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
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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...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 08 (IPS) – The trend of the Mexican economy during the last two years has not been positive. INEGI, the official...
Arms Suppliers Escape Blame for the Worlds Worst Humanitarian Disaster in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) – The United Nations has singled out the deaths and devastation in war-ravaged Yemen as the “world’s worst humanitarian...
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