World Bank Supports Harmful Water Corporations, Report Finds
Water privatisation has been proven not to help the poor, yet a quarter of all World Bank funding goes directly to corporations and the private sector, bypassing both governments and its own standards...
View ArticleArgentina Discovers Africa
Under the banner of South-South cooperation, Argentina is seeking to consolidate its ties with Africa, starting with countries that are enjoying dynamic economic growth, such as Angola and Mozambique....
View ArticleIndonesia Knocks at BRICS’ Door
Indonesia’s keen interest in becoming the newest member of BRICS – a bloc of emerging-market nations comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – has sparked off a round of debate on...
View ArticleBangladesh Scores on Girls’ Schooling
Bangladesh continues to score good grades in achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of gender parity in education by 2015, with the trend of more girls than boys attending primary school...
View ArticleSmall Step Forward in Resolving Okinawa Base Impasse
It’s a deal that’s been more than 15 years in the making and the unmaking. The United States and Japan have been struggling since the 1990s to transform the U.S. military presence on the island of...
View ArticleWomen ‘Invisible’ in Myanmar
While Aung San Suu Kyi enjoys iconic status in Myanmar (also known as Burma), women remain invisible in this country steeped in Buddhist tradition and emerging from decades of military rule. “Her (Suu...
View ArticleBrazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa
The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral...
View ArticleSmall Island States Combining Forces In Preparation for Rio+20
By the time small island developing states (SIDS) arrive at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil in June, they will have worked hard to co-ordinate their message to the rest of the world about the...
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China Key to Green Tech Innovation?
With U.S. federal funding sources for renewable energy sources already drying up, coupled with a newfound antipathy towards “green” issues issue here in Washington, some are suggesting that China could...
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Water Conflicts Move Up on U.S. Security Agenda
On Wednesday, the United States intelligence community unveiled a first-ever assessment of global water-security issues. The assessment predicts that water in shared basins will increasingly be used as...
View ArticleDevelopment Aid in Cuba Threatened by Red Tape
Patricia GroggBy Patricia GroggHAVANA, Mar 19 2012 (IPS) Excessive delays by the Cuban government in evaluating foreign aid projects for their compatibility with the country’s economic planning...
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Can the Maid Have Boyfriends?
Kalinga SeneviratneBy Kalinga SeneviratneSINGAPORE, Mar 20 2012 (IPS) A routine announcement by the government of this city-state entitling foreign, female domestic workers to a day off each week has...
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BRICS Tighten United Front
By Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI, Mar 29 2012 (IPS) At their summit in the Indian capital on Thursday, leaders of the coalition known as BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – made several...
View ArticleCaribbean Private Sector Lags in Exploiting EU Trade Pact
By Peter RichardsBRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 30 2012 (IPS) When Europe signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the Caribbean Forum countries in 2008, the intention was to boost trade and...
View ArticleEuropean NGOs Put IFIs Under Microscope
By Julio GodoyBERLIN, Apr 4 2012 (IPS) European civil society organisations continue to demand that international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank and the International Monetary...
View ArticleDespite Tsunami, Japan Resumes Aid to Myanmar
By Suvendrini KakuchiTOKYO, Apr 5 2012 (IPS) Japan’s plan to resume official development assistance (ODA) to Myanmar, announced this week, is problematic for a country faced with a dauntingly large...
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The Battle over Development-Led Globalisation
By Ravi Kanth DevarakondaGENEVA, Apr 6 2012 (IPS) Industrialised countries have mounted an unprecedented campaign to stop the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development from providing policy...
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U.N. Taps Brazil’s Experience in Humanitarian Aid
By Fabiola OrtizRIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 6 2012 (IPS) On her first visit to Brazil, the United Nations humanitarian affairs chief Valerie Amos stressed the need to take advantage of this country’s...
View ArticleU.S., Latin America Growing More Distant, Warns Think Tank
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Apr 11 2012 (IPS) Relations between the United States and Latin America have “grown more distant” in importance part due to the latter’s persistent disagreement with U.S....
View ArticleMyanmar Turns ASEAN’s Democracy Beacon
By Marwaan Macan-MarkarBANGKOK, Apr 11 2012 (IPS) Long Southeast Asia’s black sheep, Myanmar is enjoying an image change following its landmark Apr. 1 by-elections. Tongues are now wagging about the...
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