While the Ethiopian government boasts that the country can soon be categorised as middle-income, economic analysts are more cautious saying that the country has made “significant progress”. ADDIS ABABA , Feb 21 2012 (IPS) – Ethiopia says that the double-digit economic growth the country has experienced over the last seven years has started benefitting its […]
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Will Water Dry Up at Summit on Sustainable Development?
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 2012 (IPS) – The headline in a New York newspaper last March captured the essence of a future potential threat to political stability the world over: U.S. Report Sees Tensions Over Water. The study, a collective vision of the U.S. intelligence community, warned that during the next 10 years, many countries […]
OAS Chief Calls for “Long-Awaited” Debate on Drug Policy
Women and children from the village where the Esparza family was murdered by soldiers in Mexico’s “drug war” demand justice outside the schoolhouse.Mónica González /IPS WASHINGTON, May 25 2013 (IPS) – Following the release of a major draft report on drug policy in the Americas, the secretary-general of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose […]
Checkmate! China’s Coronavirus Connection
Dr Simi Mehta is the CEO and Editorial Director of Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi. She can be reached at . Handover ceremony at UN compound in Beijing for donation of critical medical supplies to the Chinese government. Credit: UNDP China NEW DELHI, May 20 2020 (IPS) – Coronavirus outbreaks in China […]
Pulses for a Sustainable Future
Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Rome-based UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP). He was President of the WFP Executive Board in 2018. ROME, Feb 10 2020 (IPS) – Reducing poverty and inequalities, eliminating hunger and all forms of malnutrition and achieve food security for all – these are some of the most […]