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Bangladesh Chief Advisor’s China Tour Cements Dhaka-Beijing Relations
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Apr 01 (IPS) - Bangladesh's Chief Adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus's state visit to China, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping, was seen as an opportunity to reaffirm old diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.
Southeast Asia’s Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Mar 31 (IPS) - Southeast Asia’s major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per capita grow at least three-fold over the past 20 years amid global integration and prudent policymaking.
Looking beyond GDP to reach the Sustainable Development Goals
- UN News
Countries should consider looking beyond Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, as the key measure of economic growth to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN policymakers have suggested.
The Giant Plastic Tap: How art fights plastic pollution
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Mar 28 (IPS) - "The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We're used to throwing things 'away'—but when we're confronted with what happens when 'away' is not an option, I think it creates an emotional wake-up call," says Benjamin Von Wong.
Tariffs: Job protectors or trade killers?
- UN News
The word “tariff” has been catapulted from the business pages to the headlines over the last few months, as major economies impose or threaten them on other nations. But tariffs are not just a blunt weapon to be used in geopolitical brinkmanship: they can, if used effectively, help poorer countries develop their economies.
Organic Fertilizers Prove Effective on Tea as Farmers Abandon Synthetic Inputs
- Inter Press Service
KERICHO, Kenya, Mar 27 (IPS) - On the outskirts of Kericho town within Kenya’s Rift Valley region, Kaptepeswet tea farm, an organic tea estate sprawling on a 50-acre piece of land, is a testament that organic fertilizers can be used on mature tea bushes and still produce the desired quantity and quality of premium leaves.
Malnutrition Not Due to Cash Poverty Alone
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 26 (IPS) - The World Bank set its US ‘dollar-a-day’ poverty line using its 1990 data. Despite many doubts and criticisms, its poverty numbers fell until the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
‘Renewables are renewing economies’, UN chief tells top climate forum
- UN News
Ministers from 40 countries met on Wednesday at the first major climate forum of 2025 to discuss progress in renewable energy generation and the rising toll of inaction over rising temperatures.
Seeds of Survival, Amid Conflict Sudan Is Saving Its Agricultural Future
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Mar 25 (IPS) - Sudan’s diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security.
A Test of Humanity: Migrants’ Rights in a World Turning Inward
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 24 (IPS) - The United Nations Refugee Agency faces devastating cuts that may eliminate 5,000 to 6,000 jobs, with potentially catastrophic consequences for millions of people fleeing war, repression, hunger and climate disasters. This 75-year-old institution, established to help Europeans displaced by the Second World War, now confronts an unprecedented financial crisis, primarily due to the US foreign aid freeze – and the timing couldn’t be worse.
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