April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

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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…

April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

Colombias New President May Need U.S. Blessing to Realize his Domestic Agenda — Global Issues

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Opinion by Alexander Kozul-Wright (geneva) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 09 (IPS) – The writer is a Geneva-based researcher for the Third World NetworkFor the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia has a left-wing government. The presidency of Gustavo Petro, who took the reins August 8,…

April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

Indigenous Women at the Forefront of Transformational Change — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jamison Ervin (united nations) Monday, August 08, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 08 (IPS) – The writer is Manager, UNDP’s Global Programme on Nature for DevelopmentThe International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, commemorated annually on August 9, is a day to celebrate the many contributions of…

To Protect Our Planet, They Need To Be Exposed — Global Issues

To Protect Our Planet, They Need To Be Exposed — Global Issues

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Despite increasing public awareness of (and regulations on) plastic pollution, the global plastic crisis is only getting worse. Credit: Albert Oppong-Ansah/IPS. Opinion Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service Aug 05 (IPS) – This spring, I taught a new undergraduate course in environmental sociology. Most of my students took the…

April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

Women Play a Key Role in Food & Nutrition Security in Nigeria — Global Issues

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Opinion by Victor Ekeleme, Kalejaiye Olatundun (washington dc) Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 05 (IPS) – In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to agricultural production, their influence on how to allocate household income, and their efforts to ensure…

UN Chief Urges Governments to Tax “Immoral” & Excessive” Oil and Gas Profits — Global Issues

UN Chief Urges Governments to Tax “Immoral” & Excessive” Oil and Gas Profits — Global Issues

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten Opinion by Antonio Guterres (united nations) Thursday, August 04, 2022 Inter Press Service Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his address to the UN press corps while launching the third brief by the Global Crisis Response Group on Energy. UNITED NATIONS,…

April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

Frugal Innovation is Key to Advancing the UNs Global Goal for Education — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jaideep Prabhu (cambridge, uk) Tuesday, August 02, 2022 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, UK, Aug 02 (IPS) – The world needs tens of millions of new teachers by 2030, according to UNESCO – an order of magnitude that requires “frugal innovation.” I’ve studied frugal innovation for more than a decade,…

April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress — Global Issues

The Myanmar Junta Continues to Wreak Death & Destruction — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Tuesday, August 02, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Aug 02 (IPS) – Myanmar has been embroiled in violence and civil unrest since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in February 2021. The initially widespread peaceful protests were crushed…