Central Asia Has Always Been Important for Europe
网页BRUSSELS, 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.
Bangladesh faces a challenge to ensure welfare of its aging …
网页2019年2月22日 · 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.
Population and security - Inter Press Service
网页2018年10月24日 · 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 …
CARIBBEAN: Influx of Chinese Workers Irks Local Unions
网页2007年7月27日 · Bert Wilkinson. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 27 2007 (IPS) - When references are made to China in the Caribbean, eyes and ears are turned more to its ongoing dollar diplomacy fight for recognition by regional governments than to trade or other aspects of Sino-Caribbean relations. But a new issue is slowly beginning to attract the attention of Caribbean people – a protracted fight by trade unions ...
Kenya: The troubles of a science PhD from the West
网页NAIROBI, 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
网页Sep 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.
Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize
网页2019年10月12日 · 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 …
Peter Kamalingin - Author - Inter Press Service
网页The 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.
Paraguay Moves Towards Sustainable Commodities
网页2019年7月2日 · 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
网页2005年7月14日 · 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).