IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=DV Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:45:10 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=DV 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2013:45:10&key2=1 By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) - A new report has warned that unless bribery is banned, 126 million citizens of the East African Community will be deprived of the benefits that economic integration promises to bring in its wake. These words of caution stem from the East African Bribery Index 2010 (EABI 2010) released by Transparency International-Kenya within about three weeks of the East African Common Market Protocol coming into effect on July 1, 2010. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2013:45:10&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2022:45:29&key2=1 By Martin Khor* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint GENEVA (IDN) - The 20 billion U.S. dollar put aside by BP to pay for the effects of the Gulf oil spill contrasts with the lack of accountability of big firms that cause environmental harm in developing countries. In a widely publicised move in June, the United States President Barrack Obama succeeded in getting the oil company BP to set aside $20 billion into a fund to meet claims for compensating losses arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It is extraordinary that a giant company has been pressurised by a government to agree to pay so much. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2022:45:29&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-27%2001:30:38&key2=1 By Nirode Masson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis LONDON (IDN) - The food price spike followed by the financial and economic crisis has worsened global food insecurity. But beyond a grand commitment to doing more about food security, there is no agreement on specifics, says a new report. The specifics on which an agreement has yet to be achieved are: a definition of what food assistance is, or the nature of a new food security architecture, and what should replace the Food Aid Convention due to expire in 2011. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-27%2001:30:38&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:41:39&key2=1 By Asha-Rose Migiro* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint NEW YORK (IDN) - The news of a pregnancy should ideally be met with joy -- but all too often there is justifiable fear. The African Union Summit, set to focus on the health of mothers and children, has a chance to transform this fear into hope. (The Summit concludes on July 27, 2010.) Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals, we know what African leaders have always appreciated: when you invest in mothers, whole societies benefit, and when you care for children, you raise a new generation of leaders. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:41:39&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2011:47:53&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - A huge funding gap threatens to torpedo efforts by the international community to cope with critical global development and environmental challenges. At least $324 billion will be required each year between 2012 and 2017 -- a reason pressing enough for a Committee of Experts to break taboos and explore innovative financing sources. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2011:47:53&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2009:02:54&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - In run-up to the presidential elections next October in Brazil, in which Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is out of the contest due to constitutional law that allows presidents to run only two terms in a row, a new report praises achievements of South America's largest country, but also cautions. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-23%2009:02:54&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2009:59:49&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepthNewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - Criticising South Africa for its failure to combat corruption in international business deals, a new report is asking the country to intensify its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute cases of foreign bribery. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2009:59:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2019:52:02&key2=1 By Satish Bhaskaran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PRETORIA (IDN) - A new report has commended South Africa for its growth performance which has improved over the past two decades, but pointed out that this was not sufficient either to offer enough employment opportunities for the young and growing population or to close the aggregate income gap with OECD countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2019:52:02&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2001:33:44&key2=1 By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a 'global code of practice' to stem the 'brain drain' of health-care workers from developing to high-income countries, which weakens health systems in the countries they quit. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2001:33:44&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-17%2013:20:14&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth News Analysis TORONTO (IDN) - The United Nations has decided to help advance gender equality and women's rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country in South-Eastern Europe whose Constitution assures gender equality but women in the country are still restricted in the exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms because of entrenched tradition. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-17%2013:20:14&key2=1