Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gonzalo Ortiz QUITO, Oct 7, 2010 (IPS) – "What lies ahead in Colombia is an increase in the number of refugees and displaced persons, while in Guatemala and Mexico people are going to continue leaving their countries in difficult conditions in which they face dangers to their [...]
Mexican NGOs, Hard Up and Under Threat
August 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 (IPS) – Public safety is the top concern of Mexico’s civil society organisations, but shortage of money is hampering their work, according to a study released this week in the capital. ”Modern societies need a strong, well-organised and participative civil society,” Jorge [...]
DRC Farmers Welcome Support
August 13, 2010 By
Global Analyst Online – Global News Blog / IPS By Emmanuel Chaco KINSHASA, Aug 12, 2010 (IPS) – Farmers in the southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo are looking forward to increased production after 16 tractors and 200 ox-drawn carts were distributed across three regions in the province of Bandundu. "Bandundu Province is known predominantly for [...]
Some Aid Agencies Feel More Secure in Afghanistan
July 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Prakash Joshi IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) – Armed attacks on non-governmental organisations and humanitarian agencies working in Afghanistan have lessened over the past six months, not only because of their own security measures, but also because the Taliban have stopped targeting them, according to the Afghanistan [...]
Name Aid Offenders but Do Not Blame Them
June 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) – The EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and the development NGOs are in agreement that the European Union Member States are missing their aid targets. Though this is not the only point on which they see eye to eye, they are not [...]
A North-South Pact to Resolve Water, Sanitation Crisis
April 21, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen and Jennie Lorentsson UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21 (IPS) – An international coalition of over 120 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is demanding a North-South partnership to resolve the spreading global crisis in water and sanitation. As a first step, Western donors and national governments are being urged to form [...]
U.N. Blasted for Sequestering NGOs and Media
April 17, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) – A major structural renovation of the U.N. Secretariat is being used as a pretext to curb media access to delegates and Security Council members, and is also a veritable smokescreen to tighten restrictions on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) accredited to the world [...]
Oxfam America Falls Prey to GM Temptation
April 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) – “I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me”: this citation from George Bernard Shaw’s Apple Cart does not hold true for Oxfam America. In its quest of long-term solutions to [...]
PAKISTAN : Attacks Bring Humanitarian Work to Virtual Halt
March 18, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Ashfaq Yusufzai Mar 18, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 2010 (IPS) – Bomb attacks and threats to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have brought development work to a virtual halt in the lawless, volatile environment that is the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), located near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. The latest in the [...]
Q&A: Wanted in Latin America: Responsible Credit
March 15, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Daniela Estrada interviews JUAN TRÍMBOLI of Consumers International SANTIAGO, Mar 15 (IPS) – Improving access to financial services and achieving ”responsible credit” require ongoing dialogue on the part of companies, states and consumers, Juan Trímboli, regional coordinator of the Consumers International office in Latin America and the Caribbean, told [...]
