With trade wars topping the news agenda, who’s feeling the pain and who’s seeing gains? And what does the ongoing wrangling mean for developing countries? Amid tit for tat tariff…
Jour : 28 mars 2019
From trade war to global anarchy?
By Stephen Appraku0The arrest of a top Huawei executive may spark a conflict that could cripple America’s rivals and unleash chaos in the world, contends *Martin Khor We shouldn’t be misled into…
Sanctions of mass destruction: US war on Venezuela
By Stephen Appraku0From the first moment Hugo Chavez took office, the US has been trying to overthrow Venezue-la’s socialist movement by using sanctions, coup attempts, and funding the opposition parties. After all,…
Financial Globalization, North-South Wealth Distribution and Resource Transfers
By Stephen Appraku0At a time when the world economy is seen poised for yet another financial turmoil, there is a widespread recognition that emerging economies (EMEs) are particularly vulnerable because of their…
UN warns of the confluence of significant risks threatening global development
By Stephen Appraku0The risks include waning support for multilateralism; the escalation of trade wars; financial instabilities linked to high debt levels as well as climate-related risks, writes *Jaya Ramachandran. The convergence of…
Changing the gender bias in agriculture
By Stephen Appraku0Women entrepreneurs are playing an important role in transforming global food security for economic growth, but they have to work twice as hard as men to succeed in agribusiness, writes…
People in Africa live longer but their health poor in those extra years
By Stephen Appraku0Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa, writes *Charles Shey Wiysonge. People are now living longer in sub-Saharan Africa than they did two decades…