Global IssuesNews headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 10
South-south cooperation can help solve ‘complex development context’
- UN News
Collaboration between developing countries, often known as south-south cooperation, can help to solve what a senior UN official has described as the world’s “complex development context.”
Nigeria: Protecting the Vulnerable on the Path to Progress
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sep 09 (IPS) - Returning to Nigeria after five years, I was struck by the changes - both the challenges and the opportunities. To better understand these dynamics, I have been undertaking visits to states across Nigeria.
Rural Survival: Guardians of Mother Earth Saving Mau, Revitalizing Native Lands
- Inter Press Service
GREAT RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Sep 06 (IPS) - Between 2001 and 2022, the Mau Forest's deforestation resulted in the loss of about 533 square kilometers of tree cover. Now, a group of women, under the aegis of the Paran Women Group, are preparing to plant 100,000 saplings this rainy season in an effort to restore the forest.The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. A breathtaking, diverse mix of natural beauty that includes dramatic escarpments, highland mountains, cliffs and gorges, lakes and savannas. It is also home to one of Africa's greatest wildlife reserves—the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Recovering stolen assets: No weakening of resolve
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC, Sep 04 (IPS) - The White Paper on the state of Bangladesh's economy will include a review of "smuggled money", according to the head of the committeeDebapriya Bhattacharya, entrusted to prepare the White Paper.
Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO
- UN News
The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN International Labour Organization, ILO, said on Wednesday.
New Zealand: Māori Rights in the Firing Line
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Sep 02 (IPS) - A New Zealand bill that would roll back Indigenous rights is unlikely to pass – but it's emblematic of a growing climate of hostility from governing politicians. A recent survey shows that almost half of New Zealanders believe racial tensions have worsened under the right-wing government in power since December 2023.
A Sustainable Future within Reach: The Promise of Digital Transformation
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 02 (IPS) - The development paradigm has shifted to ‘digital by default' as a norm, reshaping societies and economies. As a hub for digitally driven innovations, Asia and the Pacific is well positioned to leverage the transformative potential of digital technologies to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Humanitarian Crisis As Floods, Prolonged Heavy Rains Impact Chad
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Since June of this year, Chad has been facing an elongated period of heavy rainfall. Major flooding has triggered the onset of a significant humanitarian crisis, as all aspects of Chadian life, including health, food production, and community, have been negatively impacted. Additionally, response plans are severely compromised due to high levels of hostility taking place in neighbouring nations.
Guterres highlights Timor-Leste’s ‘growing international influence’
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General continued his historic visit to Timor-Leste on Thursday, emphasising the positive role the country can play on the regional stage to help resolve the crisis in war-wracked Myanmar.
Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 28 (IPS) - Oxfam expects the world's first trillionaire within a decade and poverty to end in 229 years! The wealth of the world's five richest men has more than doubled from 2020, as 4.8 billion people became poorer.
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