Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 207
World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (IPS) - One of the 11 areas that the World Bank's Doing Business (DB) report includes in ranking a country's business environment is paying taxes. The background study for DB 2017, Paying Taxes 2016 claims that its emphasis is "on efficient tax compliance and straightforward tax regimes".
How to Eradicate Rural Poverty, End Urban Malnutrition – A New Approach
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 09 (IPS) - Population growth, increasing urbanisation, modern technologies, and climate change are transforming the world at a fast pace. But what direction are these transformations headed in? Are they benefitting the poor and the food insecure? And will the food systems of the future be able to feed and employ the millions of young people poised to enter labour markets in the decades to come?
Alternative Financing Strategies to Boost Small Businesses in Africa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 05 (IPS) - A few years ago, more than half a century after the concept was first proposed, the government of Côte d'Ivoire completed construction of the Henri Konan Bédié Bridge, a span over the Ébrié Lagoon linking the north and south of Abidjan, the country's main city. The project became a reality after the government received development bank and private capital financing.
Ghana Aims to Regain Top Spot in Cocoa Production
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Oct 05 (IPS) - Ghana is home to the world's favourite cocoa beans. They're bigger in size, have a higher butter content and superior flavour – all qualities which make Ghana's cocoa the world standard against which all cocoa is measured.
Need for Inclusive Peace Efforts in South Sudan: No More ‘Compassion Fatigue’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - "Peace is not a one-day affair or event, it requires our collective effort," said South Sudan's Vice President, General Taban Deng Gai, while addressing the General Assembly at the UN.
Greater Cooperation To Strengthen Taxation
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 03 (IPS) - Since the 1950s, there has been a popular dance called the ‘limbo rock', with the winner leaning back as much as possible to get under the bar. Many of today's financial centres are involved in a similar game to attract customers by offering low tax rates and banking secrecy.
Making an Economic Case for Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - Having faced a year of record temperatures and devastating hurricanes, the United States stands more to lose if it doesn't take steps to reduce the risk and impact of climate change, according to a new report.
To Be an Egyptian Migrant in Rome (And Also Make Great Pizza)
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 28 (IPS) - "I asked him: do you want to come with us to Greece? He said: ‘Why not?' So my wife and myself packed up and drove to Athens to open our ‘trattoria' there."
Malawi’s Communal Fight Against Deadly Avian Disease
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Sep 27 (IPS) - Lydia Katengeza, a community vaccinator with the Nathenje Community Vaccination Association (NCVA), wakes up as early as 5 a.m., ready with her I-2 vaccine vial in a storage container in her hand. She moves from one house to another, visiting each poultry farmer. All of them are alerted a day in advance so that they don't release their free-range chickens in the morning.
More Public Spending, Not Tax Cuts, for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 26 (IPS) - The Trump administration's promise to increase infrastructure spending should break the straightjacket the Republicans imposed on the Obama administration after capturing the US Congress in 2010. However, in proportionate terms, it falls far short of Roosevelt's New Deal effort to revive the US economy in the 1930s.
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