Reject CPTPP, Stay out of New Cold War
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jul 19 2022 (IPS) - Joining or ratifying dubious trade deals is supposed to offer miraculous...
With Planning Aging Population Could Result in a Silver Dividend
Maldives Minister for Gender, Family, and Social Services, Aishath Mohamed Didi, in her keynote address said her island country faced...
Alive Amidst the Mayhem of COVID-19 – A Sex Worker’s Story
NEW YORK, Apr 9 2020 (IPS) - For a Bangladeshi woman, who has worked as a sex worker since childhood,...
Is It Time to Postpone the 2020 Climate Summit?
NEW YORK, Mar 25 2020 (IPS) - With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet and the governments of both wealthy...
COVID-19 Pandemic and the Pacific Islands
Raghbendra Jha is Professor of Economics and Executive Director, Australian National University CANBERRA, Australia, May 21 2020 (IPS) - As...
Malawi’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Almost Ready But Election Fever may Prevent Lockdown
Malawi’s small scale traders selling their merchandise at Limbe market in Blantyre. Credit: Lameck Masina/IPS BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 11 2020...
Building Back Greener in Africa
African leaders highlight the opportunity for a triple dividend: reduced risk, increased resilience and strengthened recovery.ISTANBUL, Jul 7 2020 (IPS)...
Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Small Island Developing States
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)An undersea restaurant in the...
Covid-19 Cannot Be Defeated by a Divided World
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 16 2020 (IPS) - Announcing an independent evaluation of the global Covid-19 response on 9th...
Transforming the Global Economy or Parachuting Cats into Borneo?
Lawrence Surendra is a Chemical Engineer and Environmental Economist and a former staff member of UN-ESCAP and Council Member of...