Politics

Why oil should not be EAC’s curse

IPN Opinion article

Author: Ibrahim Kasita

With oil and gas discoveries in Uganda and exploration throughout the region, the big bucks of energy could help open up the forthcoming EAC Common Market or they could become entangled in state meddling and cronyism.

Don’t slash spending – re-think it

IPN Opinion article

Author: Eamonn Butler

The strikes in Greece against budget cuts are a warning to all the other governments which have dug themselves into deep debt.  But the good news for some - including Obama's new National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - is that budget reform can be done: Canada did it the mid-'90s.

TUC gets millions from government foreign aid pot

IPN News coverage

New study details how the Trades Union Congress receives taxpayers’ money intended to promote economic development in poor countries

Beware the blind alley of the 'right' to health

IPN Opinion article

Author: Jacob Mchangama

Treating health as an enforceable human right creates serious legal and democratic problems — and does not improve healthcare.