Global Issues
News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 33
Stuck in the middle? Indebted nations plot path to growth amid global trade upheaval
- UN News
Faced with mounting debt and economic stagnation, middle-income countries have issued a call for financial reform, sustainable investment, and a roadmap to escape the so-called “middle-income trap,” at a UN-backed international conference held in Manila, Philippines, which concluded on Tuesday.
Global Community in Busan to Define Sustainable Future for Life Under Water
- Inter Press Service
BUSAN, Korea, Apr 28 (IPS) - “As the son of a haenyeo, a traditional Korean female diver, I grew up by the sea, often watching the ocean with my mother. Captivated by the beauty and majesty of the sea, I chose to study marine science and have devoted my entire career to the ocean,” said Do-hyung Kang, Minister of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea.
UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals
- UN News
Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and mounting trade wars, top UN officials on Monday called for urgent action to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals and revive international cooperation.
Venezuela's Oil trapped in Hurricane Trump's Onslaught
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Apr 25 (IPS) - Reduced to a marginal oil producer over the past decade, Venezuela has suffered another blow as United States president Donald Trump ordered punitive measures to blockade and further restrict the country’s oil exports.
Kashmir Reels After Pahalgam Attack, Fear Long Term Impacts on Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Apr 25 (IPS) - Abdul Majeed Mir strolls leisurely among the purple crocus flower rows in Pampore's saffron fields as the morning mist hovers low over them. His family has been growing this valuable spice, called "red gold," for many generations, but now his hands go through the harvest mechanically. There is a noticeable lack of the typical commotion of tourists haggling over saffron packets.
Financing for Whom? The Financing for Development Summit Must Address Social Dimensions
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 24 (IPS) - The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to finance a better future for all. Yet, in practice, the first drafts of its outcome reveal a glaring omission: people. Despite rhetoric about inclusivity, the drafts are strikingly weak on social issues, as if financing and macroeconomic policies exist in a vacuum, detached from the lives they impact.
‘Noboa Did Not Receive a Blank Cheque: He Will Have to Show Tangible Results’
- Inter Press Service
Apr 24 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses Ecuador’s presidential election with Jorge Tapia de los Reyes, Coordinator of the Democracy and Politics Department and the Political Funding Observatory of the Citizenship and Development Foundation (FCD). FCD is an Ecuadorian civil society organisation that promotes participation, citizen monitoring and open government.
UN Warns of an Imminent Collapse in Haiti
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) - As gang violence in Haiti continues to target civilians and critical infrastructures, humanitarian organizations and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have found it increasingly difficult to manage the growing scale of needs. The United Nations (UN) and its partners fear that Haiti will approach a nationwide collapse due to numerous shortfalls in funding, a widespread lack of essential resources, and rampant insecurity.
This Election Campaign Offers Two Opposing Visions of How to Tackle Insecurity
- Inter Press Service
Apr 24 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses Ecuador’s upcoming elections with Jorge Tapia de los Reyes, Coordinator of the Democracy and Politics Department and the Political Funding Observatory of the Citizenship and Development Foundation (CDF). CDF is an Ecuadorian civil society organisation that promotes participation, citizen monitoring and open government.
African Countries Still Underfunding Health by as Much as 50 Percent
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 24 (IPS) - The majority of African countries are yet to commit 15 percent of their GDP to funding the health sector, despite the growing disease burden weighing down the continent and two decades after the coming into force of the Abuja declaration on health sector funding.
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