The World Bank and other international financial institutions have been touting Southeast Asian newly industrializing countries as models for emulation, but these recommendations are usually based on misleading analysis of their rapid growth and structural transformation http://www.ipsnews.net/20…/…/southeast-asia-miracle-debacle/

US ambassador to the UN faced two days of often-sharp questioning by influential panels of the US Congress. They demanded justification for the Trump administration’s decision to slash funding to the UN, particularly cuts to UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women & World Food Programme http://www.ipsnews.net/…/nikki-haley-grilled-us-congress-a…/

As US-backed Syrian rebels plow ahead in the fight to take back Raqqa from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, the stake of civilian lives, who number as many as 100,000 in the city, has raised concerns among top UN officials. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/civilian-casualties-rise-raqqa-fi…/

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s formal apology to the country’s #Mapuche Indians, for the “mistakes and atrocities” committed against them by the Chilean state, is seen as falling short. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/chilean-presidents-apology-mapuch…/

Why and how should the media report on the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) in an engaging way? And what are the role and challenges of business leadership in advancing these goals? Workshop organized by IPS with the support of the United Nations Foundation http://www.ipsnews.net/…/sustainable-development-media-bus…/

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein of Jordan has cited a report that nine Arab states made the “unprecedented threat of a withdrawal from the UN if they were listed as perpetrators in the annex of the Secretary General’s report on children and armed conflict.” http://www.ipsnews.net/…/arab-coalition-threaten-pull-un-p…/

Investing in the health of the poorest communities saves almost twice as many lives, according to a new UNICEF analysis http://www.ipsnews.net/…/bang-buck-saving-lives-investing-…/

Two new nuclear power plants, to cost 14 billion dollars, will give a new impetus to Argentina’s relation with atomic energy. President Mauricio Macri made the announcement from China, the country that is to finance 85% of the works http://www.ipsnews.net/…/china-drives-nuclear-expansion-ar…/

While there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease and no proven way to slow its progression, there is new reason to hope for a world without Parkinson’s http://www.ipsnews.net/…/working-toward-world-without-park…/

The United Nations Department of Public Information has launched a new animated video on the dramatic story of Yusra Mardini, a young refugee from conflict-torn Syria who achieved her dream to compete in the Olympics last year. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/video-yusra-mardini-young-refugee…/

#Foodwaste has become a dangerous habit: buying more than we need at supermarkets, letting fruits and vegetables spoil at home, or ordering more than we can eat at restaurants. This way, each year, about one third of the food we produce globally is lost or wasted. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/anyway-help-slow-climate-change-i…/

The primary purpose of rural cooperatives is to feed themselves by sharing risks, and share gains on top of that. Members are both farmers and farm workers with risk-absorbing capacity and sharing. http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/06/rural-poverty-cooperatives/

Migrant workers, and their economic contribution to the development of both the country of origin and the host country, have caught the eye of governments and policymakers worldwide. But the hardships faced by women migrants, who disproportionately bear the brunt of discrimination at work, are often swept under the rug. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/putting-spotlight-women-migrant-w…/

In addition to driving up the number of unemployed people to 14.2 million, the severe recession of the last two years led Brazil to join the global trend of flexibilisation of labour laws in order to further reduce labour costs. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/global-devaluation-work-drives-un…/