Global IssuesNews headlines for “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance”, page 24
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment
- Inter Press Service
Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will destabilise developing countries’ health systems, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving universal access to HIV treatment.
DR-CONGO: EU Urged to Ban 'Conflict Minerals'
- Inter Press Service
After the United States senate’s move to stem the flow of money from mineral mines fuelling the brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the watchdog group Global Witness (GW) is calling on Europe to follow suit.
EUROPE: Tax Evasion Rampant Despite Treaties With Tax Havens
- Inter Press Service
New cases of tax evasion in several European countries are showing the limits of the informal agreements reached between the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and tax havens such as Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.
THAILAND: Women with HIV Break Silence, Confront Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Veena Panudej makes a living in the night like so many other women and men in this quiet eastern corner of Thailand. They work under the light of the stars in rubber estates spread beyond this city close to the Cambodian border.
POLITICS-PHILIPPINES: Rice and Condom on the Election Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Rice and condoms do not usually land on the same list of household basics in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, but extremely poor couples here with huge families would choose rice if given the two options.
DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: ‘Poverty Still Has a Woman’s Face’
- Inter Press Service
Women and poverty still share an uncomfortable spot on the development matrix of countries across Asia-Pacific that are struggling to end deprivation, according to the newly launched third joint report of the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
SOUTH PACIFIC: ‘Poverty Measures Need Support of Rich Nations’
- Inter Press Service
Social protection programmes could help alleviate poverty in the Pacific Islands region, but without the help of developed countries, they will not materialise, said an economic expert in this capital of Fiji.
EDUCATION-NEPAL: Unique School Aims to Be a Ticket to Equality
- Inter Press Service
Had Uttam Sanjel stayed on in the Indian city of Mumbai to pursue his dream of becoming a Bollywood director years ago, the Samata (‘equality) schools that he set up here in Nepal may not be around today.
CLIMATE CHANGE: European Firms See Windfall in Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
European governments failed to help along an international treaty to stop global warming at the United Nations climate change summit in December, but their engineering and power industries see business opportunities in renewable energy sources and their smart management.
NEPAL: Communities Take Up Cudgels for Forest Conservation
- Inter Press Service
Tired of walking, Shankar Prasad Ghimire, 87, a retired government worker, keeps his walking stick aside and takes rest on the ground, nestled in a lush green landscape.
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