Global Issues
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 04 (IPS) – Advocates made exaggerated claims that privatization would reduce governments’ fiscal problems while ensuring more efficient, productive and competitive economies by promoting private entrepreneurship, innovation and investments.Several arguments have been advanced to justify privatization since the 1980s. Privatization has been advocated as an easy means to: 1. Reduce the […]
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sep 03 (IPS) – Recent huge offshore oil discoveries are believed to have set Guyana– one of the poorest countries in South America–on a path to riches. But they have also highlighted the country’s development challenges and the potential impact of an oil boom. Read the full story, “How Guyana Must Prepare to […]
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BEIJING, Sep 03 (IPS) – António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in an address to the China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing This Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is an embodiment of two major priorities of the United Nations: to pursue fair globalization and to promote development that leaves no one behind in the context of […]
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DHAKA, Aug 31 (IPS) – Asa Torkelsson is the representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in BangladeshAugust 25, 2018 marked one year since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, triggering the massive Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh. As the crisis continues with no immediate end in sight, it is crucial to expand and sustain […]
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DHAKA, Aug 31 (IPS) – After the recent student uprising in Bangladesh, and despite increased policing on the streets and amendments to the traffic laws, there has been criticism that things have not changed significantly enough to make the country’s roads safer. Read the full story, “Addressing Bangladesh’s Age-Old Public Transportation System”, on globalissues.org →
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LA PINTANA, Chile, Aug 30 (IPS) – The right to land and water, as well as to multicultural education, are the top priority demands of Mapuche leaders working with their communities in the Araucanía region and in Santiago, Chile’s capital. Read the full story, “Land, Water and Education, Priorities for Chile’s Mapuche People”, on globalissues.org […]
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PEMBA, Zambia, Aug 30 (IPS) – Just having better information about when and for how long it will rain is proving the difference between success and failure among smallholder farmers in southern Zambia. Empowered with timely information about the weather ahead of the 2017/18 farming season, 56-year-old Fainess Muzyamba of Pemba district, ending up ditching […]
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OSLO, Aug 30 (IPS) – Enayatullah Azad is Media, Information & Advocacy Coordinator, Norwegian Refugee CouncilAmid a precarious security situation in Afghanistan, the worst drought in recent history, that hit two out of three provinces in Afghanistan in July, has destabilized the lives of tens of thousands of civilians, some of whom have already been […]
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WASHINGTON DC, Aug 29 (IPS) – TADEUSZ GALEZA is a research officer in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. JAMES CHAN is a senior information management assistant in the IMF’s Statistics Department.From strings of shells in the Solomon Islands to large stone disks on the Micronesian isle of Yap or wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese […]
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