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Can Index Insurance Make African Farmers Climate-resilient?
Wambi Michael
Index insurance is being promoted as a solution to protect climate
affected smallholder farmers in Africa. This type of micro insurance is
slowly gaining ground as a way of compensating farmers for lost crops
and livestock due to climate change.
A number of African governments have either ...
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Mexican Immigrants Help Sustain Two Economies - and Are Discarded
Daniela Pastrana
They work for years to bolster the economies of two countries. For one,
the United States, they provide labour and taxes; for the other, Mexico,
they send remittances that support tens of thousands of families and
communities. Then they are deported, and neither government takes into
account their ...
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Global Campaign to Smoke Out Tobacco Firms from UN Body
Thalif Deen
The world’s tobacco companies – which have been widely ostracized in the
UN system – may be ousted from one of their last fortified strongholds
in the United Nations: the International Labour Organization (ILO).
A letter signed by nearly 200 public health organizations and labour
rights groups ...
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The Future for Financing Africa’s Renewable Energy
Wambi Michael
Lack of energy access presents a formidable challenge to Africa and lack
of access to financing has been singled out as the biggest reason why
over 620 million people living on the continent are stuck in energy
poverty.The issue of inadequate financing, especially for renewable
energy sources, was ...
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Zimbabwe’s Diaspora Could Help Revive Ailing Economy
Sally Nyakanyanga
At the dawn of the millennium, Sheila Mponda, 60, waved goodbye to her
four children, who were leaving Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom in
search of greener pastures. Mponda had just lost her husband and had
been a housewife all her life.
While the parting was bittersweet, since they established ...
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An Inequality Beyond Wealth: Gaps in Women’s Health
Tharanga Yakupitiyage
While many often focus on wealth disparities, economic inequality is
often a symptom and cause of other inequalities including women’s access
to sexual and reproductive health.
In a new report, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) explores the persistent,
if not widening, inequalities in sexual and ...
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To Eliminate Poverty, Better Understanding Needed
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
As the United Nations’ Second Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(2008-2017) comes to an end, more self-congratulation is likely. Claims
of victory in the war against poverty will be backed by recently
released poverty estimates from the World Bank, entrusted by the UN
system to monitor poverty. ...
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What Do You Really Eat When You Order a Steak, Fish or Chicken Filet?
Baher Kamal
The world is running out of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of
antimicrobial resistance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned
while announcing the World Antibiotic Awareness Week on 13-19 November.
The reason, according to WHO, is that most of the drugs currently in the ...
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Argentina’s Biodiesel Plagued by Commercial and Environmental Challenges
Daniel Gutman
The Argentine biodiesel industry, which in the last 10 years has become
one of the most powerful in the world, has an uncertain future, faced
with protectionist measures in the United States and Europe and doubts
in the international scenario about the environmental impact of these
fuels based on ...
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Ending Poverty in Next 13 years Means Boosting Resilience Now
Jessica Faieta
This month the world marks two key International Days: for the
Eradication of Poverty on 17 October and for Disaster Reduction, four
days earlier. It is no coincidence that they are profoundly connected.
Reducing risks related to disasters has never been so urgent—and the
Latin America and ...
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Dams Hurt Indigenous and Fishing Communities in Brazilian Amazon
Mario Osava
The dirty water is killing more and more fish and ‘Taricaya’
yellow-spotted river turtles every day. In addition, the river is not
following its usual cycle, and the water level rises or declines without
warning, regardless of the season, complained three Munduruku
indigenous law students in the ...
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Trying to Make Immigration an Option Rather than a Need in Latin America
Orlando Milesi
The aim is for migration to become just one option among others for the
rural population of Latin America, says Brazilian expert Luiz Carlos
Beduschi, referring to an issue that causes concern in the region due to
its impact on food security.
The theme this year of World Food Day, celebrated ...
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