Agriculture : African Group calls for development outcomes at MC12 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The African Group has called for "meaningful development outcomes" in agriculture at the World Trade Organization's twelfth ministerial conference (MC12) in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, in June 2020.

Opinion : Social protection necessary to quickly end poverty, hunger (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur/Sydney)
Kuala Lumpur/Sydney, 26 Nov (IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury*) -- Historically, most social security systems have developed in the formal sector of rich economies.

Africa : When women are financially included, an entire continent wins (PRIV)
(IPS, Kigali)
When Rwandan-born and Senegalese-raised entrepreneur and businesswoman Kristine Ngiriye was 18 she had a brilliant idea that she wanted to translate into a business.

Opinion : Statistics and stories - time to change the refugee narrative? (PRIV)
(IPS, Rome)
Statistics and stories. When aid agencies appeal for funding to tackle the latest refugee crisis and journalists do their reporting, then these are the two narratives most chosen - one impersonal and the other upfront and individual.