by Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – Reeling under severe economic hardships which have earned it the world’s highest monthly inflation rate, Zimbabwe is to be dealt yet another blow as far as foreign investment is concerned. The impending disaster will …
by Juliette Terzieff – USA – While most American women may have never even heard of the Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau, it is the only federal agency specifically tasked with addressing the issues that affect working women. Its low …
by Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi – Over 65 percent of Malawi’s 12 million people live below the poverty line of less than $1 a day, while an additional 22 percent are categorized as “ultra-poor.” The average annual income of Malawi …
Even As Traditional Art in Malawi Begins to Prosper, Its Future Is Threatened Read more »
by Marianne Taflinger Intern, The WIP – USA – To people born in the highlands of Guatemala, life choices look bleak. While about 69.1% of Guatemalans attain literacy by the time they are adults, they have limited or no health …
TechnoServe Transforms Lives by Investing in Rural Guatemalan Entrepreneurs Read more »
by D-L Nelson – France – People talk of capitalism, socialism or communism as if these were the only three economic systems for the world to choose from. Little is said about co-operativism, one of the least-publicized economic systems, El …
Cooperatives Provide Viable Alternative to Capitalism Read more »
by Marianne Taflinger – USA – You Can Hear Me Now by Nicholas Sullivan tells the unlikeliest of stories. The story is of one man who dreamed of “connecting” the rural poor to make them more productive, and ended up …
by D-L Nelson – France – What turns a happy employee and grandmother into a striker willing to walk an icy picket line in Hamilton, ON, Canada for almost six months? Nancy Bachorski says unfair treatment is to blame. For …
Canadian Strikers Weather the Cold for Fair Wages Read more »
by Viktorija Plavcak – Slovenia – It has been almost two years since Slovenia became a full member of the European Union. On May 5th, 2005 we entered the European Union after years of pain-staking preparations and compliance with the …
Much Ado About Nothing: How the Adoption of the Euro Is Effecting Slovenia’s Identity Read more »
by Glory Mushinge Zambia While most Zambian people, especially local business owners, have continuously condemned Chinese investors for exploiting the country’s market by selling sub-standard goods and services, as well as monopolizing Zambian business with goods that are supposed to …
Zambians Urged to Wrestle Chinese Business Exploitation Read more »
by Sharon Njobo – Zimbabwe – Sibongile Ncube wakes up earlier than usual today. She has a busy day ahead of her. This 35 year-old mother of four looks way older than Oprah’s 50 years. Her husband is cycling to …