Corruption: Promises, But Not Enough Progress from G20 Countries

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2017/3/1	Click here for the online version of this IPS newsletter
	Caribbean Leaders Want Swifter Action on Climate Funding Desmond Brown When Tropical Storm Erika hit the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica on Aug. 27, 2015, it killed more than two dozen people, left nearly 600 homeless and wreaked damages totaling more than a billion dollars. The storm dumped 15 inches of rain on the mountainous island, caused floods and mudslides ...MORE > >
	The United Nations and the Religious Right? Andy Hazel Religious advocacy groups have a long history of working with the United Nations, pushing back against progressive interpretations of the terms 'family' and 'marriage' as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That effort was seemingly rewarded in 2016 as more people voted ... MORE > >
	Maritime Boundary Dispute Masks Need for Economic Diversity in Timor-Leste Stephen de Tarczynski Juvinal Dias has first-hand experience of mistreatment at the hands of a foreign power. Born in 1981 in Tutuala, a village in the far east of Timor-Leste, Dias' family fled into the jungle following the 1975 invasion by Indonesia. It was during this time, hiding from the Indonesian military, ... MORE > >
	Corruption: Promises, But Not Enough Progress from G20 Countries IPS World Desk Open data is a pretty simple concept: governments should publish information about what they do to fight corruption- data that can be freely used, modified and shared by anyone for any purpose, according to two major international anti-corruption watchdogs. This is particularly important in the ... MORE > >
	New Antibiotics Urgently Needed to Combat Resistant Bacteria IPS World Desk The United Nations health organisation has just published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" - a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list was drawn up in a bid to guide and promote research and development (R&D) ... MORE > >
More recommended reading (in case you missed it):
	Community Stations Fight for Frequencies in El Salvador Edgardo Ayala The Izcanal Radio and Television set is simple and austere, but this TV station made history in El Salvador, being the first, and until now the only one, to make the leap from community radio to community TV channel, in 2006. It has done this through a local cable TV station, not an open signal ... MORE > >
	A Day to Remember That Every Child Deserves a Chance Emina Cerimovic The day I met Julija she was playing cheerfully with her baby sister on the floor inside their room in Kragujevac, a small town in southern Serbia. When she saw me - a stranger -- on the doorstep, she smiled widely and stretched out her hands, offering a hug. As I held her, I could hear how ... MORE > >
	Avoid Patent Clauses in Trade Treaties that can Kill Millions Martin Khor Recently a very interesting article on why there are inequalities in access to health care and how medicine prices are beyond the reach of many people was published in The Lancet, one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world. The authors, who are eminent experts in development and ...MORE > >
	The Peasant Farmer Who Stood Up to the President of Nicaragua José Adán Silva The unequal battle that small farmer Francisca Ramírez is waging against the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega has become so well-known that people are calling for her security and her rights from the political heart of Europe. Who is she and why did the European Parliament order Nicaragua ...MORE > >
	These Women Cannot Celebrate Their Day Baher Kamal This is a story that one would wish to never have to write-the story of hundreds of millions of life-givers whose production and productivity have systematically been 'quantified' in much detailed statistics, but whose abnegation, human suffering and denial of rights are subject to just ... MORE > >