Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 158
Zero Population Growth vs Population Control
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 04 (IPS) - Marian Starkey is Senior Director of Publications at Population Connection. She has an MSc in Population and Development from the London School of Economics.
Knowledge is power, but with the caveat that said knowledge is based in fact. Otherwise, it's misinformation.
Libya Tragedy: Why Lock up Migrants in the First Place?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 04 (IPS) - A military strike on a detention centre for migrants in Libya that claimed dozens of lives on Tuesday Jul. 2 has reignited a debate over the poor treatment of the mainly African people who transit through the turbulent country.
Financialization Undermines Real Economy
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and PENANG, Jul 02 (IPS) - The relationship between finance and the real economy is arguably at the root of the contemporary economic malaise. Unlike earlier acceptance of simple linear causation, recent recognition of a curvilinear relationship between finance and economic growth, implying ‘diminishing returns', has important implications.
Could the Election of Qu Dongyu as FAO´s General-Director be a Turning-point for Sustainable Agricultural Development?
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 01 (IPS) - Agriculture is the bedrock of sedentary human civilization, without it we would have no governments or nations. It was food surplus generated by agriculture that enabled people to live in cities and form regimes able to organize food production in such a manner that some community members could engage in other activities than direct food production and thus give rise to the ideologies, techniques and goods which now constitute and govern our existence.
Kenya’s March Towards a Demographic Dividend by Investing in Health and Partnering with the Health Sector from the Netherlands Visiting Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 01 (IPS) - H.E. Frans Makken is Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya
Demographic dividend is a term which is increasingly preoccupying discussions among development economists and the donor community in general in Kenya. The term refers to countries with the greatest demographic opportunity for development and those that are ushering in a period in which the working-age population has good health, quality education, decent employment and a lower proportion of young dependents. Smaller numbers of children per household generally lead to larger investments per child, more freedom for women to enter the formal workforce and more household savings for old age. When this happens, the national economic payoff can be substantial, and this is the demographic dividend.
Fighting Food Insecurity in Africa - Lessons from the United States
- Inter Press Service
ILLINOIS, United States, Jun 26 (IPS) - The U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green recently concluded a one-week visit to USAID-funded programs at several African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Kenya and Mozambique. His goal was to promote sustainable paths to self-reliance, including in the context of food security programs.
A Bad Free Trade Agreement Is Worse than Nothing
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 25 (IPS) - With growing economic conflicts triggered by US President Donald Trump's novel neo-mercantilist approach to overcoming his nation's economic malaises, many voices now argue that bad free trade agreements are better than nothing.
After US withdrawal following Trump's inauguration in early 2017, there is considerable pressure on signatory governments to quickly ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the successor to the TPP.
World’s Poorest Nations Weighed Down by Fastest Growing Populations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 (IPS) - With a new report projecting a rise in population, specifically in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has warned that continued rapid population growth presents enormous challenges for sustainable development in the world's 134 developing nations.
From Tony Blair to Mette Frederiksen
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 21 (IPS) - Social Democrats, who had been steadily disappearing following the crisis of 2008, have been making a small comeback in the last year. Now they are in power in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland and, most recently, in Denmark.
Patriotism versus Hope: Eritreans Wrestle with Leaving Home or Remaining
- Inter Press Service
ASMARA, Eritrea/ANTWERP, Belguim, Jun 21 (IPS) - Most media narratives about Eritrea suggest an endless stream of young people fleeing the country, who couldn't wait to escape. But the reality is far different and more nuanced—both when it comes to those who have left, and those who chose to remain.
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