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SRI LANKA: Protest Highlights Hostility to International Criticism
- Inter Press Service
Traffic now flows around the U.N. compound here in the Sri Lankan capital, and the dozens of policemen visible last week are no longer there. It is business as usual, a far cry from a week back when an angry minister’s death fast just outside the main U.N. office made the area the focus of international attention.
EGYPT: Oil, Water and Tourism Don't Mix
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's Red Sea resort cities have grown up in the shadow of oil development, but with tourism booming and the country's oil reserves drying up, many stakeholders think it is time to exorcise the oil spectre.
Is Global Poverty Reduction a Political Myth?
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations hosts a summit meeting of world leaders next September to assess the current state of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is expected to single out one of the major 'success stories' of the day: a reduction in global poverty.
IRAN: Unrest Grows over Economic Woes
- Inter Press Service
Last year's Iranian political demonstrations have given way to economic protests that could prove more worrisome for the Tehran government.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
BURMA: ILO Steps into Political Minefield to Help Revive Trade Unions
- Inter Press Service
Nearly 50 years after a Burmese military regime crushed what was once a vibrant trade union movement in the South-east Asian country, hints of a revival are beginning to emerge.
AFRICA: Widening Tax Bases 'Key to Development and Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
African countries should deepen their tax bases to collect more revenues to finance their development, build state institutions and to improve national dialogue and, more generally, their social contracts with citizens.
Guyana Has No Regrets over Holding Out on EPA
- Inter Press Service
Two years after 14 Caribbean countries signed a wide-ranging and controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo still maintains that his country was right in holding out until the last minute to get a 'better deal' for the Caribbean.
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