Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 225
Washington Rules Change, Again
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LAMPUR, Feb 16 (IPS) - Over the last four decades, the Washington Consensus, promoting economic liberalization, globalization and privatization, reversed four decades of an earlier period of active state intervention to accelerate and stabilize more inclusive economic growth, associated with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Maynard Keynes.
Worst Drought in Decades Drives Food Price Spike in East Africa
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 15 (IPS) - The most severe drought in decades, which has struck parts of Ethiopia and is exacerbated by a particularly strong El Niño effect, has led to successive failed harvests and widespread livestock deaths in some areas, and humanitarian needs have tripled since the beginning of 2015, the United Nations warns.
Togo to Lead the Fight against Rural Poverty
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 15 (IPS) - Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, former Prime Minister of Togo, has been appointed as the sixth President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency and international financial institution that invests in eradicating rural poverty in developing countries around the world.
Mistrust Hindering Global Solutions, says Secretary General
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - The global lack of confidence and trust is undermining the ability to solve the world's complex problems, said UN Secretary-General during an international conference.
Ravaging Drought Deepens in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 13 (IPS) - Experts warn that Kenya is in the grip of the worst drought in recent history as government estimates show the number of people who are acutely food insecure has risen to 2.7 million, up from two million in January.
Major Crisis, Minor Reforms
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (IPS) - The 2008-2009 financial breakdown, precipitated by the US housing mortgage crisis, has triggered an extended stagnation in the developed economies, initially postponed in much of the developing world by high primary commodity prices until 2014. Yet, the financial crisis and protracted economic slowdown since has not led to profound changes in the conventional wisdom or policy prescriptions, especially at the international level, despite global economic integration since the 1980s.
US, EU Food Standards Major Hurdle for Caribbean Exporters
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 07 (IPS) - As Caricom countries struggle to move away from their traditional reliance on a single industry or major crop in the face of growing economic uncertainty worldwide, they are finding it increasingly difficult to enter markets in the EU and North America with new types of food products.
Female Genital Mutilation is a Gruesome Impediment to the Empowerment of Women
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 06 (IPS) - On 06 February 2017, the world marks the 14th International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
IFAD 2017 – It’s Women’s Turn in Rural Development
- Inter Press Service
BRASILIA, Feb 06 (IPS) - Josefina Stubbs, from the Dominican Republic, may become the first woman to preside over the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty.
New, Aggressive Rust Imperils Wheat Crops in Europe, Africa, Asia
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 05 (IPS) - Wheat rust, a family of fungal diseases that can cause crop losses of up to 100 per cent in untreated susceptible wheat, is making further advances in Europe, Africa and Asia, according to two new studies produced by scientists in collaboration with the United Nations.
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