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24.05.2004 When Kenya's National Rainbow Coalition

Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya. (c) UNEP

government came to power in 2002, it vowed to ensure that the urban poor would have access to adequate housing. But a recent spate of evictions and demolitions in Kenya's capital has raised questions about the sincerity of the government's pledges, reports Rasna Warah.

18.05.2004 In most of rural Africa there is still only one telephone for every thousand people. Yet, the use of mobile phones in cities has risen dramatically over the past decade. A new Panos report (pdf) asks whether mobile services will become cheap enough for rural needs or are fixed-lines and subsidies really what's needed?

18.05.2004 Over the past few years Pedrina Mamani’s community has been developing a tourism venture that offers people from the far corners of the Earth the opportunity to come and stay in the community and see the effect of fair trade in Peru. The venture is being developed together with several other rural communities in the Peruvian Andes that form part of Minka Fair Trade.

10.05.2004 In today's global economy, supermarkets and clothing stores are sourcing their products from farms and factories worldwide. Workers at the end of these supply chains - who pick and pack fruit, sew garments and cut flowers - are mostly women. Their work is fuelling valuable national export growth and could be providing the income to lift them and their families out of poverty. Instead, women workers are being denied their fair share of the benefits of globalisation, id21 reports.