Opinion by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Rebeca Grynspan – Pamela Coke-Hamilton (geneva) Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 16 (IPS) – We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 09 (IPS) – The world economy is on the brink of outright recession, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Ukraine war and sanctions have scuttled recovery…
View of a demonstration by social organizations in a Buenos Aires square in July. The scene occurs almost every day in the capital of Argentina, a country where poverty has held steady at around 40 percent of the population since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The possibility of a social uprising…
Abbey Lubega inside the larvae hatchery unit. Simple tools are used to harvest the larvae and frass. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala & kayunga) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Kampala & Kayunga, Jul 19 (IPS) – The conflict in Ukraine has led to an increase in fertiliser…
Opinion by UN SG (united nations) Thursday, July 14, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) – In his opening address to the 2022 Ministerial meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, July 13-15.Our world is in deep trouble – and so too are…
More than 1.3 million people in Ontario, Canada, the most populous province in one of the world’s wealthiest countries, are food insecure. Credit: Ottawa Food Bank by Juliet Morrison (ottawa) Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Inter Press Service Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) – Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons…
Tomasa Chávez, bundled up against the cold of the southern hemisphere winter, works at the Central Market in Buenos Aires, where she was hired in 2021 to separate edible waste that can be recovered. Until then, she went there daily on her own for 30 years to look for food…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 21 (IPS) – After decades of rejecting international tax cooperation under multilateral auspices, rich countries have finally agreed. But, by insisting on their own terms, progressive corporate income…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 14 (IPS) – US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining the dollar’s post-Second World War dominance. The growing number of countries threatened by US and allied actions is forcing victims…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (kuala lumpur and sydney) Tuesday, June 07, 2022 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jun 07 (IPS) – Food crises, economic stagnation and price increases are worsening unevenly, almost everywhere, following the Ukraine war. Sanctions against Russia have especially hurt those relying on…
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