inter Press Service
China’s stepping up as the world’s second largest economy drives home to Japan the point that after decades of ruling the roost in Asia, it will have to share the leadership stage with new, powerful contender that is here to stay.
Revolution in African Agriculture Gathering Momentum
- Inter Press Service
As one major meeting on agriculture ends, another begins: farming is truly back on Africa's agenda.
Flood-Ridden Pakistan Ineligible For Emergency Debt Relief
- Inter Press Service
A loan deal between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and flood-stricken Pakistan announced Thursday has drawn the ire of several NGOs that claim the deal represents an 'inadequate' and 'cynical' response to the disaster that is estimated to have affected the lives of millions.
BRAZIL: Inequality Declines in Rio as Rich Get Poorer
- Inter Press Service
The huge gap between the poorest and richest neighbourhoods of Brazil's most famous city shrank between 1996 and 2008. But the news is not as good as it sounds, because the decline in inequality was due to lower incomes in the richer zones, rather than to an increase in wealth in the 'favelas' or shantytowns.
SRI LANKA: Anger Rises Over Torture Case, But Solution Unclear
- Inter Press Service
The ordeal of a Sri Lankan domestic worker whose Saudi Arabian employer allegedly drove nails and metal wires into her body has sent alarm bells ringing among government officials and activists, but how such abuses can be stopped remain far from clear.
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