Central Asia Has Always Been Important for Europe
WEBBRUSSELS, Sep 3 2019 (IPS) - The EU has presented a new strategy for Central Asia. The first one has been adopted in 2007 and revised in 2015. Where do you see improvements? Our new Strategy will aim to focus future EU action in the region on two key priorities.
Peter Kamalingin - Author - Inter Press Service
WEBThe corona virus pandemic is impacting Africa’s population in quite differentiated ways and is significantly entrenching inequality. At the greatest risk are lives and livelihoods of the poor.
Bangladesh faces a challenge to ensure welfare of its aging …
WEBFeb 22, 2019 · This report is produced by UNB United News of Bangladesh and IPS Inter Press Service.. DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 22 2019 - (IPS/UNB) – Bangladesh economy’s impressive growth trajectory over the last decade has been buttressed by the demographic dividend resulting from a large portion of its population — around 65 percent on average — being of working age.
Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize
WEBOct 12, 2019 · Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (centre wearing sunglasses) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. He is pictured here in Addis Ababa with Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (red tie), behind Kenyatta is …
Kenya: The troubles of a science PhD from the West
WEBNAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 27 2019 (IPS) - Graduate students of the London School of Economics and Political Science gathered at Kenya’s coast in September 2018, where the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dr Mukhisa Kituyi told them: “With your international credibility, it is easier and tempting to leave and take out of the continent the little ...
Cross-country Differences in Income Inequality - Inter Press Service
WEBSep 1 2016 - In recent years, there has been a growing interest among general people, researchers and policymakers in income inequality, its causes, and its effects. The most popular index of income inequality is the ‘Gini index’, which measures the inequality among levels of income of the people of any country.
Population and security - Inter Press Service
WEBOct 24, 2018 · Population and security. Oct 24 2018 - Population explosion, though missing from the country’s policy discourse, presents one of the most serious threats to our national security. There may not be a simple causal relationship between demography and security, but evidence shows that high population growth is a major destabilising factor in the ...
Paraguay Moves Towards Sustainable Commodities
WEBJul 2, 2019 · Paraguay Moves Towards Sustainable Commodities. Silvia Morimoto is UNDP Resident Representative in Paraguay. ASUNCION, Paraguay, Jul 2 2019 (IPS) - The statistics are alarming. By 2050, the world will require an estimated 60 percent growth in agricultural production to meet the food demand of a population of close to 9 billion people.
CHILE: Historic Reforms Complete Transition to Democracy
WEBJul 14, 2005 · Gustavo González. SANTIAGO, Jul 14 2005 (IPS) - Chilean President Ricardo Lagos described constitutional reforms approved by Congress as the final step in the country’s lengthy transition to democracy. The amendments, passed by the Senate late Wednesday, will eliminate the last vestiges of authoritarian rule left behind by the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
LAOS: Water Headaches Follow Growth of Cities - Inter Press Service
WEBJun 24, 2010 · Vannaphone Sitthirath. VIENTIANE, Jun 24 2010 (IPS) - At 63, Kingkham Duoangsavanh has it made. Now retired after decades of working as a nurse, she lives happily with her grown-up children in a well- appointed home with all the amenities.