WASHINGTON DC, Mar 10 (IPS) – The three writers are Financial Sector Analysts at the Washington-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)*The gender...
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Malawian Youth Wipe Away Unemployment Tears with Agribusiness
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What Africa Expects of New WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
GENEVA, Mar 09 (IPS) – When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New...
Down in Hell
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 09 (IPS) – I am about 200 feet down a rickety old mine shaft, in the Ashanti gold mining region of...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 09 (IPS) – Developing country governments are being wrongly advised to use their modest fiscal resources to pay down...
The Ethics of AI to Ensure Food Security and Development
ROME, Mar 08 (IPS) – One year after the call for a group of international and religious organizations and important multinational companies to incorporate...
Worlds Worst Humanitarian Disaster Triggered by Deadly Weapons from US & UK
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) – The United Nations has rightly described the deaths and devastation in war-ravaged Yemen as the “world’s worst humanitarian...
SEOUL, Republic of Korea, Mar 08 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day, March...
APIA, Samoa, Mar 08 (IPS) – In the February 12th editorial on the issue of illicit drug use, the Samoa Observer stated that “…...
International Women’s Day, 2021 – Why Gender Parity & Diversity are Paramount to a Just COVID-19 Recovery
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – To commemorate International Women’s Day, the United Nations has called for “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future...
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