Business
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Central America and the EU – An Asymmetric Agreement
Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Jun 4 (IPS) – The poverty-stricken countries of Central America will face major challenges when the…
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Billions of Development Dollars in Private Hands
Daan Bauwens BRUSSELS, Jun 1 (IPS) – While governments and international institutions are focusing on a stronger role for the…
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EUROPE-INDIA: Trade Deal Threatens ‘Pharmacy of the Developing World’
Bari Bates BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (IPS) – Behind closed doors, a trade deal affecting a fifth of the world’s population…
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Swaziland’s Cooperatives No Threat to Banks
Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE , Feb 8 (IPS) – Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu,…
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China Looks Both Ways on Iranian Oil
Analysis by Antoaneta Becker LONDON, Feb 1 (IPS) – China’s response to calls from the West to join an oil…
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DEVELOPMENT: Little Tobin, Less Robin
Analysis By Timothy Spence BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (IPS) – Europe’s apparent failure to forge broad agreement on introducing a financial…
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SWAZILAND-SOUTH AFRICA: New Railway Line to Boost Economies
Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE, Jan 17 (IPS) – The 146-kilometre railway line to be established between South Africa and Swaziland will…
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BRAZIL: Growing Pains in a Country Under Construction
Mario Osava RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 11 (IPS) – Major infrastructure works are sprouting like mushrooms in Brazil, generating millions…
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CAMEROON-CHINA: A Wedding with Uncertain Prospects
Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE, Jan 11 (IPS) – The Cameroon government is increasingly turning to China as a privileged partner…
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ARGENTINA: Things Slowly Getting Better for Transgender People
Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21 (IPS) – Transvestites and transsexuals in Argentina, who were among the most marginalised minority…
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