News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 315

  1. Africa Can Be its Own ‘Switzerland'

    - Inter Press Service

    MARRAKECH, Oct 16 (IPS) - Africa has the capacity to access at least 200 billion dollars for sustainable development investment but it will remain a slave to foreign aid unless it improves the climate for investment and trade and plugs illicit financial flows, development experts say.

  2. Regional Trade Agreements Cannot Substitute the Multilateral System

    - Inter Press Service

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    GENEVA, Oct 15 (IPS) - Regional trade agreements have grown very rapidly in recent years, and today the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been notified that 253 are in force.

  3. Measuring How Climate Change Affects Africa’s Food Security

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Oct 15 (IPS) - For the past 40 years Josephine Kakiyi, 55, has been cultivating maize, beans and vegetables on her small plot of land in the remote area of Kwa Vonza, in Kitui County, eastern Kenya.

  4. Ahead of Myanmar Trip, Obama Urged to Demand Extractives Transparency

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - Lawmakers here are urging President Barack Obama to put transparency in the extractives sector at the centre of an upcoming trip to Myanmar.

  5. Vanuatu Puts Indigenous Rights First in Land Reform

    - Inter Press Service

    PORT VILA, Oct 14 (IPS) - Stemming widespread corruption in the leasing of customary land to investors is the aim of bold land reform, introduced this year in the Southwest Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, which puts the rights of traditional landowners above the discretionary powers of politicians.

  6. Curbing the Illegal Wildlife Trade Crucial to Preserving Biodiversity

    - Inter Press Service

    PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 13 (IPS) - For over five years, 33-year-old Maheshwar Basumatary, a member of the indigenous Bodo community, made a living by killing wild animals in the protected forests of the Manas National Park, a tiger reserve, elephant sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site that lies on the India-Bhutan border.

  7. New Trains, New Hopes, Old Anguish

    - Inter Press Service

    JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, Oct 11 (IPS) - The kids of Kodikaman, a dusty village straddling the newly laid railway line in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna District, enjoy a special treat these days.

  8. Marine Litter: Plunging Deep, Spreading Wide

    - Inter Press Service

    ATHENS, Oct 10 (IPS) - Imagine a black-footed albatross feeding its chick plastic pellets, a baby seal in the North Pole helplessly struggling with an open-ended plastic bag wrapped tight around its neck, or a fishing vessel stranded mid-sea, a length of discarded nylon net entangled in its propeller. Multiply these scenarios a thousand-fold, and you get a glimpse of the state of the world's oceans.

  9. World Bank Pushes Private Sector for Major Investments in Infrastructure

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Oct 09 (IPS) - The World Bank has initiated a major call to action for private sector investors around infrastructure projects in developing countries.

  10. Youth Employment Critical to Sustainable Development in Pacific Islands

    - Inter Press Service

    APIA, Oct 09 (IPS) - The size of the youth population in the Pacific Islands is double the global average with 54 percent aged below 24 years, creating enormous challenges for slow-growing small island economies unable to create jobs fast enough.

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