Finance : IMF needs different mindset than its modified neoliberalism (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
If the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to respond effectively in the years ahead to the challenges in a world in whic h both globalization and liberal democracy are increasingly under attack, it will need a different mindset from the modified neoliberalism that currently sets the parameters of its thinking.

United Nations : Project Population - addressing Asia's ageing societies (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
While populations have seen and undergone changes since the beginning of time, one trend in particular is unfolding across the world: less children, older people.

Cameroon : When greener pastures end in a blazing desert (PRIV)
(IPS, Yaounde)
"Sometimes when I'm alone, I still get flashes of the grisly images I saw in the desert. I feared I was going to d ie out there. The people transporting us were ready to get rid of any of us where necessary," Njoya Danialo recalled as he narrated the ordeal he endured tra velling through the Sahara in search of greener pastures.

Note to Readers : Holiday Notice (PRIV)
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Due to the Eid Al-Fitr holiday for UN offices in Geneva, the next issue SUN S #8702 will appear on 18 June.