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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

ECONOMY: Calls for Change Mount at IMF, World Bank Meet

Oct 11, 2008

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - Gone are the mobs in the street. Faced with a global recession, those demanding change from the rulers of the global economy appear to be on the inside as the International Monetary Fund …
TRADE-EAST AFRICA: Going Bananas to Fight Poverty and Hunger

Oct 10, 2008

MOMBASA, Oct 10 (IPS) - Arguably one of the world’s most popular fruits, bananas are poorly marketed as a value-added commercial crop in Africa. But that is about to change as a plan is being conceptualised to …
ECONOMY-US: Shelters and Soup Kitchens Hold Crisis Front Lines

Oct 9, 2008

NEW YORK, Oct 9 (IPS) - Wall Street may be in the throes of agony, but business is booming at the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen a bit farther north in the Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea.
SRI LANKA: 'Rice Paddies More Valuable Than Int'l Airport'

Oct 9, 2008

HAMBANTOTA, Oct 9 (IPS) - Sri Lankan rice farmers who fought against President Mahinda Rajapakse and his powerful brothers, trying to construct an international airport on their paddies, say they won because their …
EL SALVADOR: Increase in Poverty Driven by Soaring Food Prices

Oct 6, 2008

SAN SALVADOR, Oct 6 (IPS) - In the village of Talchiga in northeastern El Salvador, 20 families live in wooden shacks with earth floors, have no piped water, electricity or sewer services, and suffer from high levels …