OP-ED: Global CO2 Emissions Reach a New Record High
The alarm bells this time are not being rung by climate scientists or by environmental activists. They are being rung by none other than the International Energy Agency (IEA) – the institution...
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AFRICA: Poor Excluded From Benefits of High Economic Growth
The high economic growth enjoyed by many African states during the 2000s have not led to poverty elimination. This is because the growth did not happen in the sectors where poor people work, as in...
View ArticleAmidst ‘Dire’ Humanitarian Crisis, U.S. Urges Ceasefire in South Kordofan
As the date for South Sudan’s long anticipated Jul. 9 secession inches closer, on-going violence in the Northern state of South Kordofan threatens to destroy the country’s hopes for peace. United...
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Q&A: “Africa Can Provide More Than Minerals in South-South Trade”
South-South co-operation is firmly on Africa’s agenda. Leading the way is South Africa, which has recently joined up with Brazil, Russia, India and China’s BRIC formation to form a new global grouping...
View ArticleCENTRAL AMERICA: Fair Trade Taking Root
“We started out with 10 organisations and now we have 22 cooperatives with more than 19,000 members who grow and export crops with an environmental, social and economic focus,” says an enthusiastic...
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BRAZIL: Soy Boom Drives Westward Expansion of Railroads
Despite challenges like high interest rates and high household electricity tariffs, the Brazilian economy has been growing at the highest rates seen in decades. Another problem that, although it has...
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Women Call the Shots on Mega Copper Mine
Whether the world’s largest open-cut mine on this island territory of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will resume copper and gold production, after being mothballed for 22 years, will depend on how satisfied...
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SOUTH AMERICA: To Beijing with Love
South America has managed to withstand the knock-on effects of recession in the EU and U.S. thanks to the protection offered by the soaring Asian demand for commodities. But many things could change in...
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PERU: Protest Against Mine Continues Despite State of Emergency
Local residents and authorities in the northern Peruvian region of Cajamarca say they will continue to protest the Conga gold mine, despite the state of emergency declared by President Ollanta Humala....
View ArticleSoy and Sugar Cane Fuel Native Land Conflicts in Brazil
The threat of mass suicide by native Guaraní-Kaiowá people in southwest Brazil brought to light a new formula for worsening conflicts over indigenous territory: the expansion of the cultivation of soy...
View ArticleLATIN AMERICA: Boosting Accountability for Mining and Oil Industries
Danilo Valladares*By Danilo ValladaresGUATEMALA CITY, Apr 12 2011 (IPS) Guatemala has been accepted as a candidate country by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which aims to...
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DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: ‘Real Changes Needed in Policy and Implementation’
Ephraim Nsingo interviews PATRICK MUCHELEKA, executive director, Civil Society for Poverty ReductionBy Eprahim NsingoLUSAKA, May 5 2011 (IPS) Zambia has enjoyed economic growth of around six percent...
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AFRICA: Investment Growth Benefiting Only Some Poor States
Isolda AgazziBy Isolda AgazziGENEVA, May 7 2011 (IPS) While foreign direct investment in least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa has risen sharply over the past decade, most of it went to...
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DEVELOPMENT: Plotting a World Without LDCs
By Claire NgozoISTANBUL, May 8 2011 (IPS) Malawi’s gross domestic product has grown by more than six percent in each year since 2005. The country’s most recent Welfare Monitoring Survey finds...
View ArticleTRADE: Glencore: Profiteering From Hunger and Chaos
By Chris ArsenaultDOHA, May 10 2011 (Al Jazeera) The rapid rise in prices for food, fuel and commodities has been disastrous for the world’s poor, including Indonesian market vendor Lia Romi. But it’s...
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A Sugar Boost for the Cuban Economy
Patricia Grogg* - TierraméricaBy Patricia GroggHAVANA, May 11 2011 (IPS) Cuba hopes to revive its sugar industry as part of the recently announced economic changes and take advantage of good...
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Pension Fund Investors May be to Blame for Escalating Food Prices
Isolda AgazziBy Isolda AgazziGENEVA, May 17 2011 (IPS) Long-term investors like pension funds are probably the reason why the prices of commodities, including crops, have been driven to a higher level...
View ArticleG20: Hungry for Opportunities
Marcela ValenteBy Marcela ValenteBUENOS AIRES, May 20 2011 (IPS) Food shortages may be causing hunger in the developing world, but the large Latin American agricultural countries that belong to the...
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TRADE: Istanbul Conference “a Setback” for Poor Countries
Isolda AgazziBy Isolda AgazziGENEVA, May 24 2011 (IPS) Some of the decisions taken on trade in the Istanbul Plan of Action are likely to disadvantage poor countries while others are so vague as to be...
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A Dark Day for Brazil’s Amazon Jungle
Fabiana FrayssinetBy Fabiana FrayssinetRIO DE JANEIRO, May 25 2011 (IPS) The same day that the lower house of the Brazilian Congress approved a reform of the forestry code that would make it easier to...
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