Global IssuesNews headlines for “Deregulation or Protectionism?”, page 4
ECONOMY: Namibia Embarks on Nuclear Policy
- Inter Press Service
Namibia is set to develop its rich uranium resources and intends to pursue uranium enrichment locally. It also plans to build its own nuclear electricity plant.
ECONOMY-BOLIVIA: Private Sector Gives Way Under Government's Public Push
- Inter Press Service
The decline in foreign direct investment and the increase in efforts to reverse privatisation processes are feeding debate in Bolivia about President Evo Morales's economic policies, which include the creation of more government- run enterprises.
ROMANIA: Austerity Deals Mortal Blow to Health System
- Inter Press Service
Five newborns died last week in a fire caused by an airconditioning fault at a Bucharest maternity. Insufficient, overworked staff and deficient maintenance -- results of inadequate funding of the health system - -were listed among the causes.
DEVELOPMENT: Africa Centre Dismissals Challenged
- Inter Press Service
A European Union (EU) aid programme tasked with nurturing the private sector in Africa has become the focus of high-level diplomatic discussions after almost half of its staff were abruptly dismissed.
EUROPE: Privatised Services Back in Public Hands
- Inter Press Service
After the wave of de-privatisation of water services facilities that started across the world two years ago, municipalities in Europe are now buying back the electricity utilities they sold to private investors in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
EGYPT: Economists Blame 'Neo-liberalism' for Region's Woes
- Inter Press Service
Egypt embarked on 'neo-liberal' economics more than three decades ago reorienting its socialist-oriented policies towards those of the 'free market.' Now, however, many critics call the strategy a failure and blame it for the country's rampant poverty and unemployment.
UGANDA: Railway Revival Planned
- Inter Press Service
The collapse of the Uganda Railway Corporation 15 years ago opened up lucrative opportunities for privately-owned road transporters. But the high cost of maintaining the highways carrying heavy truck and bus traffic is leading government to take a fresh look at the rails.
BALKANS: Serbs Bank on EU Laws to Regain Seized Property
- Inter Press Service
Prominent theatre actor Tanasije Uzunovic loves to take long walks in the large Kalemegdan Fortress Park but generally avoids the Dedinje neighbourhood, a more popular green zone in the Serbian capital.
DRC: Electricity Lines Overhead But Never Seen a Light Bulb
- Inter Press Service
'We produce electricity but we manage darkness. We have big energy sources of electricity but only 20 percent of the population has access to electricity because most of the energy is sold to foreign countries.'
BALKANS: Strike Wave Sweeps Serbia
- Inter Press Service
A very hot summer of workers' discontent has taken over Serbia. Some 33,000 people go on strike daily in 40 to 45 firms, according to union statistics. They are mostly employees of privatised companies who have not been paid salaries or social and health security benefits for months now.
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