News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 187
Q&A: Global Poverty Expected to Move to Middle Income Developing Nations in Asia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - Global poverty, which is increasing because of the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis and ensuing worldwide lockdowns, is shifting and a dramatic increase in middle-income developing countries in Asia is expected.
We Should Not Aim to Return to Normal
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 12 (IPS) - The world before COVID-19 looks very attractive right now. In light of the disease, mass unemployment and social distancing, a return to pre-pandemic normality seems appealing. Yet we should remember what normal was.
Strengthening Economic Institutions for a Resilient Recovery
- Inter Press Service
Washington DC, Jun 11 (IPS) - Exceptional times call for exceptional action. In response to COVID-19, the IMF has moved with unprecedented speed and magnitude of financial assistance to help countries protect lives and livelihoods. Economic stabilization and a sustainable recovery, however, will require more than financial assistance. For recovery to be sustainable, policymakers will need to strengthen economic institutions that enable resilient, inclusive policies.
Malawi’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Almost Ready But Election Fever may Prevent Lockdown
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 11 (IPS) - Malawi remains one of the few nations in the world that has not gone into a coronavirus lockdown as the government rushes to meet the conditions of a court order to implement a cash transfer scheme for the poor before doing so. But as some parts of the world are slowing coming out of their lockdowns, it could be likely this southern African nation won't go into one as the rerun of the country's presidential election nears.
Unsung Heroines: Who Cares for the Carers?
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 11 (IPS) - Even before Covid-19, the world was facing a care crisis. The plight of often neglected, under-appreciated, under-protected and poorly equipped ‘frontline' health personnel working to contain the pandemic has drawn attention to the tip of the care crisis iceberg.
World Protests Show Rising Outrage and Mounting Discontent
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and BRUSSELS, Jun 10 (IPS) - After a period of forced silence because of the Covid-19 quarantines, citizens around the world are defying coronavirus restrictions and claiming the streets to fight for real democracy, jobs, living wages, public services, human rights and against corruption, inequality and injustice. We predict an increasing wave of protests all over the world led by different types of people defying the status quo. Unless policies change, clashes in the street are likely to become the new normal.
The Sahel - 'in Every Sense of the Word a Crisis'
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global coronavirus pandemic expected to exacerbate the situation.
'Universal Challenges' Expose Layers of Inequalities
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, India, Jun 10 (IPS) - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have reminded us that ‘universal challenges' are experienced differently, based on context. The varying demographics, systems, and administrative structures in each nation have resulted in distinctive experiences and challenges while grappling with the fallout from the crisis.
Global Solidarity & Effective Cooperation in the Face of COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic upended almost every aspects of life as we know it. Even those countries that are supposed to have the means to manage the spread and mitigate the effects are struggling.
Economic Ghosts Block Post-Lockdown Recovery
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 09 (IPS) - As governments the world over struggle to revive their economies after the debilitating lockdowns they imposed following their failure to undertake adequate precautionary containment measures to curb Covid-19 contagion, neoliberal naysayers are already warning against needed deficit financing for relief and recovery.
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