Bangladesh faces a challenge to ensure welfare of its aging …
WEBFeb 22, 2019 · This report is produced by UNB United News of Bangladesh and IPS Inter Press Service.. DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 22 2019 - (IPS/UNB) – Bangladesh economy’s impressive growth trajectory over the last decade has been buttressed by the demographic dividend resulting from a large portion of its population — around 65 percent on average — being of working age.
Cross-country Differences in Income Inequality - Inter Press Service
WEBSep 1 2016 - In recent years, there has been a growing interest among general people, researchers and policymakers in income inequality, its causes, and its effects. The most popular index of income inequality is the ‘Gini index’, which measures the inequality among levels of income of the people of any country.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Trujillo's Victims Seek Justice, Nearly Five ...
WEBMay 31, 2007 · Diógenes Pina. SANTO DOMINGO, May 31 2007 (IPS) - Forty-six years after the death of Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, human rights groups and victims’ families are seeking justice for the murders, torture, kidnappings and illegal arrests committed against thousands of people during his 1930-1961 regime. A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against a group of former agents of the ...
Population and security - Inter Press Service
WEBOct 24, 2018 · Population and security. Oct 24 2018 - Population explosion, though missing from the country’s policy discourse, presents one of the most serious threats to our national security. There may not be a simple causal relationship between demography and security, but evidence shows that high population growth is a major destabilising factor in the ...
Peter Kamalingin - Author - Inter Press Service
WEBThe corona virus pandemic is impacting Africa’s population in quite differentiated ways and is significantly entrenching inequality. At the greatest risk are lives and livelihoods of the poor.
CHILE: Historic Reforms Complete Transition to Democracy
WEBJul 14, 2005 · Gustavo González. SANTIAGO, Jul 14 2005 (IPS) - Chilean President Ricardo Lagos described constitutional reforms approved by Congress as the final step in the country’s lengthy transition to democracy. The amendments, passed by the Senate late Wednesday, will eliminate the last vestiges of authoritarian rule left behind by the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
DEVELOPMENT: Pros and Cons of International Migration
WEBSep 15, 2006 · The amount of money migrants from developing nations send back to their families – estimated at 167 billion dollars in 2005 – ”exceeds the total of all international aid combined,” Annan said. Still, the downside of migration includes illegal activities like trafficking and smuggling, as well as social discontent and increased crime ...
CARIBBEAN: Influx of Chinese Workers Irks Local Unions
WEBJul 27, 2007 · Bert Wilkinson. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 27 2007 (IPS) - When references are made to China in the Caribbean, eyes and ears are turned more to its ongoing dollar diplomacy fight for recognition by regional governments than to trade or other aspects of Sino-Caribbean relations. But a new issue is slowly beginning to attract the attention of Caribbean people – a protracted fight by trade unions ...
ARGENTINA: Survivors, Activists Disappointed Over Human Rights …
WEBOct 18, 2007 · Marcela Valente. BUENOS AIRES, Oct 18 2007 (IPS) - The first trial for the crimes against humanity committed in Argentina’s Navy School of Mechanics (ESMA) opened Thursday in the Argentine capital. But survivors of the notorious torture centre, where at least 5,000 political prisoners were held at some point during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, are not celebrating.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Ainu People to Press Demands at G8 Summit
WEBApr 28, 2008 · Catherine Makino. TOKYO, Apr 28 2008 (IPS) - Japan's hosting of the G8 summit in Hokkaido in July will afford a rare opportunity for the Ainu people who live on the island to press their long-standing demand to be recognised as an indigenous people.