Full Coverage: Economy

28.09.2005 Since President Bush entered office slashing taxes for the wealthy, vital community development and infrastructure programs have been shortchanged. Many federal and state officials in both parties have been predicting disaster for years, says progressive strategist David Sirota.

22.09.2005 The march to a cashless society in Ghana has been boosted by the putting up of a common Automated Teller Machine (ATM) platform for five major banks in the country.

21.09.2005 The EU's plan to do away with preferential trade treatment for certain Caribbean products will devastate their economies. Instead of capitulating to the trade agenda of rich nations, the Caribbean should assert a more independent, regional deal with the Latin American left, says Steve Cupid Theodore.

19.09.2005 Afghanistan has had its first taste of real elections, but to build a legitimate state that is strong enough to survive and competent enough to deliver results, the U.S. and its allies must continue to give their political and economic support, says J. Alexander Thier, director of Stanford University's Project on Failed States.

19.09.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep. 19 (OneWorld) - Thousands of workers die on the job every day and the number is rising where employers and regulators skimp on safety measures in the mistaken belief that lower occupational health costs will boost companies' competitiveness, the lead United Nations labor agency said Monday.

13.09.2005 "For decades, poor countries like Kenya and Bolivia have been hemorrhaging money to which they are properly entitled. If these leaks could be plugged it would mean that poor countries would not have to be so reliant on hand outs that so often come with damaging strings attached," says a bold new report released in London Monday.

13.09.2005 Changemakers, a global online community committed to finding the best solutions to pressing social problems, has launched their latest initiative--seeking market-based strategies that improve the lives of low-income individuals around the world.

13.09.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 12 (OneWorld) - The lamb appeared to echo the lion Monday, when global charity Christian Aid and advocacy group Tax Justice Network added their voices to that of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in accusing corporate and wealthy tax dodgers of stealing from the poor.

09.09.2005 The Dockyards at Durres, previously named “Gdansk” and lately “Kurum” is moving towards bankruptcy, slowly but surely. Since 1998, the only activities going on in the dockyards were the “reforms” that mainly included the sacking of over 600 workers. At the moment, 215 workers work at “Kurum” Dockyard, with majority of them waiting to be laid-off while receiving only 50% of their wages.

09.09.2005 A debate organised in Delhi over economic growth and environmental sustainability brought forth passionate arguments. While some experts argued for giving man priority over nature other sought equal treatment for both explaining the strong linkages between nature and man.

09.09.2005 Infrastructure and information technology policies have to be boosted to keep pace with the growth of the industry as India looks to move up the value chain from business processing to knowledge processing, IT professionals in a meeting held in Chennai.

09.09.2005 The simplest, fastest, and soundest way to drop gas prices and ease the financial impact of Hurricane Katrina would be for the U.S. Congress to suspend the federal gas tax instead of counting on using military or political influence in the Middle East to keep gas prices low, says Texas congressman Ron Paul.

07.09.2005 The latest draft of the Iraq constitution, tacitly influenced by the U.S., is heavily based on a neo-liberal economic model, which will serve primarily as a wish-list for international investors, rather than protecting and safeguarding the people of Iraq, says Herbert Docena.

05.09.2005 UNMIK Customs Service started implementing the Integrated Tariff for Kosovo (TARIK). TARIK, a 1,300-pages-book, is a legally established guideline for everybody involved in import and export into or from Kosovo.

02.09.2005 L’Afrique est au cœur des plans d’action des gouvernements, des organismes d’aide au développement et des bailleurs de fonds. Ce diaporama présente quelques-uns des défis auxquels le continent fait face et des progrès accomplis dans les dernières années.

02.09.2005 Le 28 août 2005, le gouvernement du Venezuela annonçait qu’il aidera plus de 7 millions de pauvres vivant aux État-Unis, première puissance économique du monde.

02.09.2005 Ottawa – Les syndicats fédéraux sont outrés que le gouvernement se soit accaparé l’argent des pensions. Ils ont fait front commun pour dénoncer les changements unilatéraux aux différents régimes de pension de la fonction publique qui incluent une augmentation de 0,3 % par année des contributions pour les huit prochaines années.

02.09.2005 Over the past period of several years, the city of Durres has suffered from a great crisis in the employment sector, which has deteriorated further in the last three months. According to the official statistics, there are 21,650 unemployed in Durres, and only in the period June-August of this year, additional 1,700 men and women have lost their jobs due to the closing of several companies.

01.09.2005 The Philippines Board of Investments has launched a round-the-clock, toll-free call centre for investment inquiries to make investing in the country easier.