Aged Persons Haunted by Abuse in Zimbabwe
HelpAge Zimbabwe director Priscilla Gavi is concerned about the elder abuse in Zimbabwe, especially as many are reliant on their...
The Year of Debt Distress and Damaging Development Trade-Off
SYDNEY, Jan 27 2023 (IPS) - As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade...
The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Developing Countries – Part 2
AMSTERDAM/ROME, Apr 6 2020 (IPS) - What is likely to be the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on developing economies?...
Post-Pandemic Mental Health Epidemic
Credit: Gopen Rai/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEApr 26 2020 (IPS) - The number of Nepalis suffering from mental health issues is increasing...
United States Leads the World in Covid-19 Deaths
NEW YORK, May 18 2020 (IPS) - It’s an : the United States leads the world in the number of...
Agroecology. The Challenge of Farming for the Future
Credit: DegreesOfLatitudeROME, Jun 8 2020 - The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the world back to the essentials: health and food....
COVID-19 Sharpens Caste Discrimination in Nepal
Kalpana Nagari and Kalawati Auji from Godavari Municipality who face double discrimination from society for being Dalit and because their...
Women Leading Somalia’s Health System
NEW DELHI, India, May 17 2021 (IPS) - Somalia is one of the most complex regions of the world, with...
To Build Back Better from the Pandemic, We Must Overhaul the Way We Deal with Development Finance
The author is Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia ScotlandLONDON, Jun 25 2021 (IPS) - Over the past 18 months, the impacts...
Where on Earth is a Water-Secure World?
Water scarcity affects several African countries. The UN estimates that the number of people with insufficient access to water at...