Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 149
Industrial Policy Still Relevant
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Oct 29 (IPS) - Industrial policy refers to the promotion of new investments and technology by governments to encourage the growth and development of specific economic sectors. However, scepticism persists about the feasibility and desirability of using industrial policy, especially of the ability to ‘pick winners', often accused of leading to ‘propping-up failing industries'.
Climate Change to Further Escalate Violence in Western Africa
- Inter Press Service
Abu Dhabi, UAE, Oct 28 (IPS) - Nearly 50 million people in west Africa rely on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood but the land available for pastoral use has been rapidly shrinking.
Nutrition - the Best Investment in Developing Africa
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 25 (IPS) - There is evident correlation between countries with high levels of children under five years of age who are stunted or wasted and the existence of political instability and/or frequent exposure to natural calamities, experts say.
But current food systems in Africa are not addressing nutrition because of the combination of poor investment in the agriculture value chain, inadequate policies and lack of accountability in addressing malnutrition.
Nigerian Military Targeted Journalists’ Phones, Computers with “forensic search” for Sources
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA / NEW YORK, Oct 24 (IPS) - Hamza Idris, an editor with the Nigerian Daily Trust, was at the newspaper's central office on January 6 when the military arrived looking for him.
Insurance Scheme Offers Hope for Drought-stricken African Farmers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (IPS) - A partnership between United Nations and African Union (AU) agencies will help African economies insure themselves against the droughts and other extreme weather events that plague the continent, organisers say.
Europe Should Rethink Assumptions about African Migrants: UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 (IPS) - Sub-Saharan African migrants who risk perilous sea crossings to Europe are often assumed to be illiterate, jobless chancers in desperate bids to flee stagnation and rampant corruption in their home countries. But a survey of some 2,000 irregular African migrants in Europe found them to be more educated than expected, while many of them were leaving behind jobs back home that paid better-than-average wages.
Development Banks Needed to Finance Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Oct 22 (IPS) - Public or state development banking will be vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, argues UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2019 (TDR 2019).
Ongoing World Bank led efforts seek to leverage private finance via shadow banking by using public money to guarantee handsome returns managed by giant investment houses. Such financialization introduce new costs and risks to financing investments for sustainable development, decent work and renewable energy.
More than 90 per cent of Africa Migrants Would Make Perilous Europe Journey Again, Despite the Risks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (IPS) - A landmark UN migration study published on Monday shows that 93 per cent of Africans making the journey to European countries along irregular routes, would do it again, despite facing often life-threatening danger.
Agro-tech Offers Answers for African Farmers at Iowa Meet
- Inter Press Service
DES MOINES, United States, Oct 21 (IPS) - Experts vaunted new strains of seeds, drone aircraft and other technological breakthroughs as solutions-in-the-making for farmers in Africa, where hunger, drought and food price hikes are continent-wide problems.
Africa’s Investment Drive Gathers Pace
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 18 (IPS) - Headwinds are blowing amid IMF warnings of a "synchronised slowdown" in global economic growth, yet Africa's investment drive is still gathering pace, supported by intense international competition in development finance.
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