Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 442
Ethiopia Charts a Chinese Course
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 03 (IPS) - The death of Ethiopia's leader of 21 years has raised fears of instability in one of Africa's fastest-growing non-oil producing nations, which could potentially slow investment activity.
Reducing Poverty in South Africa by Cutting Time in Traffic
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct 02 (IPS) - In South Africa, Bus Rapid Transit systems, which were pioneered to great effect in Latin American countries such as Colombia and Brazil, are being promoted as potentially effective ways of delivering improved public transport services to the urban poor. But experts question whether systems such as these can alleviate poverty to any meaningful extent.
India Divided Over Green Light to Multinational Retailers
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI, Oct 02 (IPS) - Thousands of shopkeepers in Sir Stuart Hogg Market in Kolkata, the business hub of eastern India’s biggest city, are all talking about one thing: what they will do when multinational companies invade their ancient marketplace.
Concrete Jungles Growing in Senegal
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Oct 02 (IPS) - In the midst of the building frenzy in Senegal, the construction of buildings that cost less than 60,000 dollars, and thus do not require a building permit, is going unchecked by authorities, resulting in the haphazard and unsafe construction of a majority of homes.
Doubts Linger About Caribbean-EU Trade Pact
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 01 (IPS) - P.J. Patterson, the former Jamaican prime minister, has had a long relationship with the European Union.
U.S. Accused of "Discouraging" Financial Transaction Tax
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 29 (IPS) - On Friday, 62 civil-society organisations charged the U.S. State Department with spreading “misinformation” regarding the feasibility of levying a small tax on stock sales and other financial transactions, revenues from which could be used for national and international public goods.
Delivering Promises to Africa’s Smallholder Farmers
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Sep 28 (IPS) - Investment in rural infrastructure and support for Africa's millions of small-scale farmers have increased in the past decade. But as these farmers begin to see increased yields, the question of better access to markets comes to the fore.
Coffee Time in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA?, Sep 28 (IPS) - Uganda, Africa's biggest coffee exporter, is racing against time to boost its production of the crop by 60,000 tonnes, or one million 60-kilogramme bags, within the next three years. But some industry players believe that the feat is unattainable.
EU Seeks Protection from Emerging Economies
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Sep 28 (IPS) - For many years, the European Union (EU) and its individual member states counted among the strongest advocates for free trade, arguing that it would boost economic growth and welfare both at home and abroad.
International Community "Overselling" Sudan-South Sudan Pact
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 28 (IPS) - The international community is reacting triumphantly following an agreement on Thursday between Sudan and South Sudan to resume oil production and trade, despite the accord’s failure to address two of the situation’s most intractable issues, on border demarcation and control over lucrative oil-producing regions.
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