As multilateral institutions attempt to respond to today’s unprecedented global challenges, one that already works well is the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Established in 1959 and headquartered in Washington DC., the IDB is widely recognized for its important role in… Continue Reading
by DEVNET JAPAN In March 2013, I established Devnet Tokyo, now Devnet Japan, as the East Asian country’s sole branch of Devnet International, which, since 1995, enjoys a Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Before… Continue Reading
by Roberto Savio Dear Othernews Readers, Othernews has entered into an agreement with Devnet International. Devnet was founded in 1984 as a project of cooperation among developing countries, financed by the United Nations Development Plan. It also created a network… Continue Reading
By Farhana Haque Rahman* ROME, Dec 2019 (IPS) – By any measure this has been a devastating year: fires across the Amazon, the Arctic and beyond; floods and drought in Africa; rising temperatures, carbon emissions and sea levels; accelerating loss of… Continue Reading
By Dave Makichuk – Asia Times Data showed that fertility rates declined 2% for white and black women, 3% for Hispanic women and 4% for Asian women The number of births in the United States declined for a fourth year… Continue Reading
By WILLIAM PESEK – Asia Times The International Monetary Fund has a checkered past on giving Asia advice. Ask officials from Jakarta to Seoul about this, and you’ll get an earful. Now, it’s Japan’s turn to get some dubious guidance from… Continue Reading
David Miliband and Luis Alberto Moreno (*) – Newsweek By the end of 2019, more than 40 million people from Latin America and the Caribbean will be living outside their countries of birth according to estimates from the United Nations,… Continue Reading
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine And where millions will keep walking… until a new Berlin Conference It all started in Africa. It all started in Ethiopia. It all started with Lucy. At the dawn of humanity 3.2… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures As population growth booms and slows, the only constant is panic The United States appears to be facing a possible population crisis. Statistics from the National Institutes for Health show that the U.S. birthrate… Continue Reading
