Haiti’s poverty, like the fuel-price increases, is the product of decisions made by those who possess wealth and power in Haiti and abroad — with a...
By Maggie Michael, May 4, 2018, for AP News ***Warning: This story includes imagery of starvation that some readers may find disturbing*** The young...
By Dan Gorenstein, December 4, 2017, for Marketplace How do you raise the standard of living in the poorest neighborhoods in the country? That’s...
By Ben Parker for IRIN from GENEVA, 21 July 2017 The world’s rich countries spend billions at home but report it as “aid”, exploiting a loophole...
Mankind’s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from...
GENEVA, Feb 21 2017 (IPS) - The distressing images of desperate people making the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkans...
Haitian social entrepreneur and impact investor, Daniel Jean-Louis, is working on multiple fronts to reduce Haiti's reliance on aid and increase...
John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen examine if the Millennium Development Goals made any difference by comparing the trajectories of MDG indicators...
Migration is part of the process of development. It is not a problem in itself, and could, in fact, offer a solution to a number of matters....
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Nov 3 2016 (IPS) - Privatization of SOEs has been a cornerstone of the neo-liberal counterrevolution that swept the world...
ipsnews.net, by Baher Kamal, ROME, Oct 13 2016 - Now that world attention is focused on the fast growing process of urbanisation, with 2 in 3 people...
By Roger-Mark De Souza and Sono AibeReprint | Roger-Mark De Souza is the director of population, environmental security, and resilience for...